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burgess1978 said:
When the NRL was formed, there was a discretionary fund each year of $4-5m. The ARL could allocate 50% and News Ltd could allocate 50%.

News gave their 50% each year to the Storm. The other 15 clubs shared the rest.

This was for non-player expenses. It wasn’t extra cap money. It was $2m+ each year in cash provided by the league.
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No conflict of interest there....
 
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HaroldBishop said:
No conflict of interest there....
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Yep - the other thing much later on (recently) was the ridiculous deals they let Mebourne, and then the Roosters do - within the cap system. Slater, Smith, Cronk (Roosters) and Tedesco were all paid by NRL sponsors outside the cap. The NRL’s justification was that “these are star players, and would be paid that much anywhere, so it’s OK if those teams do it”.
 
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burgess1978 said:
Yep - the other thing much later on (recently) was the ridiculous deals they let Mebourne, and then the Roosters do - within the cap system. Slater, Smith, Cronk (Roosters) and Tedesco were all paid by NRL sponsors outside the cap. The NRL’s justification was that “these are star players, and would be paid that much anywhere, so it’s OK if those teams do it”.
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And they wonder why fans hate this.
 
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Jesus this bloke is a *******, can't stand him.

South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou made the tough call to replace rookie halfback Lachlan Ilias during the club’s heavy loss to the Dragons during the last round of the NRL and, not surprisingly, Ilias’ agent, Braith Anasta, wasn’t happy about it.

Almost straight after the decision was made, Anasta let his displeasure be known via a text message to club chief executive Blake Solly and football manager Mark Ellison.

The speed of Anasta’s response, rather than the content of his message, is what is unusual here. Most managers won’t give their input until the game is well and truly over.
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bort said:
How is having an existing club/team before that year irrelevant for a team? Came in handy for Penrith last season when they started the year with many of the 2020 Grand Finalists.
Sharks have some good new recruits but other players we have bought and developed over other years are still coming in handy.
You don't have to go full GWS leg up to give a team a small concession like a couple extra months to chat to players for their second season.

Also not sure how big their 'rusted on fans' department is given they didn't exist before. Might inherit a few people who liked the Cup Dolphins more than the Broncos.

Nobody is saying they should be in contest for Premiership in first few seasons but they do need to at least be competitive. Currently they aren't going to be.
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A bit more on the Dolphins...

A couple of my best mates are good friends with Kurt Richards (Dolphins pathways guy). I used to know him a bit too but haven't seen him in a long long time.

From what I am hearing Kurt is putting things in place now for 2028-2030 and on and doesn't really have any concern about how the NRL team performs in the first 5 years. They are also trying to heavily invest in Central Queensland, one because that is an area that the other 3 Qld teams have neglected, and two because it won't hurt their chances of getting Munster on board.
 
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burgess1978 said:
After a wonderful weekend of International footy... the NRL is scrapping the rep round. Nine wants all 3 origins on Wednesdays, so the dedicated rep weekend is gone for 2023 and beyond.

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Surely tv numbers were still good?
Sill same amount of total NRL games but like three extra international games instead of just origin
 
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Wizard said:
Why ? As a player that’s good to know.

to him the player is his bread and butter and he’s protecting it
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I think the issue is that agents are having too much input in to day to day team stuff. This was the issue at the Warriors a little while ago. Drop a bloke, agent calls and says that if you don’t bring him back it is going to hurt negotiations with a different bloke.
 
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burgess1978 said:
I think the issue is that agents are having too much input in to day to day team stuff. This was the issue at the Warriors a little while ago. Drop a bloke, agent calls and says that if you don’t bring him back it is going to hurt negotiations with a different bloke.
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I also don't like, in the case of Braith, the position of power he holds in the media to also be a player agent.
Seems to be right up against the line of 'conflict of interest'... if not over it.
 
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bort said:
Surely tv numbers were still good?
Sill same amount of total NRL games but like three extra international games instead of just origin
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I wonder if there is any influence by the teams not wanting to release players for a mid season game?
 
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CrazyMatt said:
Im with Bennett on this one. Shocking call to go back to three Wednesday Origins.
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It's just the NRL dropping their dacks for channel 9 like always.

Having the middle game on Sunday night is so much better for the NRL competition. It's also great for the island nations and Women's RL, great exposure for them.

This is a big backward step.
 
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Wizard said:
That’s a different story… unrelated to what you said

I don’t mind the player manager sticking up for his player
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A manager sticking up for their player is fine when warranted, having a sook because he got the hook is pathetic which is right in character for Anasta so I shouldn't be surprised.
 
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HaroldBishop said:
A manager sticking up for their player is fine when warranted, having a sook because he got the hook is pathetic which is right in character for Anasta so I shouldn't be surprised.
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It doesn’t matter what you or I think we don’t pay him $. He is protecting his player which is his job
 
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