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The NRL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement saga could move closer to a resolution this week, with high-powered talks to begin on Monday.
Representatives from both the NRL and the Rugby League Players’ Association will meet for a two-day discussion in Sydney, as both parties aim to solve the ongoing feud.
The meetings come just a week after Cameron Smith refused to rule out strike action if the issue wasn’t resolved by the end of the NRL season.
Smith questioned the NRL’s management of funds, while there have been suggestions from the league in emails that the RLPA’s requests would not fit within the game’s budget.
At the heart of the issue remains the players’ push for a revenue sharing model, which would include a base salary cap of $9.1 million next season before long-serving player and car allowances are added.
It’s believed the NRL have offered a figure below that mark in their response, but chief executive Todd Greenberg vowed on Saturday to increase player payments by 45 per cent over the life of the next television deal, between 2018 and 2022.
“The players deserve those increases and, as I have said repeatedly, they will be better paid than ever before under the next CBA agreement,” Greenberg said.
“It is our job to find the right balance so that each area of our business is strong and that is what we are doing.”
Greenberg’s comments came as the NRL revealed its spend in 2016, which included an extra $2.6 million on what the game made in revenue and a total of $160.2 million to clubs and players.
It’s understood the release of figures across all categories of NRL expenditure on Saturday was the first time the RLPA had seen the breakdown since an earlier request.
They are now eager for access to the proposed breakdown for 2018 at Monday’s meeting, ahead of the game’s richest ever broadcast deal kicking in next year.
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