Tigers salary cap?

[Politis]

They must be doing something different to squeeze all those players in.;4.1 mill for top 25 players.
Blair;500k
Marshall;500k
Loti;400k
Farah;400k
Lawrence;300k
2.1 mill gooone, then you have; The new signing of Dane chisolm
Ellis
Ayshford
Dwyer
Galloway
Heighington
Moltzen
Fulton
Brown
Ryan
Miller
Woods
Ready
Humble
Bell
and the rest of the top 25 which must be paid a minimum of 50k.

 

[Hutty1986]

They must be managing their money effectively, the merkins!

 

[muzby]

lui must have been well paid...

or molten must genuinely value his mates at the approx $140k difference between his current salary & what the dragons were offering...

 

[gronkathon]

Lui was well paid, Gibbs was well paid, Payten was well paid and with the exception of Blair we picked up guys looking for a chance.

From memory the early retirement of Tuiaki and to a lesser extent Cayless allowed us to front load some contract values.

That and Lote, Blair, Farah & Marshall all have a good whack of third party deals to supplement their income easing pressure on the cap

 

[muzby]

Lui was well paid, Gibbs was well paid, Payten was well paid and with the exception of Blair we picked up guys looking for a chance.

From memory the early retirement of Tuiaki and to a lesser extent Cayless allowed us to front load some contract values.

That and Lote, Blair, Farah & Marshall all have a good whack of third party deals to supplement their income easing pressure on the cap

not to mention the 2nd book too..

 

[gronkathon]

Colloquially know as "The Gaz Book"

 

[Danish]

If they're cheating the cap they're doing it wrong

 

[aqua_duck]

Lui was well paid, Gibbs was well paid, Payten was well paid and with the exception of Blair we picked up guys looking for a chance.

From memory the early retirement of Tuiaki and to a lesser extent Cayless allowed us to front load some contract values.

That and Lote, Blair, Farah & Marshall all have a good whack of third party deals to supplement their income easing pressure on the cap

Why the hell would anyone want to supplement Tuqiri?

 

[gronkathon]

Because the deals were signed when he came across from Onion and he is still the biggest draw card after Benji for Corporate Events.

Last year he played busted and his age showed

 

[Politis]

Lui was on 250k.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

I know alot of Benji's contract is third party, Farah is paid more than him under the cap iirc.

 

[PaddyBoy]

It's $4.3 mil and it isn't a hard cap. Each individual players gets 180k in third party sponsorships which don't feature under the cap. Marshall may be on 500k, but 180k (he'd max out sponsorship easily) is not in the cap, plus, due to the "long player service" (100k?) that could be backended (450k 1 year, then 550k then next, but the same under the cap). Farah would get this too.

Loti would get close to the full 180k as well.

 

[Valheru]

It's $4.3 mil and it isn't a hard cap. Each individual players gets 180k in third party sponsorships which don't feature under the cap. Marshall may be on 500k, but 180k (he'd max out sponsorship easily) is not in the cap,

Are you suggesting that as far as the cap is concerned, Marshall only gets paid $320k per year?

Please....

 

[muzby]

lets not forget the $5000 per week in billings for club paid meals for players from robbie farah's restaurant too..

 

[PaddyBoy]

Are you suggesting that as far as the cap is concerned, Marshall only gets paid $320k per year?

Please....

A bigger percentage of Lockyers contract was not recognised in the cap.

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

There's a lot of loopholes; cars, marquee player allowances (300k). The media reports a flat fee, but they shift them around, and include match payments as well.

"In 2006, the NRL also introduced an allowance for players who enter into Third Party Agreements with club sponsors. In 2011, the top 25 players are allowed to earn up to a maximum $300,000 from sponsorship leveraging but the total payments under these sponsorship leveraging agreements must not exceed $300,000 per club."

That and players who get sponsorships outside the club aren't included (Marshalls chip ads on the telly, example on the link is Slater and Aussie Bananas).

 

[MacDougall]

Chisholm, Humble, Bell, Blair, Reddy are in
Lui, Payten, Fifita, Gibbs, Tuiaki, Dwyer, Jason Cayless are out

I fail to see the problem here? Dwyer will get his salary but he won't play this year so it won't count towards the cap afaik? Lui, Payten and Gibbs would have been on a fair chunk too.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

If anyone actually believes Blair is being paid 500K they are a f**king idiot.

Stop reading the Telegraph.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Who cares? They just prove that money can't buy brains or composure in the big moments as the last two finals series clearly point out.

I don't think Blair is the answer to these issues either for some reason.

They seem to be the logical favorites due to maturity and experience in the squad. Good luck to them.

 

[Marshall_magic]

If anyone actually believes Blair is being paid 500K they are a f**king idiot.

Stop reading the Telegraph.

But if the telegraph says we're rumored to be paying Blair 500k it must be true.

 

[betcats]

But if the telegraph says we're rumored to be paying Blair 500k it must be true.

And if some muppet on an internet forum says your not paying 500k then that must be true as well!