Daniel Tupou

[Gray]

I think the reason the NRL allows TPA's is they cant police it anyway.

How can the NRL go to company X and say "we think you are paying a player an illegal TPA and we'd like to see your books"?

They would rightly be told to jam it, they aren't the ATO.

But if it wasn't allowed, what would be the benefit of a company in sponsoring a player?

Plus the player would have a contract that would allow the NRL to investigate where the player gets his money from anyway, and if 3rd parties weren't legal, they should be only getting their pay from one place.

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[Bones]

I think the reason the NRL allows TPA's is they cant police it anyway.

How can the NRL go to company X and say "we think you are paying a player an illegal TPA and we'd like to see your books"?

They would rightly be told to jam it, they aren't the ATO.

But if it wasn't allowed, what would be the benefit of a company in sponsoring a player?

Plus the player would have a contract that would allow the NRL to investigate where the player gets his money from anyway, and if 3rd parties weren't legal, they should be only getting their pay from one place.

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I could be wrong but I dont think a player is allowed to do promotions for a company that pays undeclared TPA's.

Also the NRL doesn't have the right to look at players financial details. The only way they could check is to check each players tax declaration to check income and again I don't think they can.

 

[happy_tiger]

I think the reason the NRL allows TPA's is they cant police it anyway.

How can the NRL go to company X and say "we think you are paying a player an illegal TPA and we'd like to see your books"?

They would rightly be told to jam it, they aren't the ATO.

But if it wasn't allowed, what would be the benefit of a company in sponsoring a player?

Plus the player would have a contract that would allow the NRL to investigate where the player gets his money from anyway, and if 3rd parties weren't legal, they should be only getting their pay from one place.

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I could be wrong but I dont think a player is allowed to do promotions for a company that pays undeclared TPA's.

Also the NRL doesn't have the right to look at players financial details. The only way they could check is to check each players tax declaration to check income and again I don't think they can.

That's what I thought also until recently

As long as he doesn't promote the NRL or his club he is fine

Billy Slater and his Bananas Australia ads are a good example of this

 

[Bones]

I think the reason the NRL allows TPA's is they cant police it anyway.

How can the NRL go to company X and say "we think you are paying a player an illegal TPA and we'd like to see your books"?

They would rightly be told to jam it, they aren't the ATO.

But if it wasn't allowed, what would be the benefit of a company in sponsoring a player?

Plus the player would have a contract that would allow the NRL to investigate where the player gets his money from anyway, and if 3rd parties weren't legal, they should be only getting their pay from one place.

_Posted using RoarFEED V.4_

I could be wrong but I dont think a player is allowed to do promotions for a company that pays undeclared TPA's.

Also the NRL doesn't have the right to look at players financial details. The only way they could check is to check each players tax declaration to check income and again I don't think they can.

That's what I thought also until recently

As long as he doesn't promote the NRL or his club he is fine

Billy Slater and his Bananas Australia ads are a good example of this

Haha. You must have seen this too Happy.

Third Party Agreements
Third party agreements are payments made by companies directly to players. There is no restriction on the amount a player can earn through third party agreements where he is being paid for his own intellectual property, without the need to employ club logos or names and where the company involved is neither a club sponsor nor are they acting on behalf of a club to secure the player’s services. An example of this is a player promoting a brand or product, for example, Billy Slater and Australian Bananas.
Many players do have third party agreements that are outside the salary cap. Individual players have registered third party agreements totalling in excess of $7.5 million in 2011.
All third party agreements must be registered and approved beforehand. This is to ensure that they do not become a way for clubs or players to use sponsors or third parties to undermine the salary cap. There are provisions for club sponsors to enter into agreements with elite players and for details see the Marquee Player Allowance section.