Not saying he's not a great player but to be so highly rated and yet his team want him gone and no other team in the nrl wants him.tigerfeat wrote:questions marks over taupau ...nah
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I'd be surprised if no other team in the nrl would want him but fair enough if that's the case
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The back loading of contracts is killing them. I'm glad we don't do it. Taupau would be an excellent signing a la merrin, I bet hetherington is going mental. He wasn't for the marquee players at the start now he's got two!tigerfeat wrote:I'd be surprised if no other team in the nrl would want him but fair enough if that's the case
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We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
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Warrington have got Blake Austin, apparently he's on £400k a year. Tyrone Roberts was reportedly on £350K.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
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It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Personally, I'd like us to make money each year rather than lose it. If a marquee costs 400k, that's the profit gone but I guess you have to weigh that against the extra interest and fans you may get. I suppose that's the gamble. A torn acl in the first match and your done.
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I don't particularly think these days a big name attracts fans. My dad is in his 60's, he wouldn't have a clue who Merrin or Hurrell are, he only knew who Taupau was due to recent England v NZ games. He wouldn't go out and buy a season ticket or go to a game due to this. Think it's a younger generation who do now.mart0042 wrote:It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Personally, I'd like us to make money each year rather than lose it. If a marquee costs 400k, that's the profit gone but I guess you have to weigh that against the extra interest and fans you may get. I suppose that's the gamble. A torn acl in the first match and your done.
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Sponsors can’t pay player wages, make any other payments to players or give them “gifts”. Even if they are a marquee player, all their salary has to be paid by the club for salary cap purposes (which is ironic given that a proportion of their wage is exempt anyway).mart0042 wrote:It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Salford were deducted points for a very similar kind of breach a couple of years ago, even though the money the “sponsor” paid to the player would still have kept them under the value of the cap.
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I was under the impression that only 175k of their wage was shown in the salary cap, if the were non fed or aussie, meaning the rest could come from anywhere.nottinghamtiger wrote:Sponsors can’t pay player wages, make any other payments to players or give them “gifts”. Even if they are a marquee player, all their salary has to be paid by the club for salary cap purposes (which is ironic given that a proportion of their wage is exempt anyway).mart0042 wrote:It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Salford were deducted points for a very similar kind of breach a couple of years ago, even though the money the “sponsor” paid to the player would still have kept them under the value of the cap.
If your right, leeds paying out 400k per marquee, leave only a million for the rest of the squad. So the other 20 players on 50k?. Watkins must be on a boat load, also myler, parcell, cuthbertson, Lolohea. Let's say they are on 100k each. That's 500k to split between 16 players. 31.5k each. Then they've got ward, Sutcliffe. Walker, oledzki who have England or knights caps. They'll be on reasonable wages.
It doesn't add up.
Edit---**** if it has to be the payment by the club then the sponsor could pay 400k a year for their name in the matchday magazine. If that's what you mean.
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£125k isn’t it? £75k for Fed Trained/Club Trained
And salary cap is now £2m - not sure if you used that in your figures above
And salary cap is now £2m - not sure if you used that in your figures above
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That’s exactly what I mean. As long as the money is paid by the club to the player it’s all okay. What can’t happen is sponsors paying players directly. As you say, in term of the players Leeds have signed I think £125k counts in the cap, but anything bone that has to be paid by the club.mart0042 wrote:Edit---**** if it has to be the payment by the club then the sponsor could pay 400k a year for their name in the matchday magazine. If that's what you mean.nottinghamtiger wrote:Sponsors can’t pay player wages, make any other payments to players or give them “gifts”. Even if they are a marquee player, all their salary has to be paid by the club for salary cap purposes (which is ironic given that a proportion of their wage is exempt anyway).mart0042 wrote:It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Salford were deducted points for a very similar kind of breach a couple of years ago, even though the money the “sponsor” paid to the player would still have kept them under the value of the cap.
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That's great. We just need to find a someone willing to pay for a top player.nottinghamtiger wrote:That’s exactly what I mean. As long as the money is paid by the club to the player it’s all okay. What can’t happen is sponsors paying players directly. As you say, in term of the players Leeds have signed I think £125k counts in the cap, but anything bone that has to be paid by the club.mart0042 wrote:Edit---**** if it has to be the payment by the club then the sponsor could pay 400k a year for their name in the matchday magazine. If that's what you mean.nottinghamtiger wrote:Sponsors can’t pay player wages, make any other payments to players or give them “gifts”. Even if they are a marquee player, all their salary has to be paid by the club for salary cap purposes (which is ironic given that a proportion of their wage is exempt anyway).mart0042 wrote:It's gutting but doesn't stop a sponsor or whoever paying his wage.tigerfeat wrote:We're hamstrung or least jon wells is in that were a top four side who can't make a marquee signing or not being able to up to press
Leeds and saints got two not sure if wire got one or two
Salford were deducted points for a very similar kind of breach a couple of years ago, even though the money the “sponsor” paid to the player would still have kept them under the value of the cap.
Just for the record, I'd get rid of the cap. It serves no purpose now. Clubs still go under, its good management that counts. That or allow maybe 5 marquee players? You wouldn't really need more as we are not a high paying sport.
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