The scary thing is the gap is widening so far between the best and the worst clubs that threads like this are being made with ideas to try to close the gap.
If someone could find a solution to creating an even talent spread it would help alot, but I don't think a draft is the answer. Clubs need to be better and it's partly the NRL's responsibility too. How they could approve a shit player getting over half a mil is beyond me.
I have no problem with players making as much money as they can, but that should be done through rep games and 3rd party, not the cap.
The reason the best and worst clubs are so different is usually due to mismanagement, how is the NRL going to help that?
Take the Tigers for example, we all know about their misfortunes but instead of retaining a good coach (Such as Madge) or going to market for a good one they hired a 72 year old Tim Sheens then got rid of him prematurely to bring in a very inexperienced Benji who is backed by an equally as inexperienced coaching staff. Not many players want to go and play for Benji and his inexperienced coaching staff so the Tigers struggle.
The NRL can't help the Tigers if they want to live in 2005 and pray that Benji, Farah, Sheens and Heighington will deliver them a premiership.
However, I do think the draft would help, if you look at the rookie players that would've likely been drafted first and the teams that finished last since 2020 it would've been a pretty big help for those teams.
Harry Grant would've gone to the Titans instead of the Storm.
Sam Walker would've gone to the Broncos instead of the Roosters
Jeremiah Nanai would've gone to the Bulldogs instead of the Cowboys
Sunia Turuva would've gone to the Tigers instead of the Panthers.
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Three of those four great young players who went onto be rookie of the year went to very strong star studded sides.