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Pardon my ignorance, but can someone please explain the rules that govern an NRL ‘third party agreement’?
I am intrigued when I keep hearing about these ‘suspicious’ third party agreements.
What constitutes an NRL third party agreement?
Is there a limit on how many ‘individual’ agreements a club can have?
Is there a cap on each ‘individual’ agreement or is there a cap on the ‘total’ of ‘all’ the agreements a club may have?
If there isn’t a cap, why isn’t there one?
Why aren’t these third party agreements made public?
And why shouldn’t they be part of the NRL salary cap system?
My main concern, and maybe the concern of others, is that some of the bigger and well established clubs may be getting an unfair advantage.
Why should they have this advantage over the smaller struggling clubs.
They already have an advantage attracting better players because they are so big and are usually in the running to winning a premiership.
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Being in this position also gives them a chance of attracting bigger and better third party agreements.
It appears to becoming a bigger advantage to some clubs and a bigger problems for others.
So how do you help the other clubs that are struggling to attract top class players and these agreements?
Maybe stoping the migration of these club’s ‘stars’ to the bigger and more wealthy clubs could be a start.
I’ve always been a big believer in clubs being rewarded for looking after their nursery of junior players and bringing them through to play at the NRL level.
Not only for the club’s sake but also for the many fans who have loved watching them grow and develop into ‘stars’ for their club.
And let’s face it ‘one club players’ are becoming an endangered species.
To me, the deserved accolades and recognition given to these special players when they retire, are appreciated not only by their club but from most league lovers of NRL.
It is truly one of the better achievements in our great game.
So maybe rewarding both club and player by way of a reduction in the ‘value’ of their salary would be a good start.
It’s been spoken about before but I think it should be taken more seriously instead of leaving it in the bottom draw or the too hard basket.
It would be a fair way to help all clubs retain their better players.
My ‘basic’ suggestion to get the ball rolling would be if a player is in the NRL system, playing continually for the one club for more than five years, he could be given a ten per cent reduction in the ‘value’ of his salary price for each year after that.
This could then be capped when it reaches a 50 per cent reduction of the ‘value’ of his salary after ten years of continuous service to the one club.
This is a simple example of what could possible be developed.
I’m sure the brains at the top end of the NRL hierarchy can come up with some appropriate numbers for or against.
Even an explanation of why it wouldn’t work would be good.
It shouldn’t cost the NRL any extra money because it’s just a reduction in the ‘value’ of the salary involved.
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