Tiger_Watto
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@weststigers said:Report this postReply with quote Re: New idea for Salary Cap.
by weststigers » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:09 pm
Tiger Watto wrote:
TheSunTanSuperman wrote:
Smith and Cronk are Brisbane juniors. Inglis is a Newcastle junior and Brett White is a Dragons junior. The fact that Melbourne cheated to keep these 'superstars' bloody well means they should be forced to get rid of them. There are rules for every side and I am sick to death of people trying to use "the growth of the game" as a reason for the Storm to not be punished.
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The point is they all came through Melbournes feeder team Norths Devils as 'juniors'. My main point is teams should not be punished for developing juniors into NRL Stars. This is why the current Salary Cap structure MUST change…
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Can you really call the Norths Devils Melbourne juniors? They are effectively just poaching QLD talent under the guise of a feeder team aren't they? Regardless, you only give the Storm as an example. What about other teams?
They are still identifying the Talent at a young age and spending money on them. I was lucky to be in a discussion with some of the Bronco development people a few years backs and we discussed Shaun Berrigans development. The discussion involved Shaun as a junior for Wests in Brisbane and how Shaun was identified as young as 12\. Brisbane financed him through the last years of his schooling and junior football and after a few sums, it was estimated Brisbane spent up to $200'000 once you factored in all the Salaries etc. Another player I know personally was a young kid could Jamie Day. The Broncos spotted him in Under 19's for Brisbane Easts. (I spotted him playing for a local pub team as a 16 year old and bought him to Easts) At this stage, the ARL still had the Under 21 program running and Jamie spent 3 years at Brisbane. Throughout this period, Jamie snapped 2 ACL's but was still funded on a Base Salary plus medical costs. Jamie didnt play at the Top Level for Brisbane but did play 3 years at the Gold Coast on an upgraded contract.
If you look at both these two cases, the Broncos invested up to $300k on 2 juniors. One went on to play for Australia, but was squeezed out due to the Salary Cap and the other went on to Play 3 years at the old Gold Coast on the training, rehab and development that Brisbane spent thier money on. Who is the loser here?
As a answer to your question, Brisbane and the Titans develops well at the junior level. They invest a fair bit of money into Acadamy Programs through the Queensland Schools and various clubs. Why should they be punsished and have to supply clubs like the Roosters thier talent???