Sam Burgess

[stryker]

Jeeze how tough is soufs pack looking for next year?
Pretty daunting…

 

[Marshall_magic]

He'll get a long term injury, it happens to all Souths big name buys.

 

[Yossarian]

look at the souths backline. who would be on any type of big money? (maybe Merrett, Wesser thats it)

that''s why they can spend on the forwards.

They upgraded Sandow when he was attracting attention. Colin Best wouldn't be dirt cheap. Throw in John Sutton - they're not on peanuts.

Anyway you slice it they have a hell of a lot of money tied up in props so even if they are skimping on backs something has to give evenually.

 

[angeman]

3rd party payments from companies who are not current sponsors of the club are exempt of the salary cap. this has been confirmed by david gallop at last year's member forum and so, essentially, the potential for players wages is uncapped providing the above criteria is met and the club / player can be shown to be doing something (i.e. advertising / public speaking / corporate events) to justify receiving such payments.

this is how soufffs and some teams are able to top up player wages and sign so many rep players. i'd assume we do the exact same but if some teams have stronger corporate supporters (i.e. Brisbane's Thoroughbreds) this may be quite helpful. i guess only the NRL will know the details of such arrangements.

 

[Sabre]

All those forwards will be useless because they have just about the worst backs in the comp.

 

[Yossarian]

3rd party payments from companies who are not current sponsors of the club are exempt of the salary cap. this has been confirmed by david gallop at last year's member forum and so, essentially, the potential for players wages is uncapped providing the above criteria is met and the club / player can be shown to be doing something (i.e. advertising / public speaking / corporate events) to justify receiving such payments.

this is how soufffs and some teams are able to top up player wages and sign so many rep players. i'd assume we do the exact same but if some teams have stronger corporate supporters (i.e. Brisbane's Thoroughbreds) this may be quite helpful. i guess only the NRL will know the details of such arrangements.

There are limits on third party sponsors. It's not uncapped otherwise you'd have no salary cap. And the things you mention are included. Quite rigorously

 

[jasetiger]

All those forwards will be useless because they have just about the worst backs in the comp.

And they are all big, clunky forwards with no mobility. We will run rings around them.

 

[Rorko]

Merrit aint useless, Wesser at his best aint either

 

[stryker]

Merrit aint useless, Wesser at his best aint either

either is Sutton.

 

[stryker]

All those forwards will be useless because they have just about the worst backs in the comp.

And they are all big, clunky forwards with no mobility. We will run rings around them.

We may have a chance as long as they havn't already trampled our blokes into the turf 😕

 

[Defiant]

Apparently 2ky said this morning that Burgess had signed with Souths after they paid out his contract.

 

[softlaw]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/souths-sign-england-star/2009/09/30/1253989939516.html

 

[Old_Bluebag]

The ABC News @ 9:00 said that he'd signed up with Souths for 2 years starting next year. How now the Salary Cap, and who'll be getting the flick to fit him in? Ha!

 

[Defiant]

South Sydney have confirmed the signing of boom English rugby
league forward SAM BURGESS for the next four NRL seasons.
The 20-year-old has already made four Test appearances for Great
Britain and will join the Rabbitohs after the club agreed a
compensation fee with English Super League club Bradford.
South Sydney owner RUSSELL CROWE is believed to have sealed the
deal for the Rabbitohs, holding a face-to-face meeting with BURGESS
while in England to film Robin Hood.
AAP RTV ej/nh

 

[851]

Apparently 2ky said this morning that Burgess had signed with Souths after they paid out his contract.

Paying out his contract/transfer fee must surely come under the salary cap.

 

[Spank]

Are we the ONLY club not rorting the cap or what ????

 

[Muffstar]

He will probably get a role in Crowes next movie and get paid a motza.

 

[weststigerman]

Souths are buying out players' contracts, meanwhile, if the reports are true, the tigers are trying to get other clubs to pay the wages for players they sign. :unamused:

 

[T-REXX]

and u make it sound as if it is bad!!

its a good way to get good players that others cant afford.. eg Payton

 

[balmain boy]

Apparently 2ky said this morning that Burgess had signed with Souths after they paid out his contract.

Paying out his contract/transfer fee must surely come under the salary cap.

In most sports transfer fees are outside of the cap. It hasn't happened very often in league so who knows.

Normally a player gets released if he doesn't want to be at the club.

Did the money Sonny Bill paid to the Bulldogs to go to France get included in the cap??