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"I thought the pass was shit.Fox had to reach back for it if he hit him in stride it would have been over alot earlier.The beauty of it and this is what pace does is when he looked across at Atkinson and then released himself onto top gear and left…"
"Cap relief is of no use to us. We can't seem to sign anyone that's worth the money."
"100 the only thing I can come up with is there trying to get as much talent in here ASAP to fit the Moses prime but next year like you say we are back to square one.Juniors need to really step up here.
The real sin is letting DB have that player…"
The real sin is letting DB have that player…"
"What's weird though, is they weren't split last week. They were both playing both sides of the ruck. Pezet going to first receiver, allowing Mitch to play wider where his speed threatened the edge defenders."
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It is a joke and I am happy to call it, the Roosters, Broncos, Storm as a minimum are playing under different cap rules. All happily sponsored by the NRL and the old, look the other way. No team in the NRL is on the same playing field. Wake up NRL, people know it and you lose credibility every day.
Fans would understand that perhaps their club needs to work harder ( even though that's against the spirit of the issue), and also see through the uneven playing field it creates
Same as the player manager investigation, the NRL under Greenturd doesn't want to upset the clubs that provide the most support to the hierarchy
Deadset with TG it is more than just appeasing Politis and the rest, it is about protecting himself.
As I mentioned on here a couple of weeks ago there was an article in the Herald regarding the player manager investigation. What it said was that it was unlikely to go ahead in order to protect someone in the NRL administration.
They lined this up with a story about John Grant going out and doing a secret investigation into the Perrett contract at the Dogs without telling the Integrity unit. Problem was Grant met with the wrong Player manager who had a similar name to Perret's manager. His cover was blown and the investigation stopped.
Without being dodgy and somehow getting away with it, there is no chance of being truly competitive.
It's no fluke that Melbourne Brisbane NQ and Sydney are always in the finals.
If you look at value of some TPAs and what value was given in return for it. Did the players do any advertising, meet and greets etc for company supplying the payment and was it worth the amount of $$. Straight away you would see the system is a joke as what value do small local businesses giving players between 20-50 grand to journeymen nrl players considering they can not use players image or appearance in nrl gear or team colours.
What is difference between parra inviting TPA suppliers to a corporate box function and the thoroughbreds for broncos having access to bronco functions and the sheds after games.
If Nrl forced every person entering the sheds before and after games to show ID and then did a simple search, I am sure they would find half the no names in there are connected via TPAs the clubs aren't supposed to offer incentives for.
As for not using TPAs to entice players why can players sign on massive unders at certain clubs then walk away with plenty more $$ once TPAs added to salary.
Plenty of media, players and those involved in game admit they know rules broken by everyone yet nothing done. Why doesn't afl have this problem or even the A-league. Cause they police cap and rules
Ps - whilst I agree with your point , Bern just worry about getting us a team sponsor before you worry about what bloody TPAs players are getting .
The issue is with the clubs, not the individual players. And it's too easy to mount a defence against releasing individual player salaries. Much harder to defend against overall club visibility.
I'm still a bit on the fence regarding publishing a player's salary. I don't think that just because you're an athlete you should have your salary published outright.
In the same way I don't think the NRL should have any access to player's phones. They aren't the police, they don't get to hold a player's phone for an investigation, especially given how many leaks come out of there.
Not so much in regards to publishing their TPAs. Given TPAs aren't supposed to be organised by the clubs and are a way for team's to recruit players outside of the salary cap then those payments should be visible, at the very least as a total team expenditure so fans can see who has an advantage. I agree with The Captain and think each team's total expenditure in regards to their playing squad should be visible and broken into TPAs, salaries and other earnings.
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