The Daily Telegraph
October 11, 2017 5:02pm
PARRAMATTA chief executive Bernie Gurr has renewed his calls for the NRL to place a cap on third-party player payments.
The NRL and Rugby League Players’ Association (RLPA) will meet again early next week, with hopes the long-running collective bargaining agreement (CBA) discussions will come to a head.
A $9.4 million cap has been all but agreed to already by the NRL, clubs and players, but it’s understood it’s unlikely any changes will be made to the third-party agreements (TPA) system.
Under current rules, there is no limit on third-party payments from non-team sponsors to players as long as they are registered and organised independently from the club.
But Gurr, whose club’s salary-cap saga originated out of illegal third-party agreements (TPAs) before his arrival last year, said a more-regulated system had to be put in place.
“You can’t have a component of your cap — which is now becoming an even-larger component — that’s not capped,” Gurr told The Cumberland Throw podcast. “Otherwise, you lose the impact of the cap.
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October 11, 2017 5:02pm
PARRAMATTA chief executive Bernie Gurr has renewed his calls for the NRL to place a cap on third-party player payments.
The NRL and Rugby League Players’ Association (RLPA) will meet again early next week, with hopes the long-running collective bargaining agreement (CBA) discussions will come to a head.
A $9.4 million cap has been all but agreed to already by the NRL, clubs and players, but it’s understood it’s unlikely any changes will be made to the third-party agreements (TPA) system.
Under current rules, there is no limit on third-party payments from non-team sponsors to players as long as they are registered and organised independently from the club.
But Gurr, whose club’s salary-cap saga originated out of illegal third-party agreements (TPAs) before his arrival last year, said a more-regulated system had to be put in place.
“You can’t have a component of your cap — which is now becoming an even-larger component — that’s not capped,” Gurr told The Cumberland Throw podcast. “Otherwise, you lose the impact of the cap.
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