NEWS 'Abysmal, unacceptable': Legends unload on Broncos

[Cult]

I hope you don’t take the fact that only a few people are responding to you as some kind of endorsement.

I don't think he would. Apparently he hasn't even seen the responses

 

[Rico]

He's easily one of the more set up players after he retires. He has bought, fixed up and sold numerous houses, making a shit load of money as a hobby. The house him and his wife designed was put on the market a few months ago and was in the top 5 listings in Australia.

Just because he's not interested in a job in the media doesn't mean he will struggle. He gets less applause because he is the first one announced without warning every week. Nobody is at their seats or even paying attention at that point. He's never booed where I sit, but I guess I don't sit anywhere near you.

Totally agree . $600k (which he is most entitled to) was inherited from his old dear Daphne too. Good luck to the bloke, I think people think he’s walked the golden path when he’s easily eaten more than his share of shit sandwiches.

Never booed in my section either.

 

[Sproj]

I have been wondering (and I have little detail on either situation) but how is what Souths have done with Inglis different to what Wests wanted to do with Farah?

 

[Dexter]

I have been wondering (and I have little detail on either situation) but how is what Souths have done with Inglis different to what Wests wanted to do with Farah?

I think the only difference is Wests made it a part of the contract so that post playing portion was viewed as a negotiated severance payment.

 

[Sproj]

I think the only difference is Wests made it a part of the contract so that post playing portion was viewed as a negotiated severance payment.

Right, I see. But isn’t that basically what Souths have done with Inglis? Didn’t they say they have been using him in this role already and this was always the plan with him or something like that? On the surface it sounds pretty much the same thing doesn’t it? It seems similar anyway.

 

[Foordy]

Right, I see. But isn’t that basically what Souths have done with Inglis? Didn’t they say they have been using him in this role already and this was always the plan with him or something like that? On the surface it sounds pretty much the same thing doesn’t it? It seems similar anyway.

Souths also told the NRL about it unlike the Tigers

 

[ivanhungryjak]

 

[Morkel]

Also, like @Dexter, it was negotiated and written in Farah's playing contract. So it could be assumed that his re-signing was dependent on him receiving that post-playing role, for that amount of money, which would be a way of cheating the cap. If it wasn't promised to Inglis, at least in writing, then it was technically not a factor in him re-signing with Souths.

 

[Dexter]

Right, I see. But isn’t that basically what Souths have done with Inglis? Didn’t they say they have been using him in this role already and this was always the plan with him or something like that? On the surface it sounds pretty much the same thing doesn’t it? It seems similar anyway.

Im not sure about what Souths have said tbh.
I read what I could on the cap when i suggested last week that I thought we could ' retire' Boyd the same way.
I also emailed the NRL and asked the question . The response was a club should not be encumbered if a player voluntarily retires.
It's a loophole for sure which is quickly closing .

 

[WASSHHH]

Im not sure about what Souths have said tbh.
I read what I could on the cap when i suggested last week that I thought we could ' retire' Boyd the same way.
I also emailed the NRL and asked the question . The response was a club should not be encumbered if a player voluntarily retires.
It's a loophole for sure which is quickly closing .

I love that you emailed the NRL!

Who replied; Curly, Moe or Larry?

 

[Morkel]

I did hear somewhere that Inglis' contract as a club "ambassador" needs to be compared with other such people for other clubs, and determined if the value is in the same ballpark. IMO $300k /yr is dodgy as ****. Especially if he is also going to be employed by the NRL for the indigenous stuff.

 

[Battler]

I don't see the issue with retiring players being taken off the cap. They aren't playing anymore, you're not getting their value as a player which is the whole point of the cap. If a club wants to pay them after they retire to sweeten the deal there's nothing stopping them doing that.

 

[broncos4life]

In other words, the NRL gave Souths the verbal ok and stupidly thought everyone would be like “yeah sweet, this is unfair but Greg is a legend so all good”. Now that people have asked for transparency they need to go through the motions to make it appear legit.

 

[Dash]

I don't see the issue with retiring players being taken off the cap. They aren't playing anymore, you're not getting their value as a player which is the whole point of the cap. If a club wants to pay them after they retire to sweeten the deal there's nothing stopping them doing that.

It's to stop clubs from paying a $1 million player $100k this year and then $100k for 9 years after they retire.

 

[tommy]

In other words, the NRL gave Souths the verbal ok and stupidly thought everyone would be like “yeah sweet, this is unfair but Greg is a legend so all good”. Now that people have asked for transparency they need to go through the motions to make it appear legit.

You think the guy Greenburg gave a character reference to in court gets special treatment?

 

[broncos4life]

You think the guy Greenburg gave a character reference to in court gets special treatment?

Probs not lol

 

[Battler]

It's to stop clubs from paying a $1 million player $100k this year and then $100k for 9 years after they retire.

What's stopping them just saying to a player "keep signing one-two year deals and we'll take care of you after you retire"?

 

[Morkel]

What's stopping them just saying to a player "keep signing one-two year deals and we'll take care of you after you retire"?

There's nothing stopping that. But at least it's not a written condition in a contract, which is what Farah's was.