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The backflip is back: NRL’s controversial rule change set to transform player market
Source: SMH
The NRL is set to implement a controversial “backflip” clause that will turn the player market on its head from next season, handing power to agents and opening the door for players to renege on contracts.
The Herald has obtained the NRL’s salary cap and contracting model document sent to all clubs and player agents over the past week.
The most significant change – which will come into effect from November 1 – is the “last right of negotiation” clause added into the agreement that will give incumbent clubs a 10-day period to convince a player not to join a rival club.
The document states that “every player must provide his incumbent club with a last right of negotiation for a 10-day period from the date of notice that the player has received an offer from a rival Club, and that offer has been submitted to the NRL, that he is prepared to accept.”
Under the NRL’s new rules, the incumbent club will be told when a player is willing to accept an offer elsewhere.
They won’t be told the terms of the deal with the rival club, but will then have 10 days to convince the player not to accept the rival offer.
The clause, giving the player the ability to change his mind at the end of the 10-day cooling-off period, has piqued the interest of player agents.
“Every negotiation could have a Daly Cherry-Evans affect,” one player agent, talking on the condition of anonymity to protect his position in the game, told the Herald.
Cherry-Evans, the manly captain, famously reneged on a four-year, multimillion-dollar deal with the Gold Coast Titans to accept a $10 million “lifetime contract” with Manly in 2015.
“Some managers and recruitment managers team up to make other successful clubs pay a higher price,” the agent said. “It could be crazy giving some managers this much power to influence an outcome.
What’s stopping a player from agreeing with a rival club without any intention of following through? This just opens Pandora’s Box.”
The NRL confirmed the changes in a meeting with clubs on Monday afternoon. Agents were sent the official document last week.
Source: SMH
The NRL is set to implement a controversial “backflip” clause that will turn the player market on its head from next season, handing power to agents and opening the door for players to renege on contracts.
The Herald has obtained the NRL’s salary cap and contracting model document sent to all clubs and player agents over the past week.
The most significant change – which will come into effect from November 1 – is the “last right of negotiation” clause added into the agreement that will give incumbent clubs a 10-day period to convince a player not to join a rival club.
The document states that “every player must provide his incumbent club with a last right of negotiation for a 10-day period from the date of notice that the player has received an offer from a rival Club, and that offer has been submitted to the NRL, that he is prepared to accept.”
Under the NRL’s new rules, the incumbent club will be told when a player is willing to accept an offer elsewhere.
They won’t be told the terms of the deal with the rival club, but will then have 10 days to convince the player not to accept the rival offer.
The clause, giving the player the ability to change his mind at the end of the 10-day cooling-off period, has piqued the interest of player agents.
“Every negotiation could have a Daly Cherry-Evans affect,” one player agent, talking on the condition of anonymity to protect his position in the game, told the Herald.
Cherry-Evans, the manly captain, famously reneged on a four-year, multimillion-dollar deal with the Gold Coast Titans to accept a $10 million “lifetime contract” with Manly in 2015.
“Some managers and recruitment managers team up to make other successful clubs pay a higher price,” the agent said. “It could be crazy giving some managers this much power to influence an outcome.
What’s stopping a player from agreeing with a rival club without any intention of following through? This just opens Pandora’s Box.”
The NRL confirmed the changes in a meeting with clubs on Monday afternoon. Agents were sent the official document last week.
