@WT2K said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1047248) said:
Phil Rothfield revealed the Sharks are over their cap for 2020 despite letting a number of young players go recently, including Jayden Brailey to the Knights and Kyle Flanagan to the Roosters.
“The Sharks are already over the cap for next year and they haven’t had an off-season,” Rothfield told Controversy Corner.
“Paul Gallen is not on a lot of money this year so his retirement won’t help. He had his big money contracts earlier in his career.
“So they don’t have a problem this year, but they have lost Jayden Brailey, Kyle Flanagan and Gallen is retiring and they are still over their cap for next year.”
Rothfield revealed the Sharks are paying half their cap for next season to just six players.
“Shaun Johnson, Andrew Fifita, Aaron Woods, Wade Graham, Josh Dugan and Matt Moylan, if you add their penalty of 350k they take up more than half the cap,” Rothfield said.
“Then you have another 24 players to feed.”
via foxsports
If they are over next year how come they are not over this year. Those players are still on their books this year as is Gallen who won't be counted in next years cap. It can't be backended contracts because the NRL stopped those. Am I missing something or has the NRL just turned a blind eye.
Upgraded Nikora, Xerri, Blayke Brailey and I think Uele, Gallen is on not much apparently, and some of the others have price rises built in to their contracts
So surely the NRL wouldn't register those upgrades until they become cap compliant.