Rumours and Whingers and Occasional Optimism XXIX

[Dibs]

I'm thinking of getting a job as a field cleaner after games. Could be some gold out there.

That's seems like a better idea than signing Lyon

 

[Swiftstylez]

Lol that's not a TPA, that isn't legal. That's a 1st party agreement

 

[emjaycee]

Lol that's not a TPA, that isn't legal. That's a 1st party agreement

Do you think it wouldn't happen though?
And how traceable would it be without a whistleblower?

 

[Swiftstylez]

Do you think it wouldn't happen though?
And how traceable would it be without a whistleblower?

:Giving your own money to your own players is stupid and the same as the storms 2nd set of books, it's a second ledger.

 

[emjaycee]

:Giving your own money to your own players is stupid and the same as the storms 2nd set of books, it's a second ledger.

Its not stupid if it means you can get around the salary cap and the marquee player allowance limit.

 

[Swiftstylez]

Its not stupid if it means you can get around the salary cap and the marquee player allowance limit.

LOL

:crazy::crazy::crazy: still has nothing to do with TPA's and everything to do with being stupid

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Here is a hypothetical for you to consider...

Let's say I am a Director of a Club and also own or control a finance lending company.
Someone comes to me looking for a business loan of $200K and I approve it and actually release to them $220K on the proviso that they contact a particular 10%'r and offer a TPA for $20K to player X.

Is this legal?
Would this happen?

What if they contacted a 1%er by mistake?!?

 

[Swiftstylez]

God help us all

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Is that Steve Austin?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Did that merkin steal my dinghy?

 

[El Diablo]

Brent Reker

 

[phantom eel]

What if they contacted a 1%er by mistake?!?

Isn't that one of the "capos" of the RBB? :crazy:

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Source: https://www.nrl.com/nrlhq/referencecentre/salarycap/tabid/10434/default.aspx

This would effectively increase the salary cap by $2M and limit the NRL's cost to current levels.

None of that makes it legal to deny players the opportunity to earn money from sources outside the club and its sponsors. As I said about 5 pages back, raising or scrapping the cap certainly reduces the incentive to use TPAs outside the marquee allowance, but it doesn't scrap them.

 

[Gronk]

There must be other team sports throughout the world who operate under a salary cap without these dodgy topups. We need a fact finding mission and should leave immediately for Europe and USA.

My bags are packed Toddy.

 

[TheRam]

A points system would fix it.

 

[Noise]

Not sure about a points system. How do ratings for players change? Take Corey Norman for example. When we bought him he was an average player. Now he has moved up to probably elite level. He has never played rep footy and hasn't played semi final footy or dally m accolades since he has been with us. On what basis could you move his points value up without bias/arguments? You can't just move it up on number of games played otherwise players like dene halatau would be worth stacks of points.

 

[Gronk]

Not sure about a points system. How do ratings for players change? Take Corey Norman for example. When we bought him he was an average player. Now he has moved up to probably elite level. He has never played rep footy and hasn't played semi final footy or dally m accolades since he has been with us. On what basis could you move his points value up without bias/arguments? You can't just move it up on number of games played otherwise players like dene halatau would be worth stacks of points.

Agree. Conceivably Anthony Milford may not play rep footy for anther few years. He would be under valued.

Then you get merkins like Mata?utia or Alex Johnson who are actually Kangaroos. They could become unemployable because they attract more points than they are actually worth.

 

[strider]

Points system would be a minefield

 

[Bigfella]

What if they contacted a 1%er by mistake?!?

All ram's dreams would come true depending which one it was?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

There must be other team sports throughout the world who operate under a salary cap without these dodgy topups. We need a fact finding mission and should leave immediately for Europe and USA.

My bags are packed Toddy.

Well, there's no salary cap in Major LEague Baseball. And in the NFL there's a cap (quite different to ours in many respects), but no restriction on payments outside those from the franchise. In the major European football leagues there is no salary cap at all. Sounds like a junket rather than a fact-finding mission