The Last 8 Years = 8 Different winners

[Super Impose]

By my calculations, Manly,Melbourne,Brisbane,Tigers,Bulldogs,Panthers,Roosters,Newcastle are different winners in the last 8 years.Is this a vote of confidence in the salary cap by evening out the talent? Or, is it creating mediocity? What ever the answer is, lets hope it is 9 out of 9 with a Sharks title in 2009!

 

[WillyInBris]

I think the cap is evening out the talent thats for sure and I think its good for the game the teams are getting closer every year, the only problem is you win a Grand Final and watch most of your players disappear over the next couple of years as they become targets for silly clubs.

But buying one of these players like say Ross doesn't mean that they are going to get you any further up the ladder and thats when I start to get the Shi!ts we are paying Ross 400k he is worth probably 240k at the most so we lose degois couldn't top up his contract because some stupid idiots decided that Ross was worth that because he came from a premiership team Roosters are and will start to have the same problems with what they have purchased over the last year they will lose the little guys that make small but a significant difference.

Also what player is worth keeping if he spends 50% of his time off the field, people say I would love to have Mason Thurston or Prince or Bowen Hunt etc but these guys spend more time off the field then on and they are on huge money that saps the rest of the team and they lose the real talent they have.

Did we see any huge names in in the manly team not really but they won a premiership and last nights effort they bloody deserved it.

Just my thoughts for Monday.

 

[DeadlyShark]

The salary cap works but they need to make exemptions for junior talent, player loyalty and allow sponsorship of individual players to boost earnings to limit poaching. N.R.L cannot compete on the world football scale in relation to player payment but our footballers are the most talented. A.F.L on the other hand.....no one wants to plat that overseas so they dont have that problem.

 

[Foofighter]

There may have been 8 different winners,but all I remember from the last few is Barry Pearce(who's on the NRL board) having to stand on the presentation dias after the game&give Premiership rings to OTHER TEAMS.He puts on that fake smile but he really must be thinking Is it EVER going to be the Sharks?

 

[bort]

just a random comparison

manly and melbourne have mad monday today
western force started pre-season

^lol

 

[gosharks]

yes it evens the teams out

yes the salary cap evens out the teams but i think thats good it makes for a more enjoyable season for all fans cause any team is able to beat any other and there is few games that you can predict the result with confidence, lets hope this trend continues and sharks win this year

 

[IronShark]

Whilst it evens the teams out, it does very little to encourage player loyalty with many players consistently jumping ship to get the most cash. This, I believe, is bad for maintaining supporter numbers, as fans are constantly watching their favourite players go to other clubs. The other problem, as I see it, is that certain clubs become more attractive to players than others, even if the money is the same. For instance, many Qld players are attracted to the Broncos to stay close to home. Therefor, they are not affected by the cap as negatively as other teams, like Penrith for instance, where it is not as attractive for out of area players to move to. Hence, you tend to have somewhat of a hierarchy, where certain teams will always be around the top half of the comp, whereas others will struggle. They may have a good year here and there, like the Tigers in 05, but they will struggle to maintain success. This was pretty evident last year.

For mine, I think there needs to be an incentive system for clubs to develop their own juniors and to hang on to players for longer. For instance, all local juniors should be salary cap exempt, I believe. This would reward clubs like ours, Penrith, Souths and St George to hold onto the talent they develop. It would also punish teams like the Roosters, who have virtually abandoned junior development but have plenty of cash.

The second thing to do would be provide a discount for years of service, ie; after two years with the club, make $10 extra exempt, after 3 maybe and extra twenty and so on until a player can earn an extra $100K over the cap for 7 years with the one club. Just a rough outline, mind you.

After all, I know most of us thought it was wrong to see Kimmorley leave the club for the Bulldogs (shut up, Peachey!) He deserved to finish his career with the Sharks.

Personally, I hate seeing the amount of great local talent we produce in the Shire playing for other clubs - especially when they are playing well! :cheers

 

[Henchmann]

Personally, I hate seeing the amount of great local talent we produce in the Shire playing for other clubs - especially when they are playing well! :cheers

Just on your comment IronShark, which local talent have we lost that is playing well in other teams. The only real one that I think off that 'got away' and would be good for us was Travis Burns (formerly of Manly fame) I understand he was with us in the juniors? I am interested though in hearing of others that got away? I ask this because I'm a miserable sulk. ha ha ha

 

[gosharks]

i like the idea of concessions for juniors but

i like the idea of concessions for developing juniors but you would have to be very careful how it was done for example there is only 3 qld based teams with lots of juniors they would have a big advantage some of these qld areas would have to form associations with sydney base teams to make if fair. also warriors have the whole country of nz with lots of juniors. but the idea does have merit, everyone likes to see players like et and menzies play for the one club.