General NRL Discussion

This. It's absolutely fucked. Should be called play on. Jake Friend fucked up Roosters momentum on tackle 0 doing this. Broncos didn't have a set line and he throws it into Thaiday on the ground for a penalty. Gave Brisbane a chance to set their line.

 

It's getting beyond ridiculous now with the calls Brisbane get.

 

Also, what are the policy reasons for contract details not being disclosed & the salary cap being made public? Contrast it to the NBA & NFL, the two most prominent salary cap leagues in the world which have contracts essentially openly reported and salary cap information maintained by their respective players associations.

The only two things I can imagine are:

1. That the players would lose out because public scrutiny would reduce the accessibility to external sponsorship payments which are supposedly at an arm's length, but in reality aren't.

2. It would give rise to more contract disputes for underpaid players who'll hold out for better contracts/transfers to other teams. Imagine being Shannon Boyd and you've signed for $350k a year thinking you've got a great deal, make the origin team after a year, then find out Ryan James is on 700k a year.

With that said the 2nd point could also be beneficial as the market would correct itself at least and players would be paid accordingly. It would be more efficient, or at least the free agency market. Carrying on from that, I'd like to see something like the NFL/NBA model of post-season free agency. A player signing with another team in advance is ridiculous. Any negotiations prior to the end of the season (or beginning of finals perhaps) should be tampering. Pre-June 30 swaps are fine though.

 

Like what? I don't remember any real absolute shockers that Brisbane have been given. There were shit calls either way last night, and the biggest issue is the Napa call?

Should have been called play on. The Will Smith one should have been ruled a knock on/forward pass.

 

Saw the two passing the ball into the player penalties.

The Boyd one is 100% a penalty. He's obstructing the ruck and Friend isn't provided an opportunity to provide good service. Friend shouldn't have to avoid Boyd and be disadvantaged because a Brisbane player has failed to clear.

The Milford/Napa one is a joke. It should've been play on. Napa cleared the ruck and was in an innocuous position.

 

fmd, they never call shepherds. The commentators don't even know what they are.

 

That was not convincing from Winterstein jeez. I swear just about every other winger would've scored without needing to go to the box.

 

Friend basically had to pass it forward to hit Boyd. Wasn't stopping anything.

 

I reckon he knows once he drops either of them their careers are done.

 

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