2023 NRL General Discussion

[Tatus]

I'm actually not that surprised. Bennett isn't quite the drawcard he might have been. Other clubs have put forward pretty solid offers to counter the Dolphins recruiting their big names. And being a foundation player for the Dolphins wouldn't quite have the prestige of say moving to Melbourne for their innaugral season. the Dolphins have also had to be very careful about paying premiums.

I think they've done reasonably well, all things considered.

I was thinking that too. For the older generation, Bennet was the guy. Kids coming through the ranks would only know him as the guy who chops and changes clubs every couple of years. Would be to keen to sign there, especially on a long contract, because you’ve got no idea what the place will be like once he leaves.

 

[Western Sharkie]

The article I read said player option, but we all know how much faith you should put in that...

Astonishing six-year quirk seals monster deal

Eels gun locked in on new contract

wwos.nine.com.au

Chad had a PO with us………
Just sayin..

 

[stalefish]

watch him break contract halfway through and walk away with a 5 mill payout im one pocket and a new contract somewhere else in the other

 

[BurgoShark]

I'm actually not that surprised. Bennett isn't quite the drawcard he might have been. Other clubs have put forward pretty solid offers to counter the Dolphins recruiting their big names. And being a foundation player for the Dolphins wouldn't quite have the prestige of say moving to Melbourne for their innaugral season. the Dolphins have also had to be very careful about paying premiums.

I think they've done reasonably well, all things considered.

Yeah - I agree. Not having a marquee signing isn’t the end of the world. They could have looked better if they’d snagged one, but they have a decent looking day 1 roster and some potential stars in the pipeline.

The back 5 doesn’t look that great on paper, but forward dominance has a way of making outside backs look good. There is plenty of potential dominance in that pack.

 

[Gards]

I cannot see a club forcing a player to take up their contract that had a club option working out at all - player will just play the family card and get released to another club or stay and play like dog **** until the club has no choice but to move him on

 

[bort]

I cannot see a club forcing a player to take up their contract that had a club option working out at all - player will just play the family card and get released to another club or stay and play like dog **** until the club has no choice but to move him on

Agents want their cut too bad to allow a player to stick out a contract where they aren’t on max earnings.
Agree CO just doesn’t really work anymore in most cases

 

[Sparkles]

I cannot see a club forcing a player to take up their contract that had a club option working out at all - player will just play the family card and get released to another club or stay and play like dog **** until the club has no choice but to move him on

Contracts are more like MOU's these days.
Brown's version does actually make a difference though. I think you'll probably see more of these in the future as teams try and lock down talent, as the power being all with the player is pretty valuable to them. Even if you can ******** your way out of your contract it's not the ideal way to go about it.

 

[Proud Shark]

I think it can be like other payments based off outcomes
So say 800k MO
Both say yea obviously deal goes ahead but player says yes club says know maybe he gets a 100k payment or something like that.
Maybe they forfeits some amount of remaining wage if club says yes and player says no? (Usually options have a date they need to be taken up by)

So I guess maybe it looks something like Brown agrees to 800k over next 3 years. Following 3 years mutual option is 900k as both are likely happy, results are good and player is improving. Club option maybe looks like 1.1m increase, player doesn't really want to stay but will stay for overs. Player option could look like 600k, player wants to stay but has been **** or injured so club gets better value. I guess this is good for a player as it protects their earning potential long term if an injury occurs, whilst giving them options to negotiate within that space.

Or all that could be completely wrong and I am way off the mark.

 

[MrDravid]

Warriors release BMM... apparently to take up another NRL deal

 

[MrDravid]

The article I read said player option, but we all know how much faith you should put in that...

NRL.com have it as signed though 2025, then PO until 2031 (looks like a PO every year he has to opt into).

 

[CrazyMatt]

Warriors release BMM... apparently to take up another NRL deal

With the Dragons apparently.

 

[Sparkles]

NRL.com have it as signed though 2025, then PO until 2031 (looks like a PO every year he has to opt into).

Yeah, I think that was the same as the Fox story.
Well played, Dylan.

 

[BurgoShark]

BHU looks fantastic for a guy with a broken leg.

 

[HaroldBishop]

View attachment 28055BHU looks fantastic for a guy with a broken leg.

Imagine how good he'll look when it's fully healed!

 

[Thresher]

To add to Burgo's post

 

[Gumby]

Good too see Ronnie also training today. No strapping or anything.

 

[Sevshark]

The big G-wagon to lead Germany to world cup glory in 2025?

 

[stormshark]

Training with a watch on?

 

[Capital_Shark]

Training with a watch on?

Them fandangle things keeps more than time these days

 

[Gumby]

trying to figure out which players could actually qualify for Germany.

Both Drinkwaters is a good start though.