MadMarcus
Toovey for NRL CEO
Sooner or later the cap will be challenged in Court and struck out as unlawful. We need to come up with something better.
How about a transfer fee to be paid by recruiting clubs to the player's former club calculated as a percentage of the player's new contract? The fee would not count under the recruiting club's cap but the recipient of the money would be able to spend it in addition to the cap over the period of the player's new contract. The fee would be payable whether a player was off contract or not. No fee would be payable for recruitment of players from other codes.
That would encourage clubs to develop their own talent, lessen player movement between clubs, compensate clubs when they lose good players and encourage clubs to raid RU ranks. The contractual obligation would be on clubs not players and therefore less likely to be a legal challenge.
How about a transfer fee to be paid by recruiting clubs to the player's former club calculated as a percentage of the player's new contract? The fee would not count under the recruiting club's cap but the recipient of the money would be able to spend it in addition to the cap over the period of the player's new contract. The fee would be payable whether a player was off contract or not. No fee would be payable for recruitment of players from other codes.
That would encourage clubs to develop their own talent, lessen player movement between clubs, compensate clubs when they lose good players and encourage clubs to raid RU ranks. The contractual obligation would be on clubs not players and therefore less likely to be a legal challenge.