Pascoe sanctioned by the NRL

[diedpretty]

How can you be owed money outside of the cap ??

Was Robbie a groundsmen as well …..maybe it was his job to keep the fences maintained :laughing:

TPAs I’d assume… If we could get away with paying Robbie to maintain the fences I’m sure we would have!

TPA's fall through quite regularly Yoss , that's not WT's issue …....that's Robbie's issue and his Ayoub's issue

In normal conditions sure. But he was still under contract and so could refuse to leave and we would have been liable for the full 950k of his contract. So RF and Ayoub had some bargaining power.

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

 

[cochise]

Is this the original pay cut theyre talking about?

Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall took huge pay cuts to help the Wests Tigers stay under the cap
• September 1, 2015 4:19pm
• by STAFF WRITERS
• Source: FOX SPORTS
Robbie Farah and
BENJI Marshall played alongside Robbie Farah for more than a decade and has admitted the current situation at the Wests Tigers is ‘heartbreaking’.
Speaking on NRL 360 on Tuesday night, Marshall made the stunning revelation that both he and Farah took massive pay cuts to keep the club afloat in 2012, sacrificing their own money to make sure the club could survive in good faith.

Marshall said what was intended as a selfless deed has now been thrown back in Farah’s face. Farah’s backended contract is only now repaying the sacrificed amount to the captain who has been asked to leave the club to alleviate pressure on the salary cap.

“In 2012 the club came to us and said we’re going to be ‘X’ amount over the cap,” Marshall revealed when asked if Farah had taken pay cuts to help the club in the past.
Marshall famously faced a similar situation with the Tigers at the end of 2013, when he agreed to a five-year deal and was then offered a reduced contract, to which he decided to defect to rugby union rather than sign for less than the original handshake offer.

“When I agreed to a five-year deal with them after that year, that was going to be backended and added onto the end of our contracts,” he explained of the 2012 pay cuts.
“The same thing happened with Robbie. Everyone looks at the price tag of $950,000 and says he’s not worth it, but that’s really $750,000 and the $200,000 that he took off three or four years ago to keep the club afloat.

“That’s how much the club means to the bloke and that’s how much it meant to me. We were willing to give up our money to keep the club under the cap.
“To see what's going on there, it’s pretty shattering for me. Obviously a similar thing happened to me there and I know for Robbie, he’s invested so much in the club.
“They talk about salary cap being the reason why, but in my opinion I think it’s got nothing to do with that. It’s got more to do with the personal battle between himself and JT.”
Knowing Farah as well as he does, Marshall also admitted that he doesn’t believe the captain will be playing anywhere but the Tigers for the next two seasons and will stick out the final two years of his contract, despite being told he can look elsewhere.
Marshall said Farah is a stubborn person by character and his love for the Wests Tigers means he won’t want to play anywhere else, even if it means playing reserve grade as has been threatened.

“I know how much the club means to him and as much as people might think he would go, there’s no way he wants to leave that club and there’s no way he wants to play for another club,” he said.

“It’s heartbreaking for me because I think if anyone deserves to be treated better and rewarded for the things he’s done for the club in the past, it’s him.”
However, he also admitted that Farah’s personality can divide opinion given his directness and honesty in communicating what he thinks is right for the club.
“He’s not everybody’s cup of tea and the reason I say that is he’s so passionate about the things he does and he’s so invested that he’s not shy to tell you what he thinks,” Marshall said.

“For example, before I left in 2013 I was going through a bad patch, I was stepping out of line a couple of times and no one would stand up to me but he would be the first one to pull me aside and say ‘pull your head in’. If he thinks something is bad for the club he’s the first guy to say ‘I don’t believe that’s the best thing for the club.
“Some people take him the wrong way, but I know Robbie, I played with him for 12 years, he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

“He’s a very bad loser and a very emotional person when it comes to defeat and games and after games I think he lets it get the better of him sometimes. But he’s the first to admit when he is wrong, I’ll give him that.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/robbie-farah-and-benji-marshall-took-huge-pay-cuts-to-help-the-wests-tigers-stay-under-the-cap/news-story/2556eb7ef7ae4f55deed91f8f2813dd9

As I have been told yes. This article states it was all included in his last contract at the Tigers, I was told they were still around $200k short. So I am not sure but when Yoss said he was still owed money it fit in with what in with what I was told.

“It had absolutely nothing to do with my old playing contract, or my current playing contract in coming back to the Tigers. **I got my contract paid out in full when I left to go to the Rabbitohs. There were no deferred payments or anything like that. It’s not like they [the Tigers] tried to hide it.**

So you are saying Robbie lied in this statement?

The guy has inside information. Dont dare to question it lol.

Wow don't you have your panties in a twist, I always stated I was relaying something I had been told. You made it clear that you didn't want to hear it so I stopped, but you can't seem to let it go can you? Must be fun being an Internet tough guy.

 

[The_Patriot]

Who are the wrong people Pascoe has upset.. genuinely interested…?

I would have thought youd be more concerned with people posting rumours as fact rather than this nonsense.

Let me put it this way. People claiming inside knowledge and then offering up a rumour that provides information not in the press is all well and good when its a signing or something. This time however there is a real person being impacted by these rumours. Justin Pascoe's career and integrity are at stake. I dont think we should accept these allegations without questioning them and asking for a level of proof.
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Are you telling me i am in the wrong doing this?

 

[Geo]

Who are the wrong people Pascoe has upset.. genuinely interested…?

I would have thought youd be more concerned with people posting rumours as fact rather than this nonsense.

Let me put it this way. People claiming inside knowledge and then offering up a rumour that provides information not in the press is all well and good when its a signing or something. This time however there is a real person being impacted by these rumours. Justin Pascoe's career and integrity are at stake. I dont think we should accept these allegations without questioning them and asking for a level of proof.
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Are you telling me i am in the wrong doing this?

Ummm …i take anything i read on this forum with a grain of salt..you are not wrong ..just genuinely interested in the wrong people Pascoe has upset..

Is it the NRL hirachy..the board of the Wests Tigers..who...?

 

[jirskyr]

I'm still confused about the part where Tigers had a secret illegal ambassador deal with Farah, with possible intent to decieve, and yet were dumb enough to mention it many times in the media.

We all knew there was a possible ambassador agreement, how was the NRL in the dark?

Never heard about a successful deception campaign involving notification to the papers.

I would assume they're (NRL) using the Sergeant Shultz method of 'I know nothing, I see nothing' inasmuch as despite the media articles inc comments from WT reps and player / player agent, they refused any type of proactive 'hey guys, whats going on? whats the progress of the deal, when will you have something to submit to us?", they remained ignorant because they hadnt received anything from the club whilst the issue was live. Even, then all went quiet and issue faded, no follow up 'where is the paperwork on this?'. Not proactive at all, somewhat like the banking regulators exposed at the royal commission.

That's fine that the paperwork was done incorrectly, but the hammer blow they've come down with suggests ongoing and calculated deceit.

Didn't Parra get $1M fine for systematic cheating, but we got $750K fine and $640K salary cap deduction? All for something that was made public at the time, but now is somehow a secret rort.

 

[Yossarian]

TPAs I’d assume… If we could get away with paying Robbie to maintain the fences I’m sure we would have!

TPA's fall through quite regularly Yoss , that's not WT's issue …....that's Robbie's issue and his Ayoub's issue

In normal conditions sure. But he was still under contract and so could refuse to leave and we would have been liable for the full 950k of his contract. So RF and Ayoub had some bargaining power.

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

 

[Masterton]

Is this the original pay cut theyre talking about?

Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall took huge pay cuts to help the Wests Tigers stay under the cap
• September 1, 2015 4:19pm
• by STAFF WRITERS
• Source: FOX SPORTS
Robbie Farah and
BENJI Marshall played alongside Robbie Farah for more than a decade and has admitted the current situation at the Wests Tigers is ‘heartbreaking’.
Speaking on NRL 360 on Tuesday night, Marshall made the stunning revelation that both he and Farah took massive pay cuts to keep the club afloat in 2012, sacrificing their own money to make sure the club could survive in good faith.

Marshall said what was intended as a selfless deed has now been thrown back in Farah’s face. Farah’s backended contract is only now repaying the sacrificed amount to the captain who has been asked to leave the club to alleviate pressure on the salary cap.

“In 2012 the club came to us and said we’re going to be ‘X’ amount over the cap,” Marshall revealed when asked if Farah had taken pay cuts to help the club in the past.
Marshall famously faced a similar situation with the Tigers at the end of 2013, when he agreed to a five-year deal and was then offered a reduced contract, to which he decided to defect to rugby union rather than sign for less than the original handshake offer.

“When I agreed to a five-year deal with them after that year, that was going to be backended and added onto the end of our contracts,” he explained of the 2012 pay cuts.
“The same thing happened with Robbie. Everyone looks at the price tag of $950,000 and says he’s not worth it, but that’s really $750,000 and the $200,000 that he took off three or four years ago to keep the club afloat.

“That’s how much the club means to the bloke and that’s how much it meant to me. We were willing to give up our money to keep the club under the cap.
“To see what's going on there, it’s pretty shattering for me. Obviously a similar thing happened to me there and I know for Robbie, he’s invested so much in the club.
“They talk about salary cap being the reason why, but in my opinion I think it’s got nothing to do with that. It’s got more to do with the personal battle between himself and JT.”
Knowing Farah as well as he does, Marshall also admitted that he doesn’t believe the captain will be playing anywhere but the Tigers for the next two seasons and will stick out the final two years of his contract, despite being told he can look elsewhere.
Marshall said Farah is a stubborn person by character and his love for the Wests Tigers means he won’t want to play anywhere else, even if it means playing reserve grade as has been threatened.

“I know how much the club means to him and as much as people might think he would go, there’s no way he wants to leave that club and there’s no way he wants to play for another club,” he said.

“It’s heartbreaking for me because I think if anyone deserves to be treated better and rewarded for the things he’s done for the club in the past, it’s him.”
However, he also admitted that Farah’s personality can divide opinion given his directness and honesty in communicating what he thinks is right for the club.
“He’s not everybody’s cup of tea and the reason I say that is he’s so passionate about the things he does and he’s so invested that he’s not shy to tell you what he thinks,” Marshall said.

“For example, before I left in 2013 I was going through a bad patch, I was stepping out of line a couple of times and no one would stand up to me but he would be the first one to pull me aside and say ‘pull your head in’. If he thinks something is bad for the club he’s the first guy to say ‘I don’t believe that’s the best thing for the club.
“Some people take him the wrong way, but I know Robbie, I played with him for 12 years, he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

“He’s a very bad loser and a very emotional person when it comes to defeat and games and after games I think he lets it get the better of him sometimes. But he’s the first to admit when he is wrong, I’ll give him that.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/robbie-farah-and-benji-marshall-took-huge-pay-cuts-to-help-the-wests-tigers-stay-under-the-cap/news-story/2556eb7ef7ae4f55deed91f8f2813dd9

As I have been told yes. This article states it was all included in his last contract at the Tigers, I was told they were still around $200k short. So I am not sure but when Yoss said he was still owed money it fit in with what in with what I was told.

“It had absolutely nothing to do with my old playing contract, or my current playing contract in coming back to the Tigers. **I got my contract paid out in full when I left to go to the Rabbitohs. There were no deferred payments or anything like that. It’s not like they [the Tigers] tried to hide it.**

So you are saying Robbie lied in this statement?

As I understand, his contract was paid out in full. He had some 3rd party deals that the club can't compensate for, so they offered him an ambassador role as a sign of good faith.

I'm sure just about every club has done this, though wisely leave it unofficial.

 

[Harvey]

Who was paying Robbie 200k in TPA's? A recruitment agency specialising in NRL coaches?

 

[happy_tiger]

Is this the original pay cut theyre talking about?

Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall took huge pay cuts to help the Wests Tigers stay under the cap
• September 1, 2015 4:19pm
• by STAFF WRITERS
• Source: FOX SPORTS
Robbie Farah and
BENJI Marshall played alongside Robbie Farah for more than a decade and has admitted the current situation at the Wests Tigers is ‘heartbreaking’.
Speaking on NRL 360 on Tuesday night, Marshall made the stunning revelation that both he and Farah took massive pay cuts to keep the club afloat in 2012, sacrificing their own money to make sure the club could survive in good faith.

Marshall said what was intended as a selfless deed has now been thrown back in Farah’s face. Farah’s backended contract is only now repaying the sacrificed amount to the captain who has been asked to leave the club to alleviate pressure on the salary cap.

“In 2012 the club came to us and said we’re going to be ‘X’ amount over the cap,” Marshall revealed when asked if Farah had taken pay cuts to help the club in the past.
Marshall famously faced a similar situation with the Tigers at the end of 2013, when he agreed to a five-year deal and was then offered a reduced contract, to which he decided to defect to rugby union rather than sign for less than the original handshake offer.

“When I agreed to a five-year deal with them after that year, that was going to be backended and added onto the end of our contracts,” he explained of the 2012 pay cuts.
“The same thing happened with Robbie. Everyone looks at the price tag of $950,000 and says he’s not worth it, but that’s really $750,000 and the $200,000 that he took off three or four years ago to keep the club afloat.

“That’s how much the club means to the bloke and that’s how much it meant to me. We were willing to give up our money to keep the club under the cap.
“To see what's going on there, it’s pretty shattering for me. Obviously a similar thing happened to me there and I know for Robbie, he’s invested so much in the club.
“They talk about salary cap being the reason why, but in my opinion I think it’s got nothing to do with that. It’s got more to do with the personal battle between himself and JT.”
Knowing Farah as well as he does, Marshall also admitted that he doesn’t believe the captain will be playing anywhere but the Tigers for the next two seasons and will stick out the final two years of his contract, despite being told he can look elsewhere.
Marshall said Farah is a stubborn person by character and his love for the Wests Tigers means he won’t want to play anywhere else, even if it means playing reserve grade as has been threatened.

“I know how much the club means to him and as much as people might think he would go, there’s no way he wants to leave that club and there’s no way he wants to play for another club,” he said.

“It’s heartbreaking for me because I think if anyone deserves to be treated better and rewarded for the things he’s done for the club in the past, it’s him.”
However, he also admitted that Farah’s personality can divide opinion given his directness and honesty in communicating what he thinks is right for the club.
“He’s not everybody’s cup of tea and the reason I say that is he’s so passionate about the things he does and he’s so invested that he’s not shy to tell you what he thinks,” Marshall said.

“For example, before I left in 2013 I was going through a bad patch, I was stepping out of line a couple of times and no one would stand up to me but he would be the first one to pull me aside and say ‘pull your head in’. If he thinks something is bad for the club he’s the first guy to say ‘I don’t believe that’s the best thing for the club.
“Some people take him the wrong way, but I know Robbie, I played with him for 12 years, he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

“He’s a very bad loser and a very emotional person when it comes to defeat and games and after games I think he lets it get the better of him sometimes. But he’s the first to admit when he is wrong, I’ll give him that.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/robbie-farah-and-benji-marshall-took-huge-pay-cuts-to-help-the-wests-tigers-stay-under-the-cap/news-story/2556eb7ef7ae4f55deed91f8f2813dd9

As I have been told yes. This article states it was all included in his last contract at the Tigers, I was told they were still around $200k short. So I am not sure but when Yoss said he was still owed money it fit in with what in with what I was told.

“It had absolutely nothing to do with my old playing contract, or my current playing contract in coming back to the Tigers. **I got my contract paid out in full when I left to go to the Rabbitohs. There were no deferred payments or anything like that. It’s not like they [the Tigers] tried to hide it.**

So you are saying Robbie lied in this statement?

As I understand, his contract was paid out in full. He had some 3rd party deals that the club can't compensate for, so they offered him an ambassador role as a sign of good faith.

I'm sure just about every club has done this, though wisely leave it unofficial.

But the TPA has nothing to do with the club

The club doesn't have to honour it in any way , shape or form

Look at Anasta , his TPA fell through as well , too bad so sad

 

[Geo]

How to build bridges for dummies or a hole in da fence contractor…200k well spent..

 

[cochise]

As I have been told yes. This article states it was all included in his last contract at the Tigers, I was told they were still around $200k short. So I am not sure but when Yoss said he was still owed money it fit in with what in with what I was told.

“It had absolutely nothing to do with my old playing contract, or my current playing contract in coming back to the Tigers. **I got my contract paid out in full when I left to go to the Rabbitohs. There were no deferred payments or anything like that. It’s not like they [the Tigers] tried to hide it.**

So you are saying Robbie lied in this statement?

As I understand, his contract was paid out in full. He had some 3rd party deals that the club can't compensate for, so they offered him an ambassador role as a sign of good faith.

I'm sure just about every club has done this, though wisely leave it unofficial.

But the TPA has nothing to do with the club

The club doesn't have to honour it in any way , shape or form

Look at Anasta , his TPA fell through as well , too bad so sad

What if the TPA was going to fall through because the company providing it was only interested because RF was playing for the Tigers? So it is possible that he was refusing to leave because it would cost him the $200k TPA. That is me speculating by the way.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

TPA's fall through quite regularly Yoss , that's not WT's issue …....that's Robbie's issue and his Ayoub's issue

In normal conditions sure. But he was still under contract and so could refuse to leave and we would have been liable for the full 950k of his contract. So RF and Ayoub had some bargaining power.

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

The $750k was the fine, not the salary cap hit.

 

[Yossarian]

In normal conditions sure. But he was still under contract and so could refuse to leave and we would have been liable for the full 950k of his contract. So RF and Ayoub had some bargaining power.

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

The $750k was the fine, not the salary cap hit.

Seriously?

 

[diedpretty]

TPA's fall through quite regularly Yoss , that's not WT's issue …....that's Robbie's issue and his Ayoub's issue

In normal conditions sure. But he was still under contract and so could refuse to leave and we would have been liable for the full 950k of his contract. So RF and Ayoub had some bargaining power.

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

Yea i can see its a problem if we didn't carry the full amount in our cap. The anomaly to the whole salary cap fiasco is that both us and Souths would have been carrying the 200k in our caps. So in effect we would have carried 950k and Souths 200k totalling 1150k when Robbie only got 950k. And the NRL reckons its a fair and simple system.

 

[diedpretty]

“It had absolutely nothing to do with my old playing contract, or my current playing contract in coming back to the Tigers. **I got my contract paid out in full when I left to go to the Rabbitohs. There were no deferred payments or anything like that. It’s not like they [the Tigers] tried to hide it.**

So you are saying Robbie lied in this statement?

As I understand, his contract was paid out in full. He had some 3rd party deals that the club can't compensate for, so they offered him an ambassador role as a sign of good faith.

I'm sure just about every club has done this, though wisely leave it unofficial.

But the TPA has nothing to do with the club

The club doesn't have to honour it in any way , shape or form

Look at Anasta , his TPA fell through as well , too bad so sad

What if the TPA was going to fall through because the company providing it was only interested because RF was playing for the Tigers? So it is possible that he was refusing to leave because it would cost him the $200k TPA. That is me speculating by the way.

Then the NRL failed in registering the TPA if it was only used to induce him to play for the Tigers. This is one of the major aguments about TPAs. I hope this is about TPAs - might bring the whole thing to a head.

 

[cochise]

As I understand, his contract was paid out in full. He had some 3rd party deals that the club can't compensate for, so they offered him an ambassador role as a sign of good faith.

I'm sure just about every club has done this, though wisely leave it unofficial.

But the TPA has nothing to do with the club

The club doesn't have to honour it in any way , shape or form

Look at Anasta , his TPA fell through as well , too bad so sad

What if the TPA was going to fall through because the company providing it was only interested because RF was playing for the Tigers? So it is possible that he was refusing to leave because it would cost him the $200k TPA. That is me speculating by the way.

Then the NRL failed in registering the TPA if it was only used to induce him to play for the Tigers. This is one of the major aguments about TPAs. I hope this is about TPAs - might bring the whole thing to a head.

That is actually false. The TPA might not have been organised by the Tigers! A company based in the Macarthur area may have independently offered RF a contract based on him being a representative of that area. Once he moved to Souths he no longer represented that area and the company may have then seen him of little commercial value

 

[Yossarian]

But the TPA has nothing to do with the club

The club doesn't have to honour it in any way , shape or form

Look at Anasta , his TPA fell through as well , too bad so sad

What if the TPA was going to fall through because the company providing it was only interested because RF was playing for the Tigers? So it is possible that he was refusing to leave because it would cost him the $200k TPA. That is me speculating by the way.

Then the NRL failed in registering the TPA if it was only used to induce him to play for the Tigers. This is one of the major aguments about TPAs. I hope this is about TPAs - might bring the whole thing to a head.

That is actually false. The TPA might not have been organised by the Tigers! A company based in the Macarthur area may have independently offered RF a contract based on him being a representative of that area. Once he moved to Souths he no longer represented that area and the company may have then seen him of little commercial value

Exactly. TPA only exists while he's a Tiger. So when he agrees to leave he's effectively foregoing that money.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

According to all reports at that time that is what we paid - it was reported he was on 950k at Souths that first year and we paid 750k of it. You can't then say oh but you only paid 750k - that would be double dipping as he already got his 950k that was owed for that season.

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

The $750k was the fine, not the salary cap hit.

Seriously?

Yep.

 

[cochise]

But we “only” were hit for 750k with regards to our salary cap. What I’m saying is he could have been released and paid out his contract. As far as I know from that point he could do what he likes although obviously we could have kept him playing reggies since cutting him offers little benefit.

Let’s say player X is owed 950k in contract money and 200k in off field money and has a year or two left on his contract.

If he stays at the club he gets 950k and possibly some or all of his TPA.
If he leaves he gets 950k but his TPAs disappear. So he’s out 200k.

The officials at Club Z know the above and say we’ll make sure you’re not out of pocket if you leave. Suggest an off field role post career for the amount he stands to lose.

The $750k was the fine, not the salary cap hit.

Seriously?

Yep.

He is saying the salary cap hit in 2017 for RF was $750k. He is not talking about the NRL penalty.

 

[Yossarian]

The $750k was the fine, not the salary cap hit.

Seriously?

Yep.

He is saying the salary cap hit in 2017 for RF was $750k. He is not talking about the NRL penalty.

Thanks Cochise. Yes I think we’re at cross purposes FTB. 750k when he went to Souths. 950k - 200k they coughed up.