CMP
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I will preface this to say i hate the salary cap. Always have.
With the talk this week. Of Cooper Cronk even being a remote chance to sign with the Roosters.
It makes the Salary Cap is an absolute joke. TPA’s essentially mean there is no salary cap.
They are not going to get rid of the cap. But the one sure way to ensure it’s fairer.
Is to have an open and transparent salary cap. At the NRL level.
Introduce a trade window for starters. From say the week after the GF to the 31st Dec.
No contracts outside of this time. (Without special approval.)
Every formal contract offer for any player. Also gets submitted to the NRL.
The highest genuine CAP offer becomes the players Salary Cap Value.
Whichever club the player decides to sign with,
needs to have that much space in their cap allocated against that player.
Regardless of what they have agreed with contracts including with TPA’s.
TPA’s become another thing all together. Each player has their own market CAP value.
This would do a similar thing that a draft does.
Except it’s the clubs that would be forced to make the choice.
The brown paper bag can still be used. It would become used alot less though.
With the talk this week. Of Cooper Cronk even being a remote chance to sign with the Roosters.
It makes the Salary Cap is an absolute joke. TPA’s essentially mean there is no salary cap.
They are not going to get rid of the cap. But the one sure way to ensure it’s fairer.
Is to have an open and transparent salary cap. At the NRL level.
Introduce a trade window for starters. From say the week after the GF to the 31st Dec.
No contracts outside of this time. (Without special approval.)
Every formal contract offer for any player. Also gets submitted to the NRL.
The highest genuine CAP offer becomes the players Salary Cap Value.
Whichever club the player decides to sign with,
needs to have that much space in their cap allocated against that player.
Regardless of what they have agreed with contracts including with TPA’s.
TPA’s become another thing all together. Each player has their own market CAP value.
This would do a similar thing that a draft does.
Except it’s the clubs that would be forced to make the choice.
The brown paper bag can still be used. It would become used alot less though.