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Mark Gasnier and Sonny Bill Williams are the first to pack their bags for a little fortune. The previous St George and Bulldogs stars left the NRL for lucrative deals to play rugby in France.
Gasnier and Sonny Bill are both paid around a reported $800,000 to $1 million per year. The real question is how many other players will pick money over club honour?
It’s no secret French rugby teams are watching the NRL very closely. It was only a couple of weeks back Stade Francais had one of its men at a Roosters training session. He admitted that clubs are keeping a close eye on the NRL.
But what can we do to fix this problem?
Footy show host Matthew Johns said “We gotta work out new ways of generating money other than just league clubs.
“We’re running the risk at the moment of just becoming a feeder competition to everybody else,” says Johns. “Particularly European rugby, the amount of money in European rugby is phenomenal particularly in France.”
It seems the days are gone when players were honoured to just be out there on the field, I guess in sport nothing comes for free.
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