PARRAMATTA’S salary cap woes could extend for the next three years with revelations the Eels will be forced to include a near $400,000 settlement to former player Will Hopoate in its salary cap.
The Sunday Telegraph has learnt the Eels settled with Hopoate for $370,000 after the Canterbury fullback launched legal action against the club. Hopoate was seeking almost $2 million.
His legal team served papers against the Eels last August believing the club had changed the terms and fee of a three-year deal. Hopoate was to be paid $630,000 in 2016, $660,000 in 2017 and $690,000 in 2018. He since signed a contract with Canterbury.
Hopoate has been embroiled in a lawsuit with the club for some time.Parramatta administrator Max Donnelly confirmed earlier this month the club had settled with Hopoate “a couple of weeks ago”.
While the NRL’s salary cap auditors have yet to make a determination it is understood the Eels will be forced to include the payout to Hopoate in its salary cap.
Luckily for the Eels, they will be able to spread the payments out over the next three years of salary caps, meaning the six figure settlement will not have to be included in its entirety in next year’s salary cap.
Currently with the Bulldogs, Hopoate spent two seasons with Parramatta.It comes in a week where the Eels recorded the worst financial results in NRL history, losing $11 million.
Parramatta have had some joy with the NRL in recent months after it was decided Kieran Foran’s $150,000 severance package would not be included in the club’s salary cap for next year.
Foran became the first player to have a payment excluded from the salary cap in a new rule where for conduct and behaviour issues it is in the best interests of the game for a player to leave a club.
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Meanwhile, former Melbourne and South Sydney player Matt King is expected to join the Roosters coaching staff.
King has been a member of the Rabbitohs support staff since retiring after two seasons at the club in 2013.
More recently he was the Rabbitohs under-18 SG Ball coach and assisted the NRL side.
He replaces New Zealand Warriors bound Steve McNamara.
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I through it was all over with done with hoppa
way it looks it not
ILL BE BACK
That's what i have been saying since this whole debacle started.
Looking forward to seeing the 2017 draw and how many Sunday's Canterbury get scheduled .
Geeesh this makes me mad !!
But once again we will have a team which is not fully ours, seems like we will never break free of playing players to be elsewhere.
Thanks Sharpie, someone should sodomise him and his mate Seaweed with a plunger.
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