Yeah surely most of this is round table Rothfuelled drinking sessions. It's way too obvious now and if it continues, potentially fans will revolt and refuse to attend games till roosters have full disclosure audit from a party non affiliated with any directors companies or contacts.
It isn't exempt it is just a part of the cap that isn't cash. That's why it was mentioned. If he has signed for $1.7m over two years that's $300k than was reported. The $300k is for his education expenses taking it back up to $2m.
No one calls me "good Billy"
Don't you think it is fair that the Roosters generously pay his $3M school fees? How else can he afford his schooling? It's not as if he gets paid a million dollars a year... oh wait!
Well if Nick says it's all above board then surely it is. He wouldn't lie would he?
The NRL are going to continue to wonder why the falling crowds & TV ratings. They have no clue. Until they do something that EVERYONE can see like a points cap the game is going down the gurgler. Great work Todd. You've put the game in the toilet along with some brown trout!I saw this today aswell. Didn't read the article. But when the media started stating Angus is up for negotiation start of November I just had a feeling roosters would be up there.
Roosters are the only team that can bolster a line up with rep players without questions being asked. And can pick up ferguson on peanuts because he was coming back to league, the. Reportedly take a pay cut to stay there
Fair enough they might fudge the figures to the nrl. But is the nrl so dumb to think they have the nsw captain, fullback, halfback, Queensland frontrower, prop (probably forgot a few more) they have jwh, looking at getting Angus. Have Mitchell, furguson, keary (doubt any on minimum wage even though the media implied it). And then you look at teams like raiders who have maybe 1 rep player or teams like Newcastle with none and you think how can 1 team be stacked with stars and another have none....
That's what the nrl should investigate. Not take things at face value like oh here is the contract. Investigate why players are taking pay cuts to be there.
That doesnt make sense. If it is included in his contract value under the cap then he'd just pay for the tuition himself wouldnt he? The fact the story says the roosters are paying makes out its external to the cap
It's pretty simple for the idiots at the NRL. If a company did this for an employee it would have to be declared for FBT purposes. The same f****** principle should apply to a salary cap.
Wouldn't he know the dogs are one of the biggest Sydney clubs and after a poor year attendance numbers are low
Only thing I'd say there is I believe St George, South's, Bulldogs and Parra would be the most supported Sydney teams across the country. With those teams all high flying you'd have a lot of people and many areas covered throughout Sydney and big crowd numbers.Wouldn't he know the dogs are one of the biggest Sydney clubs and after a poor year attendance numbers are low
The pride of the league aren't Souths. They are the dogs and parra. If you want a strong Sydney comp do everything you can to help these teams. If you want 20k fans game in game out they are the only team that can achieve it (maybe tigers too).
So all good stacking roosters with 6 origin reps. They will get every Sunday afternoon game. But still only get 12k to games. If the dogs had that team and those players I'm sure we would get 27k to each game.
If honesty was in the dictionary then it would have an image of politis right underneath it!!!
I would think he would attend Boston and do it there. He might do one subject here and there while playing but do the rest once he retires. I dare say the rooster will have to include it in their cap but they've probably found a way to move the $300k to 2020 in the hope of having space then. Much as I hate them, good on them if they get away with it.
