Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

Maybe a potential future star will be the one forced out.

If maybe they knew what they had to play with, they may of signed ponga back up in September or October. I'm sure waiting till November won't help their cau... oh wait!

Eff off we are talk power rankings

 

[El Diablo]

smoking a cigarette.

aka Gould's dick

 

[eels_fan]

So, 3 away games to start the season for us..

ANZ unavailable for rounds 2 & 3 of the competition due to Adele & Bieber concerts..

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...s/news-story/02808c2497df22f4ff2e292374579671

The RLPA wants salary cap reform and a better deal for long-serving, one-club players

Phil Rothfield, Sports Editor-at-large, The Daily Telegraph
an hour ago

The Rugby League Players Association is pushing for sweeping salary cap changes including loyalty discounts to stop long-serving one-club legends like Corey Parker being forced into retirement.

As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, the association wants 12-year one-club players to be salary cap exempt, 10-year players getting a 50 per cent discount and eight-year players getting a 25 per cent discount.

There are many examples in the game of long-serving club legends before forced to the English Super League or into early retirement like Parker or Manly Sea Eagles icon Steve Menzies.

Glenn Stewart had 11 years at Manly and under this system could have stayed with only half his wage going into the salary cap.

The Sea Eagles have never fully recovered from the turmoil that came about by his departure to South Sydney.

Even going back further to Matty Johns at the Newcastle Knights. He played eight years in the jersey but got shoved out because of the salary cap which caused an absolute furore among fans.

Under the new system, there would need to be certain conditions including only one player in each of the eight, 10 and 12-year categories to qualify for the discount.

Otherwise Melbourne Storm with Cooper Cronk (13 years), Cameron Smith (15) and Billy Slater (14) would have too great an advantage over their rivals.

There are so many positives to support this Players Association initiative.

For starters it doesn’t cost the NRL any money and would be funded by the clubs.

It frees up more money to lift the minimum wage for lower-ranked players.

It allows better mentoring programs where, to use Parker as an example, the Maroons and Kangaroos legend could stay for one more year to help rookies adjust to the demands of professional football.

But more than anything else it rewards loyalty in the NRL from both the clubs and the players.

Only 33 of the current 450 NRL stars are one-team players who have been at their clubs longer than eight years. That’s just seven per cent.

Someone like winger Jason Nightingale at St George Illawarra has been a wonderfully dependable 10-year club man. He’s still very competitive but getting towards an age, 31 this year, where a tap on the shoulder is not too far off.

He would be a fantastic mentor for younger players at the Dragons and the club would be more likely to keep him on if he wasn’t soaking up his full wage in the salary cap.

It would certainly stop as many players switching clubs.

Mitchell Pearce has 10 years up at the Sydney Roosters and will be one of the most sought-after players in the NRL next year. It would make it harder for him to leave if the Roosters could get a 50 per cent discount in the cap.

As one club official said yesterday: “There’s nothing worse than having that conversation and telling a long-term player he should go and finish in the Super League in England.

“In most cases they are still good enough to play one or two more seasons in the NRL but everyone is planning long term and need younger players.

“A lot of great club men are being forced out prematurely.”

The salary cap discussions and collective bargain agreement talks should be finalised midway through next season.

Anything that is going to encourage more loyalty and less transfers will be a winner with the fans.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...n/news-story/da049a1cb957bc469daa7d257758c31d

ARLC Chairman John Grant to face the fire of furious NRL club chairmen

Michael Carayannis, Liverpool, The Daily Telegraph
November 20, 2016 5:25pm

JOHN Grant will face the fire of the NRL club chairmen just hours after returning from the UK on Wednesday.

The Australian Rugby League Commission chairman will fly to Sydney on Wednesday morning after attending the Four Nations final on Monday morning, before meeting with fellow commissioners ahead of what is expected to be a fiery meeting of club chair’s later in the day.

“I’ll be fresh as a daisy,” Grant said. “They are always interesting (meetings). I don’t have a view on what will happen.”

Clubs have grown increasingly frustrated by delays in finalising negotiations on club funding and player payments stemming from the $1.8 billion broadcast deal. Grant expected those topics to dominate the meeting.

Grant is facing criticism from NRL clubs over delays regarding club funding and the salary cap.

“The agenda is centred around the progress we’re making around the perpetual licence agreement and funding,” Grant said.

“That’s where the major discussion will be. On the agenda at the club’s request is a discussion around the governance of the game and the commission.”

It is expected the NRL will respond to the wish list clubs sent more than five months ago. Some clubs are hesitate to agree to the NRL’s sinking fund proposal — designed to prop up struggling clubs.

“We’ve been meeting with the subcommittee of chairs, contemplating draft licensing agreements,” Grant said. “We’ve been talking about the key items on that agenda, about nine of those. The subcommittee is well aware of the progress.

“We will communicate what our position is. At the end of that the club’s will form a view. We’ll be putting our views very clearly to the clubs.

“Hopefully we’ll come out of that with some resolution.”

Grant has been in England, attending Four Nations matches. Grant said he has been “pushing the banner” for international rugby league as Australia prepares to host next year’s World Cup.

“It’s vital,” Grant said of the tournament. “We’ve taken, a very specific focus around revenue generation and where games are going to be played. It’s vital from a revenue point of view.

“We’ve got to hit all our targets. There are some big targets around revenue, social media, attendance and broadcast.

“If we hit them we’ll jump world rugby league to another level and build into the 2021 World Cup.”

 

[hindy111]

aka Gould's dick

Thats rnd 26 suprise and thanks for the 24mth in advance subsription

 

[Poupou Escobar]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...s/news-story/02808c2497df22f4ff2e292374579671

The RLPA wants salary cap reform and a better deal for long-serving, one-club players

Phil Rothfield, Sports Editor-at-large, The Daily Telegraph
an hour ago

The Rugby League Players Association is pushing for sweeping salary cap changes including loyalty discounts to stop long-serving one-club legends like Corey Parker being forced into retirement.

As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, the association wants 12-year one-club players to be salary cap exempt, 10-year players getting a 50 per cent discount and eight-year players getting a 25 per cent discount.

Why not just offer a discount based on age? Then no club is necessarily advantaged over others.

 

[strider]

Actually I think its worth $5.99 a week

don't sell yourself short, its almost definitely worth $6

 

[Gary Gutful]

i think his point is that the Knights had an advantage seeing Grant and co probably have a good idea what the salary cap will be as opposed to clubs not owned by the NRL

No, that's what you read into it.

What he was really saying was:

 

[Gary Gutful]

I have gary Gutfull already signed to do a centrefold shot for week 7?

I don't remember signing this.

 

[Twizzle]

Why not just offer a discount based on age? Then no club is necessarily advantaged over others.

and completely ignore the loyalty issue ?

that's not what the RLPA have asked for, its basically ignoring them'

good luck with that

 

[Happy MEel]

Why not just offer a discount based on age? Then no club is necessarily advantaged over others.

Because this system acknowledges and rewards the investment clubs put into the development of an 8, 10 or 12 year player

 

[Fanbase]

man this place as dull as assassins posts in the off season but good to see the mental minnows still tyring to impress each other.
looking over eel signings.....is SK back in charge of our recruitment?

 

[hineyrulz]

Did someone just fart in here???

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

How much would the 5th-8th years be underpaid in order to get value back from 8th+?

Honestly, I don't like total cap exemption for players, even if they have played for over a decade.

 

[Happy MEel]

How much would the 5th-8th years be underpaid in order to get value back from 8th+?

Honestly, I don't like total cap exemption for players, even if they have played for over a decade.

That's up to each player and their manager to decide. They can always leave the club and forego the future exemption.

 

[hindy111]

Meehan would be a cheekie pick up. Any word where he will end up?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

and completely ignore the loyalty issue ?

that's not what the RLPA have asked for, its basically ignoring them'

good luck with that

If they need an incentive to re-sign long serving players, loyalty has nothing to do with it.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Did someone just fart in here???

Yep and they followed through.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yep and they followed through.

Definitely Fartbase.