Moving Forward
Our Game, The Greatest Game of All!
Wait a second..
Can we really say that? Do we truly believe that?
I think Rugby League is Awesome, its entertaining and its inspiring.
but what makes something truly great?
To me the recipe to a great game needs the following ingredients:
The Fans - we have plenty of that, look around. There is a website full of supporters of a club who come on here everyday to pull their hair out hoping and praying that we can do better this week, or discuss what went wrong the week before. We love it!
The Talent - pretty common knowledge that the athleticism of those blokes is matched only by their courage and resiliency. The game has so much talent we are supplying another competition, even other codes.
The Administration - We have our eggs and milk, we mixed it with the flour, the cake is in the oven! but oh no someone forgot to turn the oven on..
Our game is no longer Great, its no longer a Competition. There is no Contest! the club with the best roster wins, simple. Sign the best players and boom you've got yourself a trophy.
Everyone says it, The Roosters are over the "Cap" and Everyone knows that The Storm were too and you know what i don't even care! who can blame them, they saw the loop holes and they exploited the weaknesses in our game.
We must move forward, to make our game complete there needs to be a fair playing ground.
We are currently discussing by how much we are going to lose by this week, rightfully so, doesn't mean we don't love our club. We can see whats happening, this represents the culture of our GAME. The lack of contest.
In my perfect world every game would be paying $1.90 either way every week.
Every team could turn up with a legit chance of beating the other.
I truly believe its a achievable goal.
Grades - First Grade, Second Grade And Reserve Grade
The Cap - 1 Cap for firsts 1 for seconds and reserves, no second tier limit that stops players from
playing up like the Moylan saga
Marquee Men - Two players in each team, one forward and one back, exempt from the "Cap"
The Starting 17- Instead of nominating 25 guys who you get to choose from for the next 26 weeks, after three competition rounds each club nominates their starting team, First Grade.
If you lose your full back you get your second grade replacement in, seconds takes from reserves and some club player gets his chance to play for reserves.
If some one if under performing, straight swap.
A Player Trading and Draft Scheme - when it comes to signings, a trade system is much more effective, take Sandow, we have been playing him even though we don't want to and vice versa. Enter Warrington and they want him bad, next thing you know we have Myler playing for his chance to get a second grade contract at Parramatta next year as our first replacement guaranteed. The Draft gives every team the opportunity at Junior Development, taking away clubs opportunity to snag young guns with a big money contract.
I know its not a perfect strategy but id love to hear what you guys have to say.
Lets Help this Game Be Great
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Good ideas
The salary cap should just be all inclusive, forget this 3rd party BS. The roosters as you've said are over the cap but because of their TPA's means that they're probably technically under the cap. Get rid of TPA's and increase the cap to $10 million for 35 players which means an average contract of roughly $285k, increase the minimum wage while you're at it too.
I like the idea of a trading system but like the idea of a loan system even more. Do not like a draft system at all, it hinders too many teams more than it helps others. I'm not a huge fan of the NFL but they incorporate a draft system and it doesn't seem to really work. All the best teams are constantly at the top of the table while the other teams, who get early draft picks, always seem to be at the bottom. I think clubs are now getting into their heads that junior recruitment isn't solely about your own district, to get the best you have to go out and look for it. This year alone Parra has recruited juniors from: Newcastle, Toowoomba, Northern Territory. Even some of our rising talents on the fringe of first grade selection are from areas that are not local: Josh Aloiai (Glenora, NZ), Bevan French (Inverell). The NRL should be putting in more competitions to deepen the talent pool though. There should be more funding to country football so they have a regular 16's and 18's competition.
The one thing I don't get is the "The Starting 17- Instead of nominating 25 guys who you get to choose from for the next 26 weeks, after three competition rounds each club nominates their starting team, First Grade.
If you lose your full back you get your second grade replacement in, seconds takes from reserves and some club player gets his chance to play for reserves.".What happens with forwards and backs? If your left edge backrower is injured but your left edge backrower is not up to first grade standard, are you allowed to bring up your right edge backrower? Also what if your 2nd best fullback plays in the centres in first grade but your fullback in second grade can't defend in the starting line?
I don't like the idea of cap exempt players either. Everyone involved in the cap, if they want to get paid more then they look for another club or they go overseas.