SMH Poll - Are we underpaid, fairly paid or overpaid?

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8\. Are we underpaid, fairly paid or overpaid?
August 1, 2010 - 12:04AM

THE PLAYERS SAY: Compared to other sports, it is clear NRL players believe they are getting a raw deal

BRONCOS:

Ashton Sims Fairly paid

Ben Hunt Underpaid

Alex Glen Underpaid

Jharal Yow Yeh Underpaid

Josh McGuire Lower tier underpaid

Corey Parker Underpaid

BULLDOGS

Michael Hodgson Under

Dene Halatau Under

Jamal Idris –

Mickey Paea Fair

Ben Barba Some are, some aren't

Andrew Ryan Under

Josh Morris -

Luke Patten Under

COWBOYS

Johnathan Thurston Underpaid

Anthony Watts Underpaid.

Ty Williams Underpaid.

Ashley Graham Some underpaid, some overpaid.

DRAGONS

Jon Green Underpaid – we play more games than the other three major codes in Australia and it is a harder game.

Jarrod Saffy Underpaid.

Trent Merrin Fairly

Neville Costigan Underpaid.

Jason Nightingale Underpaid.

EELS

Krisnan Inu Some fairly paid, some underpaid

Ben Smith Underpaid

Tim Mannah Fairly paid, although it is behind the money being made in other codes

Jeff Robson Underpaid

Joel Reddy The bottom players are underpaid

Justin Horo Some fairly, although minimum wage should be lifted

Nathan Hindmarsh Fairly

Nathan Cayless Underpaid.

Shane Shackleton Underpaid

KNIGHTS

Ben Rogers Underpaid.

Shannon McDonnell Fairly.

Steve Simpson Guys on minimum wage need more.

Cory Paterson Underpaid.

Keith Lulia Underpaid.

PANTHERS

Lachlan Coote Underpaid.

Michael Gordon A mix of all three.

Kevin Kingston Underpaid.

Michael Jennings Underpaid.

Trent Waterhouse Underpaid.

Shane Elford Fairly.

RAIDERS

Terry Campese Fairly

Jarrod Croker Fairly

Alan Tongue -

Joel Thompson Fairly

Tom Learoyd-Lahrs -

Josh Dugan -

Joel Monaghan Fairly

ROOSTERS

Todd Carney Fairly paid

Shaun Kenny-Dowall No comment

Nate Myles Underpaid

Jason Ryles Underpaid

Nick Kouparitsas Underpaid

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Underpaid

Tom Symonds Depends on who it is

SHARKS

Luke Douglas Underpaid.

Luke Covell Underpaid.

Jon Mannah Underpaid.

Broderick Wright Underpaid.

Nathan Gardner Underpaid.

Ben Pomeroy Underpaid.

SEA EAGLES

Jamie Lyon No comment

Glenn Stewart Fairly paid

Trent Hodkinson Underpaid

Ben Farrar Underpaid

Michael Robertson Underpaid

Josh Perry Underpaid.

Joe Gulavao Underpaid

SOUTHS

Beau Champion Underpaid

Nathan Merritt Underpaid

Shannon McPherson Underpaid

Luke Capewell Underpaid

Issac Luke Underpaid

Sam Burgess Underpaid

Jason Clark Underpaid

STORM

Gareth Widdop All of the above.

Ryan Hinchcliffe Underpaid and fairly paid.

Jeff Lima Underpaid.

Dane Nielsen Underpaid.

Todd Lowrie All of the above.

Sika Manu Underpaid.

Willie Isa Underpaid.

Atelea Vea Underpaid.

TITANS

Preston Campbell All of the above

Luke Bailey Fairly paid

Mat Rogers All of the above

Greg Bird Underpaid

WARRIORS

Russell Packer Fairly paid

Brent Tate Underpaid, especially the blokes on the minimum wage who have families.

Aaron Heremaia Underpaid comparitively.

Lewis Brown Underpaid when compared to other codes.

Micheal Luck Fairly when compared to the rest of the workforce.

Simon Mannering There's worse jobs out there. We don't get badly paid, but I guess there are people in the game who are making more money than the players.

WESTS TIGERS

Todd Payten Fairly paid.

Bryce Gibbs Overpaid.

Chris Heighington Underpaid.

John Skandalis 90% underpaid.

Beau Ryan Underpaid.

Keith Galloway No comment.

Liam Fulton Fairly paid.

THE TALLY

Underpaid: 58

All of the Above: 29

Fairly: 17

 

[stryker]

hahaha only one player voted overpaid….Gibbsy is a crackup.
I think the minimum wage is too low but on the whole it's reasonably fair.

 

[Juro]

Good one, Bryce… :laughing:

I think it's a bit unfair to have a survey like this where they print the results for everyone with no anonymity

 

[LukeH]

I think it's a silly poll to be honest. Yeah they have a hard job, underpaid….blah blah blah, but Mannering said it best that there are worse jobs out there. Be grateful that they get decent coin to play a game they love. Most of us are underpaid doing jobs we hate.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I notice nobody asked Cronk, Slater, Inglis or Smith…

 

[system]

Dene Halatau saying underpaid.

He got paid 4 years of bloody good wages off three good career games.

FTR The minimum wage is the biggest issue as far as raising the cap goes

 

[TiggaPlease]

LOL @ Thurston saying underpaid! I'm sure the rest of his team could be more than fairly paid if he didn't take up such a huge portion of their salary cap.

 

[Spartan117]

Underpaid - Your Kidding , try really working for a living.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I find it laughable that Trent Hodkinson is complaining he's underpaid, he's just chased the dollar by signing with Canterbury.

Hey Trent, how many other 21 year olds are out earning $265,000 a year doing what they love?

At least Luck & Mannering have their heads screwed on right.

 

[Newy_Tiger]

Suprising really these guys earn much more than the avergage person.
Thurston saying he's underpaid? What does he want now the salary cap to double just so he can get more?jeeze.
I can understand some minimum wage players saying underpaid but thats about it.
BTW Gibbs youre a crack up :laughing:

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Compared to other Athletes, they are under-paid. One broken ankle can end your earring potential, followed that with the fact the Administering Body makes a sound profit, I'd say they should get a bigger slice of the Pie…

Minimum Wage is too low for the risk...

Guys like Darren Lockyer who have given the games plenty of dollars, should not have his income restricted...

Ask 10'000 people on the street if they are under-paid and I'm sure they will all say yes... Even the greedy Bankers!!!

 

[Geo]

Lockyer…income restricted.... :laughing:

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Lockyer…income restricted.... :laughing:

Mate, he dropped around 150k per year off his last deal for the love of Brisbane :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: