Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2026

Foordy said:
if they even remotely had half a brain they would have.

there have been reports that with this new TV deal, the salary cap could jump to the $18 - $20 million mark in 2028. with those reported figure I doubt we'll see any rush for the high profile players to agree to terms until the 2028 salary cap has been determines, to avoid short changing themselves.
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Cant they just ask for a ratchet clause and move on with their lives?
 
Astro said:
Cant they just ask for a ratchet clause and move on with their lives?
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If it's a 50% increase to the cap (it won't be that high) then a rachet like that can make salary cap management near impossible.

You could sign Willison to $800k and then the rachet pushes it up to $1.2m!!

You could put a limit on the rachet, but why would a manager want to put a limit when it could explode
 
Astro said:
Cant they just ask for a ratchet clause and move on with their lives?
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possibly ... but how many ratchet clauses could a club put in before it makes a mess of a clubs salary cap.

using us as an example, we have 12 players off contract for the 2028 season. many of these will attract plenty on interest, meaning if we go down the ratchet clause route, we could have 5 or 6 in place waiting for the 2028 cap announcement

these players will all want to get a taste of a significantly increased salary cap ... Josiah Karapani, Deine Mariner, Blake Mozer, Brendan Piakura, Xavier Willison and possibly Philip Coates ( a rookie but will likely be in high demand)
 
Hmmm if Wilison is taking up 7% of the cap then this doesn't change with a cap increase.
 
Anyone else keen on signing Taulagi?
Mariner can shift to centre and gives us extra depth in the backs given we are losing Arthars, Anderson, Shiba (likely) plus Karapani is one offence away from having his contract torn up.
Also clear our kids are nowhere near ready.
Really should be going all in on him. Brisbane kid and has star power and that is whom our club should always be linked with.
 
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