Team list Tuesday vs Storm - Friday 8:00pm

[T.S Quint]

I really hope Munster and Grant have terrible games against us this weekend.

And the rest of the year as well, but mostly this weekend.

 

[TheCrowe]

They will be very motivated after losing to Newcastle. They dont want to spend another week covered in Bellamy spit.

 

[84 Baby]

They will be very motivated after losing to Newcastle. They dont want to spend another week covered in Bellamy spit.

If they lose two in a row, Martina won’t even spit on it.

Melbun Rawdogs

 

[Parra Pride]

Moses not being able to hit a conversion to save his life in those first five or six weeks has really come back to bite us. What better way for our season to end then at the hands of these scum f**ks who knocked us out of the finals three times while massively rotting the cap?

 

[King-Gutho94]

Well our record in milestone games is hopeless.

BA's 250th

 

[Twizzle]

Well our record in milestone games is hopeless.

BA's 250th

you really are superstitious, aren't you ?

 

[the phantom menace]

I hope the players cover up the NRL badges with these ones... #honesty

 

[T.S Quint]

Saying that it's a protest about pay is disingenuous and designed to get people pissed off.
It's about way more than that.

 

[the phantom menace]

They probably need to articulate what their dispute is about a little better.

 

[T.S Quint]

They probably need to articulate what their dispute is about a little better.

I can understand this just fine.

https://www.rlpa.com.au/faqs-of-cba-dispute/

 

[JokerEel]

I can understand this just fine.

https://www.rlpa.com.au/faqs-of-cba-dispute/

That read like it was written by a 16 year old...

 

[Gary Gutful]

Need better comms people supporting them. Crud narrative and shit messages.

 

[the phantom menace]

I can understand this just fine.

https://www.rlpa.com.au/faqs-of-cba-dispute/

Yeah, but it just doesn't... zing.

Even the NSW railway unions put their case across better - and eventually won.

 

[T.S Quint]

That read like it was written by a 16 year old...

Considering a large amount of the players they are representing (and who would be encouraged to read this) probably didn't get much of an education, I think it needed to be a very 'easy read'.

 

[hineyrulz]

Clint Newton is a deadset grandstanding muppet, after just being given a 37% pay rise in the current climate the players just look greedy and entitled. It’s been two years the idiot needs to step aside and let someone capable sort this out.

 

[jason taylor]

Clint Newton is a deadset grandstanding muppet, after just being given a 37% pay rise in the current climate the players just look greedy and entitled. It’s been two years the idiot needs to step aside and let someone capable sort this out.

I’m calling it now - he’ll run for parliament (either state or federal) for the Labor party within the next 5 years.

 

[hineyrulz]

I’m calling it now - he’ll run for parliament (either state or federal) for the Labor party within the next 5 years.

He’d fit right in, I’ll use a line from a great Labor pollie when they were actually relevant.

He’s all tip and no iceberg.

 

[84 Baby]

Need better comms people supporting them. Crud narrative and shit messages.

They should get the US Writers Guild to do it

 

[Gronk]

The RLPA are only trying to protect players rights. If they are in the wrong, then how?

FAQs of CBA Dispute - RLPA

On Wednesday, NRL and NRLW players took the brave step and committed to action in an attempt to drive a fair and reasonable outcome for their joint-collective bargaining agreement after the NRL walked away from negotiations. It was a player-led decision that has created much discussion and...

www.rlpa.com.au

It seems a tad hypocritical to criticise and describe the sentence structure and figurative language used in the press release as juvenile and then just go after the character of the CEO.

Has anyone actually read it ? No thoughts on min wage or insurance ? Profit sharing ? All they are seeking is mediation with a binding expert determination. Why won’t the ARLC agree to this ? Because they know they will be forced into reasonable outcomes.

We’ve been down this path before. Who owns the game ? The players or the merkins who have slotted themselves into positions of power and are strong arming themselves like they built a billion $$ business themselves based on their skill and intellectual property, now treating the players like expendable KMart staff.

 

[oldmancraigy]

The RLPA are only trying to protect players rights. If they are in the wrong, then how?

FAQs of CBA Dispute - RLPA

On Wednesday, NRL and NRLW players took the brave step and committed to action in an attempt to drive a fair and reasonable outcome for their joint-collective bargaining agreement after the NRL walked away from negotiations. It was a player-led decision that has created much discussion and...

www.rlpa.com.au

It seems a tad hypocritical to criticise and describe the sentence structure and figurative language used in the press release as juvenile and then just go after the character of the CEO.

Has anyone actually read it ? No thoughts on min wage or insurance ? Profit sharing ? All they are seeking is mediation with a binding expert determination. Why won’t the ARLC agree to this ? Because they know they will be forced into reasonable outcomes.

We’ve been down this path before. Who owns the game ? The players or the merkins who have slotted themselves into positions of power and are strong arming themselves like they built a billion $$ business themselves based on their skill and intellectual property, now treating the players like expendable KMart staff.

It's a 2way street isn't it? Those merkins in positions of power are there because they can raise higher $ and provide equitable shares across clubs, and manage what the players cannot.
I think the ones currently there are doing a reasonable job.

In terms of the minimum wage - how many players actually play for minimum wage? 5 per club? A lower minimum wage in an annually increasing salary cap means what for players 1-25 in the squad?
Really, I want to see the better players rewarded, not the backup of the backups being paid 10k per year more. Those guys are basically in the squad in case of severe injury crisis...

I suppose there are different ways of looking at it.
I had no idea what the strike was all about until reading that FAQ - and to be honest, it put me off the players position. It is disingenuous from the start. It is about higher pay (requested in Dec 2022), and just because they haven't increased their demands since then doesn't mean that isn't what the dispute is all about....