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  RazorRam0n February 22, 2017 at 2:34pm

  BA has been open about these things in the past...wouldn't hurt to just ask him
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  Fuuuuuui February 22, 2017 at 2:43pm

  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.
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    Poupou Escobar > Fuuuuuui February 22, 2017 at 3:15pm

    I reckon you're probably right.
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  RazorRam0n February 22, 2017 at 4:36pm

  that's my point...something doesn't add up and may relate to this issue.
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  Ron February 22, 2017 at 4:40pm

  Well he was injured last year and Nelson played hooker in 2015, before King was at the club. 
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  DDay February 22, 2017 at 6:55pm

  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. …
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    RazorRam0n > DDay February 22, 2017 at 8:42pm

    There's zero proof in there...zero
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  Slippery Steve February 22, 2017 at 8:58pm

  The attached shows one part of the top 25 as listed in the media guide. Cam King is there along with Kaysa and IDG
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  Poupou Escobar February 23, 2017 at 5:14am

  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.
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    RazorRam0n > Poupou Escobar February 23, 2017 at 9:00am

    Thanks for 3 paragraphs about something I already know...The question is...Is cam kings selection still being impacted by this issue?