If we want to use Foz’s cap relief for Latrell, it has to be with him at 6. Only get cap relief for similar players.
If it is allowed by the NRL, Sign Latrell to 2 contracts:
- 1yr deal for 2020 for whatever we have left ($400k, $600k, whatever) plus the $350k cap relief (plus a TPA if required), as a 5/8
- the multi yr $1m deal from 2021 that the club originally intended, as whatever position they want
This gets around the “we won’t backend contracts” promise. I agree with this stance, but I see this as special circumstances with the way Latrells relationship with the Rorters went to shit so quickly, and that we (apparently) previously wanted to sign him from 2021 on anyway