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Chipmunk

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^^^^ f**king Bulldog Ritchie.

Loophole could deliver English star Jack Welsby to NRL​


Loophole you say ? I’m interested, tell me more !


NRL clubs are aware Welsby is under contract at St Helens until the end of 2025, but are devising a plan to sign the player for 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Once that contract is signed, and with Welsby ready to play in Australia, the successful NRL club would start to agitate St Helens for an early release for 2025.


So there isn’t a loophole, you dickhead. Grifted again by the Telecrap.
The English have a different system anyway, you can sign players who are under contract, you just have to pay a Transfer fee. He is available for 2023 in reality.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Lol Eshay, do you even know what it means????
Is it these guys?

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The English have a different system anyway, you can sign players who are under contract, you just have to pay a Transfer fee. He is available for 2023 in reality.

Are you sure that contracted players can move without their current employer's permission? They certainly have transfer fees, but AFAIK they are negotiated between two clubs and the current employer is under no obligation to agree to a transfer while the player is under contract. You can't just sign a player who is under contract elsewhere.
 

84 Baby

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Are you sure that contracted players can move without their current employer's permission? They certainly have transfer fees, but AFAIK they are negotiated between two clubs and the current employer is under no obligation to agree to a transfer while the player is under contract. You can't just sign a player who is under contract elsewhere.
I think what he meant was the English league is more amenable to players moving while under contract. Negotiations would still need to occur between parties obviously
 
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I think what he meant was the English league is more amenable to players moving while under contract. Negotiations would still need to occur between parties obviously


In terms of whether you can sign players who are currently under contract there's no difference. Transfer fees simply add another tool to the bargaining between the current and new club.
 

84 Baby

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In terms of whether you can sign players who are currently under contract there's no difference. Transfer fees simply add another tool to the bargaining between the current and new club.
Precisely. That tool is readily in use in Super League already. I wasn’t saying it means players/clubs can contract willynilly, just that it makes it easier for transfer to happen (I’m sure that’s also what Chippy meant). As opposed to here where “transfers” are negotiated via media speculation
 

Chipmunk

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Are you sure that contracted players can move without their current employer's permission? They certainly have transfer fees, but AFAIK they are negotiated between two clubs and the current employer is under no obligation to agree to a transfer while the player is under contract. You can't just sign a player who is under contract elsewhere.
I didn't say that, but the English sporting system is a lot different, with virtually every player available for purchase at the right price to their contracted club.

In terms of whether you can sign players who are currently under contract there's no difference. Transfer fees simply add another tool to the bargaining between the current and new club.
It is illegal in this country (not sure about the UK) to approach any person in any occupation and encourage them to breach their contract. It is not often enforced though, by any stakeholders, as most organisations would rather a disgruntled employee just f**ked off.
 

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