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Rumoured Signings - 2010

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Tonearm Terrorwrist

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lol some people have no concept of how the salaries are paid and just say "so and so is cheating the cap"

just because canberra and newcastle are sh*t and can't attract anybody
 
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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
lol some people have no concept of how the salaries are paid and just say "so and so is cheating the cap"

just because canberra and newcastle are sh*t and can't attract anybody
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...But then dont use "brown paper bags" like other clubs we could mention:roll:
 
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~knights~ said:
it would seem so
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It is the same as what is happening with Melbourne. There is no way that the NRL wants an average Storm, so they are given a leg up, year after year. The AFL have designs on the Gold Coast, so the NRL wants them to be highly competitive before an AFL club is formed, so I don't think that the salary cap applies to the Titans. The NRL is a corrupt organisation - Borrowing a quote from Animal Farm : " All teams are created equal, but some teams are more equal than others".

By the way, is it illegal for the owners of a game to own two teams? Seems like a conflict of interest to me. I doubt it would happen in any professional European soccer league, NFL, NBA or major league baseball.
 
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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
lol some people have no concept of how the salaries are paid and just say "so and so is cheating the cap"

just because canberra and newcastle are sh*t and can't attract anybody
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well I didn't mean it like that

it just seems to me that they are signing a hell of alot of players lately

that is all :)
 
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~knights~ said:
well I didn't mean it like that

it just seems to me that they are signing a hell of alot of players lately

that is all :)
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Don't the Titans have something like half their team coming off contract at the end of the season?

So if they're signing all these new players I guess we can expect to see quite a few of their current squad not retained next season.
 
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Somewhere between 50-60% of the titans top 25 (12 to 15 players) were signed to 2 year contracts when the club was introduced. Searle said it was done as a way to combat second year syndrome, keeping over 50% of the squad playing for a new contract.

Add to that:
- One of the most professional front offices in the League
- A new stadium second only to Lang Park.
- Playing infront of the 2nd highest home crowds in the league
- A stable coaching situation (Cartwright signed until the end of '11 or '12)
- Brand new head office/training facilities to be ready at the end of the year
- A competitive squad
- A terrific location for QLD'ers/Northern NSW men looking to head home

and it's not hard to see why they are so active in the market place.
 
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