Rumours and Stuff

[TheCrowe]

It’s not that he’s been better, he just is better. You’re only as good as your next game.

So he may have been better in the past so he may be better in the future?

 

[Gazzamatta]

It’s not that he’s been better, he just is better. You’re only as good as your next game.

At $650k per season he will definitely get priority.

 

[84 Baby]

Joffa was fairly ordinary last week

He’s been passable so far. Benefit of the doubt to him because he’s still finding his feet and he really hasn’t been required to do much but yeah on form right now he’s behind Ogden & Maka

 

[TheCrowe]

I think Ogden is in the lead form wise and Maka not far behind.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So he may have been better in the past so he may be better in the future?

Form is a lot more temporary than class.

 

[TheCrowe]

Form is a lot more temporary than class.

But what is more important to win our next game?
Class can stay in the past!

 

[the phantom menace]

Ofahengaue times a thousand

Contrariness purely for the sake of it Exhibit A, your honour...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But what is more important to win our next game?
Class can stay in the past!

It might. I'm just saying two or three games worth of form isn't enough to declare one player better than another, given the huge disparity in form for the decade before that. I think the larger sample is in Ofahengaue's favour, and only recency bias would lead us to think Makatoa has surpassed him.

 

[TheCrowe]

It might. I'm just saying two or three games worth of form isn't enough to declare one player better than another, given the huge disparity in form for the decade before that. I think the larger sample is in Ofahengaue's favour, and only recency bias would lead us to think Makatoa has surpassed him.

Recency bias = form?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Obviously

 

[hineyrulz]

That analogy has worked out great for NSW.

 

[Gronk]

 

[The Predictor]

Form is a lot more temporary than class.

Thank you Mr Google

 

[TheRam]

You genuinely can’t see how just “writing new rules” can’t lead to corruption?
I’ve got nothing wrong with your general proposal but as usual you insult people and say it’s an easy fix but then struggle to provide more than piecemeal detail on how your easy fix would actually operate

Tell me how my suggestion will lead to more corruption fu*kya and stop saying I haven't given enough detail?

Will my proposal need some tinkering? Yeah sure maybe, but unless sneaky bastards like you can show me how and where they can exploit the system, then how will I know how to improve it ffs!!!?

Stop playing games, we all want to see and have a better and more equitable system, so if you think you know where a weakness is then state it or else just stop trying to attack someone that is having a go in the arena.

Jeez I'm sick of these negative Nellie's that just want to score points. So like I said if you have some legitimate issues or concerns that powerful clubs might exploit then air them and I will see what can be done.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Whats the odds Holbrook drops at The Brave Roosters replacing Ryles?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That analogy has worked out great for NSW.

Queensland literally picked a bunch of stars out of form, including Hunt, Fifita and all the Cowboys.

 

[hineyrulz]

Queensland literally picked a bunch of stars out of form, including Hunt, Fifita and all the Cowboys.

Actually Fatfita has been much better for the Tits this year, and most of those Cows players are young with plenty of footy on front of them. Unlike most of the over hill out of form Blues players picked. Teddy being the skipper once again hasn’t helped.

 

[TheCrowe]

Actually Fatfita has been much better for the Tits this year, and most of those Cows players are young with plenty of footy on front of them. Unlike most of the over hill out of form Blues players picked. Teddy being the skipper once again hasn’t helped.

Case Proven and closed.

 

[hineyrulz]

Case Proven and closed.

The prosecution rests your honour.

 

[84 Baby]

Tell me how my suggestion will lead to more corruption fu*kya and stop saying I haven't given enough detail?

Will my proposal need some tinkering? Yeah sure maybe, but unless sneaky bastards like you can show me how and where they can exploit the system, then how will I know how to improve it ffs!!!?

Stop playing games, we all want to see and have a better and more equitable system, so if you think you know where a weakness is then state it or else just stop trying to attack someone that is having a go in the arena.

Jeez I'm sick of these negative Nellie's that just want to score points. So like I said if you have some legitimate issues or concerns that powerful clubs might exploit then air them and I will see what can be done.

“Just write a new rule” puts you at the whims of whatever is getting the most attention. Which means in order for any one person (Hadley) to get what they want (demeaning the Eels board) they can put attention on a topic that pushes their agenda (Dylan Brown stand down). Any haphazard new rule isn’t necessarily corruptive based, it even can be a just application, but allowing that power allows the opportunity for it.
Your “detail” seems to be anyone with a contract over $400k/year can’t change clubs unless it’s to a bottom 4 club. Which if it’s that arbitrary I suppose feasibly it’s fine, might create a bit of an oddity with a heap of players on $399,999.99. But then when’s the cutoff? Example 3 weeks in, the previous years runners up are down some troops, have 3 close losses and are stuck at 16th. Should they have been able to pick up Hunt from the high flying 9th placed Dragons? Now the positions are turned should we give him back?
And then we get to the exceptions to the rule. Walsh is out for 3 weeks now. So it’s fine if Broncos sign Hunt? Should Souths sign him given Mitchell is out for an extended period?

As I said I agree with you in principle but you simply can not take any criticism to your ideas even when they’re “simple fixes”. Pretty sure people laughed at BA in the past when he said problems the team were having were simple fixes. Sure hope you weren’t one of them.

Anyway I don’t think it’s a simple fix but I do agree it’s necessary. The problem as I see it is the players have too much of the wrong power, or more they are utilising the only power they do have out of disagreement with not having the actual power they want. The problem is that disagreement affects an almost innocent 3rd party in the club rather than the NRL. The clubs are hit with lack of compensation over it. The power players should have is in determining how the game is operated at their level e.g. length of season, injury management, representation, etc. with the trade off being ceding more control of their contract. This allows clubs to at least attempt to be compensated.

The issue then transfers to tradeable pieces of which there isn’t really any besides players, so likely the NRL would have to give up a larger slice of revenue to compensate players, mostly lower level/younger ones.

My framework certainly isn’t easy or foolproof but at least it works against fostering the same environment where we having to “write new rules” every few years to plug loophole after loophole.