Manly Salary Cap

[OldPanther]

every club gets $8 mill or whatever salary cap AND no tpa = level playing field

They'd have to put in a restraint of trade and I don't think it would work/be enforceable.

 

[Life's Good]

Surely spending $2.7milion a year more of the games money on the integrity unit and has cleaned the game right up? No? Really?

The idea of the integrity unit is a good one. The problem, in the case of the salary cap at least, is that it seems only useful AFTER things happen. If the NRL were serious about fixing this they would be much more proactive instead of waiting for things to pop up in their lap.

 

[Life's Good]

The problem is, the NRL Integrity Unit, cap auditors etc have done NOTHING to pick up any supposed activity. And likely never will.

This has been raised by the NSW Police. According to the NRL and all of their departments, Manly are squeaky clean. (And I suspect will be proven to be so once this crap is sorted).

Can I ask when it became the responsibility of the NSW Crime Commission to police the NRL salary cap? If they have something, then provide it to the NRL. They appear not to be doing that at all.

This whole thing (cap allegations, match fixing etc) has been one giant cluster f*ck since day one. A lot of allegations and innuendo with no evidence, other than seemingly hazy testimony from disgruntled people.

It seems quite obvious there is a target to all of these investigations, but nobody can make any of the mud stick. So they seem intent on throwing up hand grenades trying to get some traction with the collateral damage.

All my opinion of course.

Agreed. This whole thing is very hit & miss. It's almost like the NRL is hopeful these stories lead somewhere so they can chest beat about 'the integrity unit' being made aware of this blah blah blah.

 

[Nice Beaver]

The more journalists and networks that get sued for defamation the better, it will stop stupid reports of these allegations until evidence is provided, pretty sure ch 7 got sued for claiming Steve Matai's phone got confiscated by police when it actually didn't according to big sports breakfast on Sunday.

Yeah Josh Massoud was sued and Steve got $50,000 (I believe that was the figure)

 

[Perth Red]

The idea of the integrity unit is a good one. The problem, in the case of the salary cap at least, is that it seems only useful AFTER things happen. If the NRL were serious about fixing this they would be much more proactive instead of waiting for things to pop up in their lap.

They spent $3.1million on it last year, how much are they paying these people, or do they have 25 staff working in there and on what?

 

[Life's Good]

They spent $3.1million on it last year, how much are they paying these people, or do they have 25 staff working in there and on what?

They are no different to a lot of large businesses who are too heavy with staff. The only difference is the accountability on expenditure has gone the way of the dodo. Couple that with an expectation of TV $$ going up & the next few years are going to be interesting.

 

[POPEYE]

every club gets $8 mill or whatever salary cap AND no tpa = level playing field

How about every NRL player gets a set basic wage a family can live comfortably on and then they/their managers are allowed to organize their own TPA's . . . let the players wear their own chest sponsor insignia's . . . makes about as much sense

 

[coolsteve]

the trouble with tpa`s is wealthy clubs have more sponsers than say newcastle, creating an uneven playing field. just give em a set amount of $ and if they want to buy smith, slater cronk inglis then they have to fill their roster with nuffies,... oh wait

 

[Canard]

The problem is, the NRL Integrity Unit, cap auditors etc have done NOTHING to pick up any supposed activity. And likely never will.

This has been raised by the NSW Police. According to the NRL and all of their departments, Manly are squeaky clean. (And I suspect will be proven to be so once this crap is sorted).

Can I ask when it became the responsibility of the NSW Crime Commission to police the NRL salary cap? If they have something, then provide it to the NRL. They appear not to be doing that at all.

This whole thing (cap allegations, match fixing etc) has been one giant cluster f*ck since day one. A lot of allegations and innuendo with no evidence, other than seemingly hazy testimony from disgruntled people.

It seems quite obvious there is a target to all of these investigations, but nobody can make any of the mud stick. So they seem intent on throwing up hand grenades trying to get some traction with the collateral damage.

All my opinion of course.

I agree. I think I read the the Police are legally not allowed to share this with the NRL however. It's been "leaked" by the press.

The police dont care about the cap, I think there only angle is to ensure that criminals aren't those handing out this cash and therefore putting themselves in a position of influence.

To me this is more of a calculated warning shot fired.

 

[Chimp]

Paul Kent says nothing untowards has happened - and his good mate Eddie defo has done nothing wrong, in fact, he's the victim...... so all must be ok!
Wonder why Paul is so quick to defend this lot when he has history of dragging certain stories/scandals with much less impact on the game on and on and on...
It's just a good job none of the Manly boys or good old mate Eddie write initials anywhere on their arms, or he'd be going all Sherlock Holmes to find out what it 'could' mean....
I wonder why the different approach to this potential/alleged scandal....

 

[El Diablo]

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/...prised-manly-sea-eagles-cleared-match-fixing/

it's just the pigs looking for a headline as usual

 

[Lambretta]

Correct. You wanna see a club get f**ked for cap breaches look at Carlton in the AFL. Storm got off lightly in comparison as was allowed to keep Smith, Cronk and Slater which more than kept them competitive.

Unfortunately the only draft in the NRL is the one between the ears of the people deciding the broadcast scheduling

 

[Lambretta]

A mate used to work as a dealer at a casino. They had to provide all bank account details and were audited regularly. Conditions of employment. If you don't sign onto the conditions, you don't have a job.

Yes, but if NRL players were forced to do this it might actually mean salary cap audits could be done efficiently. That doesn't make any sense at all.

We'd much rather have confusion and conjecture. It gives people something to whinge about when referees get things right.

 

[Life's Good]

We'd much rather have confusion and conjecture. It gives people something to whinge about when referees get things right.

When did this happen??

 

[simmo05]

How about every NRL player gets a set basic wage a family can live comfortably on and then they/their managers are allowed to organize their own TPA's . . . let the players wear their own chest sponsor insignia's . . . makes about as much sense

I like this idea pops. Like the cricket with their bat sponsors. Make the managers earn their 15 percent

 

[OldPanther]

When did this happen??

Once in the 80s.

 

[Lambretta]

When did this happen??

During bye rounds obviously
No one made a mistake in the Broncos game this week

 

[El Diablo]

During bye rounds obviously

Ricky Stuart would beg to differ

 

[Lambretta]

Ricky Stuart would beg to differ

That's unusual. Ricky doesn't usually beg
Whine, moan and throw things, sure, but never beg

 

[Perth Red]

So have the NRL made a statement about this press innuendo?