Nicholas Bethe

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It’s not a multi-tiered structure that’s needed, but some changes to the rules. I suggest:
1. Get rid of Golden Point and revert to one point for a draw.
2. Scrap the scrums.
3. Bring back the five metre rule – less dummy half running.
4. Five points for a try.
5. Only one marker allowed.
6. Scrap the 40/20 and have a 50/10 instead.
7. Scorers kick off after points.
8. Stop runners/trainers from being on the field unless tries conceded or player injured. Langer gets more game time than any Bronco player. This effectively gives them 14 players on the field AND on-field coaching.
9. Salary cap issue: A player who debuts with a club or is a local junior should be exempt from the salary cap. This will foster club loyalties and encourage clubs to develop their local juniors. However, once that player leaves the club he comes under the salary cap of his new club.
10. Players who “jump ship” to another club mid-season or refuse to see out their current contract should be banned from playing in the NRL for the rest of the season. You sign a contract, you should be legally bound to fulfil it or the consequence will be no play-no salary. Let’s see how these “highly paid” athletes will fair on “Struggle Street” with no income.
11. The Bunker should be allowed to rule on forward passes.
12. A Ref should be allowed to make one of three on-field decisions regarding a try when asking the Bunker: 1. I have a try; 2. I have no try; 3. I don’t know!
13. Scrap giving two points for a bye. By season’s end every team has played the same amount of games anyway, so two points for byes merely inflates their competition points.
14. Get rid of State of Origin and let’s focus on what really matters – the Premiership.
15. Regarding Point 14, if the NRL will persist with SOO, change the eligibility rules so that you play for the state in which you were born, hence “State of Origin.” If your birth certificate does not have either NSW or Qld as the state of your birth, then you cannot play SOO Ever!
16. And finally, and most importantly, bring back my beloved North Sydney Bears.

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