This is an extract from article on nine.com.au:
The Roosters last week put in a formal submission for salary cap relief to the NRL following Cordner's brutal run with repeated concussions, with the club hoping to get $350,000 in salary cap relief.
How is that different from a player suffering a long term injury like an ACL and he's out for 12 months? What's stopping their club to apply for salary cap reflief?
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Totally agree, Mick. The team has to pay for a player's indiscretion and he hasn't even been found guilty yet.
What is even more ridiculous is the length of time it takes for the announcement of the result of the testing of the B sample. The B sample is just the re-testing of the A sample so you think that could be done soon after the initial test. Why is the club penalised unless it's a similar situation to that of Cronulla and Essendon where coaching staff were involved? What crime has the club committed?
Does anyone know what rationale the NRL have for this policy?
Mick, I'm pretty sure James Segyaro had to wait about 9 months or more between his A sample and B sample results.
Alan I think the NRL should do the B sample at a roadside drug bus. They seem to get the answer straight away.
You can get salary cap relief if a player misses a certain amount of games through injury, I think it was 13 games or more, but if the roosters are choosing to sit him out even though he has the all clear to play than it should knocked back by the NRL.
Good perspective Fongy.
It's happened before and will happen again.
Will be funny if they get it,then they also allow them to play an under age Suuali.maybe it ain't just the players receiving Brown paper bags.
They will get compensation.
What the NRL should be asking for is the doctors / officials and coaching staff who have allowed B Cordner to play on. That should be the NRL's inquiry and not paying them compensation. Or have I missed something? Isn't this also a duty of care issue?
this is totally bs from the nrl
So it all happened in a rep game hey. The fact that he has had so many head knocks in club games prior and there was talk that he should'nt of even been picked due the that dosen't matter. Another case of bend the rules Roosters. The hit he copped in that match was minimal and the only reason they kept him off was because of his history with head knocks.
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