Refs threaten strike Round 1

[I Bleed Maroon]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...f=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_sport_nrl

Referees are prepared to go on strike in round one next season if the NRL does not agree to a pay claim that would see the top whistleblowers earning as much as $315,000 per year.

Protracted negotiations between the NRL and the referees’ union continued at a glacial pace on Wednesday as the game’s all-important officials pushed for a 30 per cent increase in their salaries over the next four years.

Fed up ... Angry referees are threatening to go on strike if their pay dispute is no resolved.Credit:AAP

That would see top-tier referees like Gerard Sutton and Ashley Klein have their salaries increased from $180,000 per season to more than $300,000. That would bring them in line with the average wage for a player, which is $371,000.

“They’re moving in millimetres,” frustrated Professional Rugby League Match Officials chairman Silvio Del Vecchio said of the NRL. “We continue to find the NRL extremely combative and unwilling to move in negotiations, caught up in minutia.”

The Herald understands referees are preparing to ramp up hostilities after effectively hitting the NRL with a wet lettuce leaf over the past few months, turning up late to video reviews and the like.

They want 300 grand a year. f**k. Me. Dead.

The likes of Klein are lucky to have a f**king job at all. They don't make tackles, they don't score points, they don't train strenuously every week. They literally run back and forth up the field and handball 90% of their decisions to the Bunker.

 

[Das Gupta]

Just give them an extra 20% off at specsavers. That should seal the deal.

 

[carcharias]

Seriously
I heard a thing on the radio about what they get paid and what they have to pay for re: travel etc.

It’s shit.
It’s wonder anybody does it.

What is Greenberg on?

 

[Das Gupta]

What is Greenberg on?

Whatever it is its too much.

 

[Quicksilver]

Chris Corrigan for NRL CEO.

(joking)

 

[some11]

I'd say that's fair for the amount of shit they cop.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Seriously
I heard a thing on the radio about what they get paid and what they have to pay for re: travel etc.

It’s shit.
It’s wonder anybody does it.

What is Greenberg on?

I've had a few mates who were NRL Touch Judges. The conditions are not great. If you have to travel interstate or overseas, you often travel on the red eye flights. meaning if you get a 7.30 pm game, you are on a flight out of the airport the next morning at 6.00 am. You also share hotel rooms like back in school and stay in cheap places.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Never heard of the f$*kers

 

[Perth Red]

They can make or break a game more than any player or coach, they are under scrutiny and get the flame more than any player, you cant have a game without them. Good luck to them in whatever they can get! If some of the numpties that play the game can earn $600k I dont see why a ref shouldn't be getting $300k.

 

[Timmah]

I've had a few mates who were NRL Touch Judges. The conditions are not great. If you have to travel interstate or overseas, you often travel on the red eye flights. meaning if you get a 7.30 pm game, you are on a flight out of the airport the next morning at 6.00 am. You also share hotel rooms like back in school and stay in cheap places.

I don't think that's what red-eye flights mean. Usually a red-eye flight is one that departs at the tail-end of the evening/night and arrives early the next day.

 

[Perth Red]

Still rough though, 6 am flight out means a 4am wake up. If you've reffed a night game your not getting to bed until gone midnight. And end of day for a $500mill a year company, saving $80 to put your best assets on the 6am flight is as cheap as it gets!

 

[umina panther]

They can make or break a game more than any player or coach, they are under scrutiny and get the flame more than any player, you cant have a game without them. Good luck to them in whatever they can get! If some of the numpties that play the game can earn $600k I dont see why a ref shouldn't be getting $300k.

Wow a great post from the biggest dribbler on LU!
I'd have no problem with them earning 250k+. They should also have bonuses for making correct calls

 

[Fire]

On 180k after tax the ref takes home about 122k.

If a ref was on 300k after tax he'd take home about 186k.

If the NRL player average is 371k after tax he takes home about 226k.

 

[Perth Red]

On 180k after tax the ref takes home about 122k.

If a ref was on 300k after tax he'd take home about 186k.

If the NRL player average is 371k after tax he takes home about 226k.

Not if you've got a good accountant!

 

[myrrh ken]

On 180k after tax the ref takes home about 122k.

If a ref was on 300k after tax he'd take home about 186k.

If the NRL player average is 371k after tax he takes home about 226k.

Still a pretty decent wage pro rata.

How many days a year would be work? around 100?

 

[Fire]

Still a pretty decent wage pro rata.

How many days a year would be work? around 100?

Absolutely.

I know it's a free country, etc, and they are entitled to whatever the market will pay. But the players (and now refs) have never got any sympathy from me (not that they'd lose any sleep over my opinion).

 

[flash]

Fair enough, It must be hard for Klein, Sutton etc, knowing how much referee Cam gets on and off the books in comparison.

 

[Fire]

Fair enough, It must be hard for Klein, Sutton etc, knowing how much referee Cam gets on and off the books in comparison.

Our refs are f**ken soft. If they had any heart they'd be doing shit like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NBA_betting_scandal

They need to lift their game. Get the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions involved ffs.

It's embarrassing how honest they are.

Edit: ^sarcasm.

 

[King hit]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...f=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_sport_nrl


They want 300 grand a year. f**k. Me. Dead.

The likes of Klein are lucky to have a f**king job at all. They don't make tackles, they don't score points, they don't train strenuously every week. They literally run back and forth up the field and handball 90% of their decisions to the Bunker.

With all the constant criticism and abuse they recieve they are perfectly entitled to the money

 

[Zerô]

Maybe the refs need to fight for the respect of the job.

Right now, in the NRLs eyes, they are nothing but KFC salesmen.