Exactly mateI have also arranged finance for a current NRL player whos SALARY is paid by their respective club.
No, but the dictionary will help you understand the sentences you clearly have no grasp of at the moment.Will the dictionary tell me if that “Employer Body” pays anyone? funds anyone? Does it even generate revenue?
Does that “Employer body” have the power to hire and fire?
because that is the funding model.And if The NRL is just an “Employer body”
How come it does pay, does fund, does generate revenue and can hire and fire.
Consult that dictionary and get back to me.
Yes, but how many times has a club come out and publicly stated that we would love to keep him but we don't have money in the cap.I disagree. The player isnt forced to accept the contract at $xxxx dollars, it is their choice just like in any other working environment.
If I am an IT contractor, sure I would love to ask for $1m a year, but the business is advertising a contractual income of $200k, it would then be my choice if I want to accept that contract.
I don't think it's a restriction of income as the nrl has a minimum wage set in place.The draft was challenged in court and was found to be a breach of trade (Thanks Terry Hill).
Unfortunately I think if the salary cap was also ever challenged in court it would also be illegal. Technically it is restricting the income of Australian citizens and under a broad definition of the law, that is illegal.
But until it is challenged in a court of law it is allowed to exist.
The restriction is on the Max.I don't think it's a restriction of income as the nrl has a minimum wage set in place.
Then that would be a restriction of trade on behalf of the clubs.The restriction is on the Max.
A club cannot offer what it wants to sign a player like in a free market economy.
It can only offer what the salary cap allows.
Oh really….No, but the dictionary will help you understand the sentences you clearly have no grasp of at the moment.
If the member companies sign that right over to the employer body in the form of a legal contract like the NRL clubs have then YES they do.
I agree it would stupid to do that.Then that would be a restriction of trade on behalf of the clubs.
But a club would be silly to bite the hand that feeds it.
Ok.Oh really….
So someone who doesn’t employ you, can fire your arse can under Australian law. If, and let me get this right… the employer who does actually employ you, gives this someone the right to do so.
So you working for say, a bank, can be fired by… who was it again… oh that’s right….The Chamber of Commerce, as long as the bank gave them the right to do that.
And it’s all legal under Australian law, right?
Ummm…. Has it ever happened anywhere IN THE WORLD?
And btw, GST arrangements with the states are a tax thing, not an employment thing.
So players just choose which club they play for?A) The Player. NRL just employs him to play NRL.
B) 3rd Party Arrangements are additional income, get it if you can.
Sure, but this is no different to the real world.Yes, but how many times has a club come out and publicly stated that we would love to keep him but we don't have money in the cap.
If the cap wasn't there then that club my be offering more than the club that signed the player.
So essentially he is losing money because of a cap on salaries.
Not saying it is an easy sell but there is definitely a case for expensive barristers to mount a strong case.
In the days before the salary cap clubs would hoard FG players by paying them more and keeping them in reserve grade. Can't do that anymore.
Like I said some one on a higher paygrade and more intelligent could put together a much more eloquent argument.
I think there's gotta be somthing better than the cap, but any change would cause an uprising.I agree it would stupid to do that.
The cap exists to keep the league and smaller clubs alive.
We would have a 5 team comp without it.
That is why it has never been challenged.
All I am saying is if it is ever challenged it may on shaky ground legally.
No.So players just choose which club they play for?
And the NRL just allows the players to pick a club?
So if there is a breach of the Salary cap does that make the NRL responsible for the breach because they allow the player to choose their own club?