Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Cobarcats said:
It's ok mate, you got the attention 🤣
Re the article though, isn't nice for a change to get one article after another that's positive rather than the club being sledged all the time. 👍
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Any attention is good attention. Articles are great but we still get our Brooks is ready for a big season article. That'll never change.
 
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stevied said:
But there's one intention of the cap you've both missed. While I agree that the system wasn't intended to level the salaries of all players (especially marquees), nor equal the appeal of all clubs as a destination, it definitely was intended to put a ceiling on the budget of all clubs and, therefore, spread the talent more evenly. By having a cap, clubs were being asked to balance their expenditure carefully and make astute decisions about which players they keep or let go. However, even to the causal observer, it is obvious that certain clubs are rorting the cap by using TPAs in their salary structures in order to fudge the figures presented to the NRL. This cheating, reduces the chance of a level playing field, in terms of talent, and, therefore, flouts the the main intention of the cap. And all of this is ignored when it is happening right under our administration's nose.
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Point well taken. The cap, and the minimum wage to a certain number of players, does restrict clubs from overspending and improves their budgeting.
The TPAs can’t be stopped unfortunately, but they can be scrutinised for authenticity.
Maybe we need better auditors who work on the job full time? Forensic accountants, not ex players?
 
Odessa said:
Mate do you know when the 5/8 Large will be available for selection for first grade I saw some footage looks good I think he is 16 now but when I was watching the footage I was about RTS and him at fullback
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He’s only 15 now, turns 16 this year.

Meaning he could play in 2025 at the very earliest (when he turns 18).

I’ve seen “Benji clone” thrown around a bit when it comes to him, and it’s very easy to say it for a young five-eighth coming through at Wests Tigers, but he actually plays nothing like Benji.
More like a young Greg Inglis to be honest, if there was to be a comparison.
 
cktiger said:
No matter what the correct figure is he is still our highest paid player.
Yet now we’re crucifying a guy who is ‘rumoured’ to have priced himself at $900k?
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I don't get this argument. Brooks has been crucified about 1 million times to every 1 time AD has been crucified.

AD is in the same category as Brooks anyway. He is one of our top paid players now and he appears to want an upgrade and he hasn't performed.

You can't argue against Brooks but then state it's all good for AD.

Is being overpaid an issue or not ? It is to me. I don't like Brooks on that salary in our cap and I don't like AD on his current salary let alone an increase which no club has offered.
 
twentyforty said:
Point well taken. The cap, and the minimum wage to a certain number of players, does restrict clubs from overspending and improves their budgeting.
The TPAs can’t be stopped unfortunately, but they can be scrutinised for authenticity.
Maybe we need better auditors who work on the job full time? Forensic accountants, not ex players?
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What do you mean 'scrutinised for authenticity'? Are you sure the TPAs can't be policed/ stopped? This is the whole point. Is it not true that providing TPAs to players and then declaring below market value salaries to the NRL is cheating? Is it also not true that careful auditing/ surveillance is required by the league to stamp this out? And, finally, do you agree that the NRL is, in fact, a toothless tiger that is either unmotivated to do anything about it or actively supporting the dishonest activities of self-motivated, powerful figures around the game?
 
stevied said:
I don't think he's worth 750k based on what he's achieved. You're paying for potential which is up in the air at the moment.
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Like 50% of FG contracts of players in demand - and plenty of the rest are paid based on past performance. It's an age old debate - what one fan rates, has another shaking their head.
 
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