Ryan
Journey Man
+ NRL Salary Cap has increased $200k from 6.8M in 2016, to 7M in 2017.
+ Players in the top 25 have a MIN Salary of $80k, so I have done estimates below:
We have lost:
+ Jamie Lyon : $500k
+ Josh Starling : $125k
+ Tom Symonds: $175k
+ Feleti Mateo: $200k
+ Tim Moltzen: $80k
+ Luke Burgess: $90k
+ Liam Knight: $80k
+ Siosaia Vave: $100k
+ Fabian Goodall: $80k
+ Nathan Green: $80k
+ Blake Leary: $80k
+ Isaac John: $80k
+ Jayden Hodges: 90k
TOTAL: 1.760 M (and I think I've been VERY conservative)
Then a heap of 2nd tier guys probably not included in main cap. There are probably another $200k odd not included that should be.
We have signed (apparently):
+ Cameron Cullen: $80k
+ Shaun Lane: $100k
+ Blake Green: $350k
+ Mathew Wright: $120k
+ Frank Winterstein: $100k
+ Akuila Uate: $250k
+ Willis Meehan: $80k
TOTAL 1.080 M (and I think I've been quite garrish)
Players we have re-signed:
+ Brayden Wiliame: NIL increase
+ Addin Fanua-Blake: 100k increase
Players that NEED to be re-signed:
+ Jorge Taufua: 50k increase
That leaves $530k (and I appreciate it's probably much, much more than that given the salaries I said the players we are letting go are on.) Add the $200k cap increase, and that's $730k available WORST CASE. Probably more like $1.030 M available cash, so yes, we had room for Gillett.
Also, NO, we do NOT need to release Buhrer as that BS article states.
+ Players in the top 25 have a MIN Salary of $80k, so I have done estimates below:
We have lost:
+ Jamie Lyon : $500k
+ Josh Starling : $125k
+ Tom Symonds: $175k
+ Feleti Mateo: $200k
+ Tim Moltzen: $80k
+ Luke Burgess: $90k
+ Liam Knight: $80k
+ Siosaia Vave: $100k
+ Fabian Goodall: $80k
+ Nathan Green: $80k
+ Blake Leary: $80k
+ Isaac John: $80k
+ Jayden Hodges: 90k
TOTAL: 1.760 M (and I think I've been VERY conservative)
Then a heap of 2nd tier guys probably not included in main cap. There are probably another $200k odd not included that should be.
We have signed (apparently):
+ Cameron Cullen: $80k
+ Shaun Lane: $100k
+ Blake Green: $350k
+ Mathew Wright: $120k
+ Frank Winterstein: $100k
+ Akuila Uate: $250k
+ Willis Meehan: $80k
TOTAL 1.080 M (and I think I've been quite garrish)
Players we have re-signed:
+ Brayden Wiliame: NIL increase
+ Addin Fanua-Blake: 100k increase
Players that NEED to be re-signed:
+ Jorge Taufua: 50k increase
That leaves $530k (and I appreciate it's probably much, much more than that given the salaries I said the players we are letting go are on.) Add the $200k cap increase, and that's $730k available WORST CASE. Probably more like $1.030 M available cash, so yes, we had room for Gillett.
Also, NO, we do NOT need to release Buhrer as that BS article states.