weststigers
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Just some things to think about:Clarification Please....
If the Tigers trade Lachie Galvin for another player that means that the Tigers would have to absorb the new players full salary into the Tiger's Cap. At the moment Lachie Galvin is included in the Tigers cap at approx. $250-$350K. So potentially if the Tigers can manufacture a trade for a player of Lachie Galvin's talent that player (playing for club X) might be around the $700K mark on club X's salary cap. So, the Tigers cap takes a hit to accommodate the trade (unless club X absorbs some of the traded players contract in their cap). If I've understood this correctly, then the Tigers are at a disadvantage in letting Lachie go from a financial point of view?
1. NRL player salaries are counted from November 1 to October 31. Since it’s already April, half the season is done. A player on $700k has already been paid about $350k of his teams cap. If Galvin leaves we save around $100k, so the real impact to our cap is only around $250k.
2. We need 30 players on the roster by June 30. Right now, we have 27 or 28, so we were already going to sign more players anyway.
3. We already had cap space to bring in new players. That money was going to be spent no matter what. Letting Galvin go might help us get a player from another team who wasn’t available before and fills anposition we are weak in. Regardless of Gakvin leaving, we are not weak in the halves.
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