Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

liltiger said:
If South's do sign Weighton on a deal 300k less per year than the Raiders are offering then deadset someone needs to front N.R.L head office and get to the salarycap auditor and ask how that's legit.
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He might want to go there because Souths has such a strong indigenous links and he'd have a lot of buds there. Personally, I think he'd be nuts to turn Canberra down. But we sure won;t be coming to the Tiges.
 
liltiger said:
If South's do sign Weighton on a deal 300k less per year than the Raiders are offering then deadset someone needs to front N.R.L head office and get to the salarycap auditor and ask how that's legit. I'm not buying it I reckon Weighton stays a Raider but in the small chance he does sign with South's that will do me. We have over 1 mil to play with and can't sign a big name player, then we have clubs performing better paying less for all the talent.
If it does happen it proves there needs to be a draft, if the players don't like it and the clowns at the rlpa sing about a restraint of trade, the N.R.L can remind them the players can apply their trade in England, Russia, America, Italy, Greece and any other country with a league comp. How the N.R.L could sign off on a deal like that for Weighton to go to South's at around 300k below Canberra's offer is beyond me, but it is the N.R.L headoffice so anything is possible.
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Why shouldn't players be allowed to go where they want even if it's less than offered elsewhere?
 
liltiger said:
If South's do sign Weighton on a deal 300k less per year than the Raiders are offering then deadset someone needs to front N.R.L head office and get to the salarycap auditor and ask how that's legit. I'm not buying it I reckon Weighton stays a Raider but in the small chance he does sign with South's that will do me. We have over 1 mil to play with and can't sign a big name player, then we have clubs performing better paying less for all the talent.
If it does happen it proves there needs to be a draft, if the players don't like it and the clowns at the rlpa sing about a restraint of trade, the N.R.L can remind them the players can apply their trade in England, Russia, America, Italy, Greece and any other country with a league comp. How the N.R.L could sign off on a deal like that for Weighton to go to South's at around 300k below Canberra's offer is beyond me, but it is the N.R.L headoffice so anything is possible.
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The NRL will not go near it as it is a player choice , yes $ 700/750 is unders but he only has to say I don’t want to play for raiders I want to play with Trell , case closed
 
innsaneink said:
Why shouldn't players be allowed to go where they want even if it's less than offered elsewhere?
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Of course they should be able to, but in this world of money why would he, at age 30, turn his back in a contract which would be, most likely, his last big one. Seems odd .
I don’t think South’s would do anything stupid re the cap but it’s just not the usual stuff we hear.
 
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426Tlgerland said:
The NRL will not go near it as it is a player choice , yes $ 700/750 is unders but he only has to say I don’t want to play for raiders I want to play with Trell , case closed
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Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
 
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liltiger said:
Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
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Raiders market value , south’s say he is worth $ 750 that’s there value of him , Tigers probably 1.3 million what happens then
 
426Tlgerland said:
Raiders market value , south’s say he is worth $ 750 that’s there value of him , Tigers probably 1.3 million what happens then
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Highest offer is 1.0 per year so far that is his value, otherwise the Roosters come it at 150k a year and he signs to win a comp. There is no way he is going to be paid 300k less than the Raiders are offering if he goes to South's, it's a rort with paper bags involved.
 
liltiger said:
Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
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Then the Player's Association will complain about restriction of trade etc etc. Same reason they'll never agree to a draft. The salary cap was never introduced to spread the talent across the comp, it was purely brought in at the time to stop clubs spending themselves into oblivion and going broke.
 
Camel2281 said:
Then the Player's Association will complain about restriction of trade etc etc. Same reason they'll never agree to a draft. The salary cap was never introduced to spread the talent across the comp, it was purely brought in at the time to stop clubs spending themselves into oblivion and going broke.
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It’s hard to argue it doesn’t help spread the talent.

Look at how many good players left the 2 grand final teams last year
 
For anyone that watches cup and flegg
Of the halves we have in the ranks which ones are a controlling half and what ages are they. From reading on here kade hill sounds like he has it but people seem worried about his size and is 21 now ( read on here so might be wrong) so if he’s not close chances are his opportunity is gone
Large while sounds gifted and might debut young as some predict doesn’t sound like a controlling half
If we don’t get anyone from outside in the interim and if brooks,Wakeham and Laurie don’t resign which one would you promote for next year
 
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