Is Cam King in the top 25?

there was speculation on the Supercoach podcast yesterday that the reason Cam King may not get a lot of first grade is due to issues with him in our 2nd tier cap.

Anyone know for certain?

You need to be a member of 1Eyed Eel to add comments!

Join 1Eyed Eel

Votes: 0
Email me when people reply –

Replies

  • BA has been open about these things in the past...wouldn't hurt to just ask him

  • I believe there was an article last year where BA talks about how he was apologetic about King not getting game time last year because of the Second tier cap.
    He then went on to say that he made promises in order to encourage him to stick with the club for this year.

    I'm guessing those promises were a Top 25 spot.
    • I reckon you're probably right.

  • that's my point...something doesn't add up and may relate to this issue.

  • Well he was injured last year and Nelson played hooker in 2015, before King was at the club. 

  • Was discussed extensively last week in post from Big Dave:

    http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/parra-s-top-25-listed-today

    PARRA'S TOP 25 - LISTED TODAY
    The much anticipated  NRL Official Information Handbook 2017 Season Guide hit the shelves today at all good Newsagencies listing all clubs squads. …
    • There's zero proof in there...zero
  • The attached shows one part of the top 25 as listed in the media guide. Cam King is there along with Kaysa and IDG
  • At any given point in time you can only have 25 players whose salaries count toward the cap. Those are the 25 highest paid at that point in time. Note, you can promote players into the top 25 (if you have cap space) by paying them more, but you can't drop blokes out by giving them a pay cut (assuming they even agree).

    As for match payments and so on, they don't affect a player's value under the cap in the year they are earned/paid. They are calculated, for cap purposes, before the season starts based on the number of games played the preceding year.

    So a player who only played five NRL games last year (because he was inexperienced, injured or just a backup) has a match payments component of $5k/game. His pay this year is obviously based on the number of games he plays in 2017 but his cap value (for the match payments at least) is 100% based on the number of games played in 2016. So if he plays one game in 2017 he will earn $5k (plus base salary) and if he plays 24 games he will earn $120k + base salary. In either case his cap value for 2017 is $25k ($5k times the five games he played last year) plus base salary.

    That's how it works. Otherwise you could never manage your cap during a season. When players 'miss out due to second tier cap issues' it means the second tier cap was filled by other players before he got the chance for a call up.
    • Thanks for 3 paragraphs about something I already know...The question is...Is cam kings selection still being impacted by this issue?
This reply was deleted.

More stuff to read

Perpetual Motion replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Iongi: Recent Illicit Substance Scandals vs NRL Sanctions
"Could be years old but he needs to wisen up."
3 hours ago
Perpetual Motion replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Iongi: Recent Illicit Substance Scandals vs NRL Sanctions
"mmmmmmm.....Twisties."
3 hours ago
Acme replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Iongi: Recent Illicit Substance Scandals vs NRL Sanctions
"This is possibly the weakest attempt I've ever seen from an ex trying to incriminate an NRL player. It's laughable and should be treated as such by the Integrity Units.
Did the ex sell the photos to the media or just releae them on social media out…"
5 hours ago
Randy Handlinger replied to SuperEel 22's discussion Parramatta, NRL to investigate images of rising Eels star
"ok.. You have literally nothing to lose. Edibles or a spliff?
Dunno about the astral...did you mean postal?"
5 hours ago
More…