Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

liltiger said:
If South's do sign Weighton on a deal 300k less per year than the Raiders are offering then deadset someone needs to front N.R.L head office and get to the salarycap auditor and ask how that's legit. I'm not buying it I reckon Weighton stays a Raider but in the small chance he does sign with South's that will do me. We have over 1 mil to play with and can't sign a big name player, then we have clubs performing better paying less for all the talent.
If it does happen it proves there needs to be a draft, if the players don't like it and the clowns at the rlpa sing about a restraint of trade, the N.R.L can remind them the players can apply their trade in England, Russia, America, Italy, Greece and any other country with a league comp. How the N.R.L could sign off on a deal like that for Weighton to go to South's at around 300k below Canberra's offer is beyond me, but it is the N.R.L headoffice so anything is possible.
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The NRL will not go near it as it is a player choice , yes $ 700/750 is unders but he only has to say I don’t want to play for raiders I want to play with Trell , case closed
 
innsaneink said:
Why shouldn't players be allowed to go where they want even if it's less than offered elsewhere?
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Of course they should be able to, but in this world of money why would he, at age 30, turn his back in a contract which would be, most likely, his last big one. Seems odd .
I don’t think South’s would do anything stupid re the cap but it’s just not the usual stuff we hear.
 
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426Tlgerland said:
The NRL will not go near it as it is a player choice , yes $ 700/750 is unders but he only has to say I don’t want to play for raiders I want to play with Trell , case closed
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Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
 
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liltiger said:
Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
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Raiders market value , south’s say he is worth $ 750 that’s there value of him , Tigers probably 1.3 million what happens then
 
426Tlgerland said:
Raiders market value , south’s say he is worth $ 750 that’s there value of him , Tigers probably 1.3 million what happens then
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Highest offer is 1.0 per year so far that is his value, otherwise the Roosters come it at 150k a year and he signs to win a comp. There is no way he is going to be paid 300k less than the Raiders are offering if he goes to South's, it's a rort with paper bags involved.
 
liltiger said:
Not really, the N.R.L could very easily say you've been offered 1 mil by Canberra so that's your market value, so for South's to sign you that's what it'll take.
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Then the Player's Association will complain about restriction of trade etc etc. Same reason they'll never agree to a draft. The salary cap was never introduced to spread the talent across the comp, it was purely brought in at the time to stop clubs spending themselves into oblivion and going broke.
 
Camel2281 said:
Then the Player's Association will complain about restriction of trade etc etc. Same reason they'll never agree to a draft. The salary cap was never introduced to spread the talent across the comp, it was purely brought in at the time to stop clubs spending themselves into oblivion and going broke.
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It’s hard to argue it doesn’t help spread the talent.

Look at how many good players left the 2 grand final teams last year
 
For anyone that watches cup and flegg
Of the halves we have in the ranks which ones are a controlling half and what ages are they. From reading on here kade hill sounds like he has it but people seem worried about his size and is 21 now ( read on here so might be wrong) so if he’s not close chances are his opportunity is gone
Large while sounds gifted and might debut young as some predict doesn’t sound like a controlling half
If we don’t get anyone from outside in the interim and if brooks,Wakeham and Laurie don’t resign which one would you promote for next year
 
Camel2281 said:
Then the Player's Association will complain about restriction of trade etc etc. Same reason they'll never agree to a draft. The salary cap was never introduced to spread the talent across the comp, it was purely brought in at the time to stop clubs spending themselves into oblivion and going broke.
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Agreed, though when it was planned out it was always done around the assumption that there would be a player draft, it was the draft that was being relied upon to spread the talent, until Hill challenged it in the supreme court, so now all there is to spread the talent is the cap.
 
Spacecub said:
The NRL are as weak as piss, and clearly favour certain clubs over others, the salary cap as a catalyst to even out the talent between all the clubs is a total wank
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I couldn't agree more, it needs a massive overhaul and the clowns in the N.R.L to actually enforce it. Problem is its all the comp has atm as a tool to even attempt to even the playing talent.
 
If Jack Wighton’s rep position is centre and that’s where he performs the best is his value as a centre really at 1m? He is a great player but probably not a great 5/8. From memory Val Holmes and Manu are the highest paid centres and would be on a bit more than $800,000 a season. So about $800,000 for Wighton would be fair in my opinion. Where they fit him in is the question, they have a mediocre left backrower, could Jack play there?
 
I believe the nrl is 1 of the closest competitions in the world to say the cap doesn’t work is nonsense. We got the spoon and signed 1 of the best hookers in the comp and 1 of the best second rowers in the comp

It’s the clubs fault we are sitting on the bottom of the table not the Salary caps fault

I’ve looked at teams like the
Roosters in the past and believed they were paying players under the table but I doubt they are. Players want to win games so they will take abit of a pay cut to go to a club were there more likely to win. You can’t force a player to sign some 1 where because they have the highest bid. It’s up to the lower clubs to be better
 
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