What happens now? Players want their new pay deal ratified or will not turn up to training on Monday which will hold up the competition return. The tail is wagging the dog.
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"it means they can front end the upgrade"
"Tells me LB, he got a huuuuge upgrade. Right now , the players are firmly in the driver's seat to get Santa Clause contract offers from us as we have bags of cash and nowhere to spend it. "
"Love this. Iongi is the player type the Eels need, young, talented, keen to learn and improve and wants to committ to the club.
Well done Eels."
Well done Eels."
"Like some suspected , we are unable to use our millions we have in the salary cap , so we will just give those already here huge bump ups. Good to tie him up, but unless I'm mistaken , didn't we have another 2 years to go on his existing contract…"
"Great news to wake up to!"
"Of course, but it affects what you can do with the rest of your team Pops..."
"Good to see your adding value to Cumberland Eels posts Arnie!
Any other idea's??"
Any other idea's??"
"Joel K Who do you think should chase him Joel, Jim?
Looking at Richo physically as he left Tigers, I reckon he will be flat out seeing another season !!
PS How much "shit" did he get done at Tigers??"
Looking at Richo physically as he left Tigers, I reckon he will be flat out seeing another season !!
PS How much "shit" did he get done at Tigers??"
"yer, lock up rley why we are at it, the team looks a much better outfit with him at 9 imo. Be interesting to see how dasilva fits into the plan, i guess smith to 13 for a bit when talyn is on. "
"Good news and all for the longevity of the contract. I guess upgrades will be available as it progresses."
"The price tag won't make him any more or less effective LB."
"@Mr 'BringBackFitzy' Analyst
I have had the complete package in years gone by and I am still waiting for the years to come Analyst!.....No cooking here!"
I have had the complete package in years gone by and I am still waiting for the years to come Analyst!.....No cooking here!"
"Agreed Lomax was probably on unders here. He sold himself short and it wasn't in our interest to renegotiate, so he left."
"I don't think the Tigers roster is that great. A couple of stars, sure, but to fit them under the cap, they will be running out with a LOT of reserve graders every week. A better gauge of a club is how much quality they have in the middle of the…"
"Great news.
I am guessing this means we have missed out on KK. It gives our recruitment team something to cheer about to soften the blow of missing out.."
I am guessing this means we have missed out on KK. It gives our recruitment team something to cheer about to soften the blow of missing out.."
"They're one of our main competitors so it will benefit if they are languishing at the bottom. Just as Gus Gould does everything for the Eels to fail."
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I'm in the players corner here. They agreed to a 75% pay cut until the game could restart, and I agree it was necessary, but if they are going to start playing again, and presumably getting broadcast income flowing again, then the players want to know what their pay arrangements are going to be, and fair enough.
The 75% cut was for the duration of when the game wasn't operating, once it starts operating and the game gets some cash flow the players deserve to be paid accordingly. The NRL has thus far not addressed this concern, however I'm sure they will. The players desperatley want to start playing again, but they don't want to be taken for granted, and fair enough.
The other issue is around the Warriors. They have to be in quarantine for 14 days after they arrive before they can start training. The Warriors players are understandably concerned that this hasn't been nailed down yet, and they aren't prepared to commit to traveling across the ditch and then being in quarantine without a deal in place. Again, fair enough I say.
There is an agreement already in place if the competion resumes,the players get 29.5 pc of any revenue from then on, it is not yet known how much that will be. The players and that wanna be Newton continue to throw up road blocks , cance the comp for gods sake and let these self entilted shits cry about that, I had hopes the comp wopuld resume on rhe 28th, not any more.
Thats fine if they dont - no-one wins. Seriously both fox and ch 9 could be stubborn too in light of the players behaviours this week. No-one wins. AFL will be back soon as will some o/seas soccer....there will be sport to watch somewhere. The marbles has even taken off.....
Well the Belorussian Premier League has been playing this whole time. It's the only professional sport that has continued operating uninterrupted.
Yes Brett and its good stuff. I congratule those Belorussians, a tough race.
i agee with the playes but the reality is that they will play. They are fully paid up untilk the end of May whic means they are obligated to turn up and train, after that they wont get paid a cent. All of the players i have spoken to are so worried abou their next paycheck, despite some of these players being marquee players that they would do anything to get back and play.
All of the club officials i have spoken to are also confident of the game restarting. Storm in a teacup
As long as our guys want to turn up and train i dont give a crap what the others do