Greg Inglis Super Thread!

NRL blocks Greg Inglis-South Sydney deal, Rabbitohs say they're disappointed, star remains in league limbo
AAP December 18, 2010 1:51PM

Homeless … Greg Inglis isn't a Rabbitoh yet. Source: Brett Costello / News Limited
Greg Inglis's future in the NRL remains up in the air after the NRL blocked his proposed move to South Sydney on Saturday.

The NRL advised the Rabbitohs that it must include the full value of a number of third-party agreements relating to the Queensland Origin star's $400,000-per-year deal.

Inglis, who reneged on a deal to sign with the Brisbane Broncos when third party deals failed to materialise, will now continue to remain in rugby league limbo as he is without a club for 2011.

In a statement released on Saturday, the NRL explained that the rules are in place to "ensure that any third-party agreement is not in truth a vehicle to remunerate the player for playing rugby league at his club".

"Given the circumstances under which Greg Inglis became available to South Sydney, nobody can have been under any doubt about the importance of ensuring his contract complied with the cap," NRL chief executive David Gallop said.

"The NRL had already required the Broncos to include third-party agreements within their calculation of the contract value and was insisting legal fees also be included when those negotiations ceased.

"South Sydney had been advised to have all proposed offers reviewed by the NRL before making any commitments.

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"They chose not to do so and it has taken some time to access all details of the agreements.

"It is unfortunate for Greg that he is in the middle of a difficult situation and I assured him this week that these issues do not reflect on him but that they are matters for clubs in assessing the offers that they make.

"He is one of the games most highly-valued players and we have assured him of that in no uncertain terms.

"That said the cap has to apply fairly to all clubs and one club cannot be allowed to do what others were prevented from doing.

"The rules on third-party deals are clear.

"We have worked with clubs and players by substantially increasing the amount that sponsors can pay players through the $300,000 marquee player allowance in 2011 but without rules on third party agreements there would be no point in having a salary cap system."

South Sydney admitted they were "disappointed" and disagree with the decision, and will assess the situation this week with NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.
 
Surely this brings other players and their deals into question?

Honestly… they are constantly reported to have thrown a bucket of cash at everyone they sign so how they are under the cap without Inglis remains a mystery to me....
 
@Kaiser said:
Surely this brings other players and their deals into question?

Honestly… they are constantly reported to have thrown a bucket of cash at everyone they sign so how they are under the cap without Inglis remains a mystery to me....
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They blocked it on a technicality, based on Rusty making the statements how "they" arranged the 3rd party deals. His PR train stuffed up big time on this occasion…
 
step 1 storm cheat massively. Inglis is heavily involved 'i didn;t know, i assumed everyone else was only on $2 a week because i'm so good. and i wanna boat'
step 2 agrees to a deal and then says, nah i wanna do what mundine says and everything i've said so far about having to move to brisbane to be with my gf is utter rot and i have no honour
step 3 lets dodge up another deal and get away with cheating again with the help of another huge ego who believes the rules don;t apply to him
step 4 sod off you overrated unprincipled git and don;t let the door hurt your poor, hard done by butt on the way out.

Although kul is probably right some other hard working honest player will probably be shafted because of this rather than inglis having to face up to his own actions
 
@innsaneink said:
I wonder if the same scrutiny applies to every other new signing in the NRL?
I somehow doubt it.
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If a signing is registered to take up around 200k of the cap space, then the club comes out and says he's getting paid 1.9 mil over 3 seasons, I think this scrutiny would apply. Crowe shot himself in the foot with this one, if he kept his trap shut they may have gotten away with it.
 
Souths appear to have been forced to play by the rules

Well done NRL - IMO

Article from the Tele
**Souths offer up sacrificial Bunnies\
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James Phelps From: The Sunday Telegraph December 19, 2010 12:00AM**
SOUTH Sydney have told three high-profile players they are free to leave the club as they aim to free up $500,000 in their salary cap to sign Greg Inglis.

The NRL yesterday refused to register Inglis's contract with Souths because of concerns over a number of third-party sponsorship deals. The Rabbitohs are now scrambling to free up space in their salary cap and have told Beau Champion, Ben Lowe and Michael Crocker that they can look for a new club.

The NRL yesterday claimed Souths had negotiated third-party payments for Inglis without the knowledge of his manager Allan Gainey.

"The National Rugby League has today advised the South Sydney club that it must include the full value of a number of third-party agreements relating to Greg Inglis within the salary cap," the NRL said in a statement.

"The effect of the decision is that South Sydney will be required to advise the NRL as to how the club proposes complying with the $4.1 million cap in 2011 before Greg Inglis's contract will be registered.

"The announcement follows a legal assessment of a number of documents [some received as late as Friday afternoon] and a request from South Sydney that the NRL's determination be announced at the earliest possible opportunity."

The Sunday Telegraph has also learned:

* The contract submitted to the NRL only had Inglis being paid $190,000 under the salary cap, with the rest of his deal made up from third-party payments;

* The NRL wants Inglis to come under the cap at no less than $500,000 in a move that will force the club to offload $310,000 worth of playing talent from its roster;

* The Rabbitohs have told Champion, Lowe and Crocker that they will be released from the final year of their contracts should they be able to find a deal elsewhere.

It leaves the Rabbitohs relying on other clubs to sign at least two of their players to fit Inglis under the cap.

The Cowboys, Eels and Melbourne Storm are understood to be the only clubs with money left to sign any of the Rabbitohs players.

Champion's manager Sam Ayoub yesterday said his client would consider leaving the club if he could find a suitable deal.

"At this point in time Beau has a contract with the Rabbitohs for 2011," Ayoub said. "He will honour that contract. In saying that, if Beau can secure a suitable longer-term deal at another club we will consider it.

"Souths have a number of players coming off contract at the end of next year and they are in a position where they may not be able to keep them."

NRL chief executive David Gallop said the game's governing body would not make any concessions for Inglis or the Rabbitohs.

The Test star is now facing an uncertain future and may be forced to leave the code.

"Given the circumstances under which Greg became available to South Sydney, nobody can have been under any doubt about the importance of ensuring his contract complied with the cap," Gallop said.

"The NRL had already required the Broncos to include third-party agreements within their calculation of the contract value and was insisting legal fees also be included when those negotiations ceased.

"South Sydney had been advised to have all proposed offers reviewed by the NRL before making any commitments. They chose not to do so and it has taken some time to access all details of the agreements.

"That said, the cap has to apply fairly to all clubs and one club cannot be allowed to do what others were prevented from doing.

"The rules on third-party deals are clear."

The Rabbitohs also issued a statement saying they were disappointed with the NRL's decision to block the Inglis deal.

"The South Sydney Rabbitohs are disappointed and disagree with the decision of the NRL to include some of Greg Inglis's third-party agreements in the club's salary cap for the 2011 season," the Rabbitohs statement said.

"The Rabbitohs will assess their salary cap position as determined by the NRL's salary cap auditor today and make a decision on a path forward over the next seven days.

"The Rabbitohs will do everything they can to keep Greg Inglis in rugby league."

Souths CEO Shane Richardson was unwilling to comment while Gainey did not return calls yesterday.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/souths-offer-up-sacrificial-bunnies/story-e6frexnr-1225973218899
 
Summary - for those who dont like reading about the enemy
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**"The Rabbitohs are now scrambling to free up space in their salary cap and have told Beau Champion, Ben Lowe and Michael Crocker that they can look for a new club."**
 
Good decision by the NRL. The killer for me was that they tried to register an ANZ Stadium deal as an independant third party. ANZ pays them to play home games there and it was a clear conflict of interest.
 
@LukeH said:
Champion and Lowe would be handy pick-ups imo
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Champion is a talent but were spoilt or quality backs. Same with Lowe and our second row.

I'd have gone hard for Crocker but he's been extremely injury prone.
 
Beau Champion and Ben Lowe (Champion from 05 and Lowe from 08) have spent their whole careers at souths and now they are just going to be discarded? No Loyalty at all from Souths. If the Tigers did something like that i would be furious.
 
I agree Sabre. I hope Inglis cant play for Souths and the players told to look elsewhere do go elsewhere.
You cant justify sacking players with 5-6 years loyalty for a money hungry grub like Inglis who will probably go back to melbourne after his deal finishes anyways.
I wouldnt want him at our great club for one day let alone 3 years
 
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