Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

supercoach said:
Great post, sums up the workings of the cap well and how the agents now negotiate. To be honest what ever approach a club takes to managing their cap they need a lot of luck. You go down the elite path like Melbourne Manly and East’s a couple of injuries and you’re stuffed. You spread your dollars around your roster and you don’t have a X factor player to win you a comp like Walsh.

To me the Storm formula seems to work, a combination of a few elite players with proven journey men, but of course how many elite players can you have in a roster???

I guess it’s real life money ball
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Its about how to get the max out of your min
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Personally, I hope none of our players are selected for origin, we are all praying that this is the year we make the finals and the road gets tougher if your best players are missing and after are jaded from the series.

There I said it, suppose that makes me a selfish prick.
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Playing reps makes players better.
 
Tom Shines said:
It’s one of the world’s great mysteries …how all the teams spend the same amount of money but you end up with such a variance in playing talent .,,we are supposedly broke but the Rabbits can bid for everyone ..

As I’ve said before …make the player payments public … the US sports seem to manage it..
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The Player's Association would take the NRL straight to court and would win if they tried to make players salaries public.

The US has a history of treating athletes like indentured servants and until recently colleges making billions off unpaid athletes. Very different culture.
 
Camel2281 said:
The Player's Association would take the NRL straight to court and would win if they tried to make players salaries public.

The US has a history of treating athletes like indentured servants and until recently colleges making billions off unpaid athletes. Very different culture.
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The NRL can force them to comply to be welcome to the next league license renewal.
 
Camel2281 said:
The Player's Association would take the NRL straight to court and would win if they tried to make players salaries public.

The US has a history of treating athletes like indentured servants and until recently colleges making billions off unpaid athletes. Very different culture.
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Indentured servants earning millions …where do I sign up ?

No one is forcing anybody to play NRL …they could always get a nine to five job instead like the rest of us

Maybe you have an argument with College sports,,,,( previously …they get paid now), but Professional Sports are primarily about the fans … they don’t exist otherwise ., and the lack of transparency is a joke in my view
 
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Canadian Club said:
That was the point I was trying to make, with the new TV deal and new teams. Probably could have explained it better. 2023 wasnt meant to be a specific example or percentage, more the mindset that was around what figures meant back then and even the 3-5 years prior (2020 or 2021 would have been a better example). For example, Melbourne had 3 players on 1mil+ back in the mid 2010s.

For context, Cap in the following years:

2012: $4.4 million (Melbourne Storm Era)
2019: $9.6 million (Start of Penrith Era)
2026: $12 million (approx) (Current)
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And for unnecessary context, Melbourne Storm were $1M over a $4M salary cap, the dirty cheats.
 
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