Player movements and rumours

Audited as in those disclosed to the NRL.

My example is a 3rd party agreement which doesnt fall under the accepted rules and as such isn't disclosed, hence there's no audit done into such transactions like that.

 

I'm normally against people calling out salary cap cheats when a team makes a signing, but this year the Roosters signings are pretty suspicious. I honestly have no idea how they are fitting in Crighton next year.

 

Politis gives their partners "jobs".

 

Not necessarily.

I can imagine Pearce being on some kind of discounted deal following the dog incident, as well as likely having some kind of long-serving/junior player allowance.

Plus it also depends on when his deal was signed. The cap has inflated a fair bit of late so deals in % of cap terms have adjusted. I think it's very likely if not certain that Crichton's deal is greater than Pearce's salary for this year.

 

They've signed Crighton on 900k per year. No way was Pearce on more than that.

 

Tough to say without figures being publicly disclosed though... would be so much better for the game.

 

Players know what they're worth and they know the market.

A team can full well know its offered player X $300,000 so when they see that he's on Team Y's payroll for only $100,000 a year the league can action it.

It would also prevent shit like what happened at the Bulldogs, Parra or Manly from happening. It'd be much harder to breach something that's public knowledge than private and frankly shady affairs.

It wouldn't outright stop it from happening, but these suspicions would be much more concrete and easily identifiable.

 

fk this no editing shit sucks.

It wouldn't stop the illicit TPA deals entirely, but it would bring some transparency.

What's the downside to a public salary cap? Obviously people would know player salaries and they nay want it private but that's about it.

 

Not every player is going to be paid on a linear scale according to their ability though. Some deals will suck and some will still be good, at least we'll know what, why and how a player is being paid what they are rather than wondering why some teams can't afford anyone and other teams can field half a rep side. The idea is though that these hypothetical contracts that would lead to further accusations would be eliminated as players will go to the highest bidder. Teams and players will be in negotiations, fans will know this and as a result we'll know who's offering what.

The NBA and NFL have open salary caps and fans never question the integrity of deals. Teams and fans are well aware certain players get paid what they do, when they do.

Plus thats not necessarily what the response would be, it would be more that fans would be pissed at their team for paying overs. People are less likely to question a transparent number than a hidden one.

End of the day players would also have better leverage in negotiations and the market would be more efficient. There'd be less ridiculous steals and overpays and

 

when they do happen, we'll know its because the player or team was in a good/bad spot.

 

Definitely unintentional. Legit thought it was Crighton, never even thought about it possibly being anything else haha