Parramatta Salary Cap Investigation

[Battler]

So...we can sign JT?

The Roosters are offloading Maloney and Rts, as well as a few of their second tier cap players, so they're sure things if he's on the market. Never mind the fact that they just upgraded the contracts of a few rep players, they're all playing for "unders" to be under Robbo.

 

[Foordy]

The barrister acting for Parramatta centre William Hopoate will serve legal papers to the club on Monday morning as a result of the Eels attempting to change the terms – and the fee – of the contract he signed after months of protracted negotiations with their former chief executive Scott Seward.Hopoate's manager Tyran Smith has held numerous discussions with Parramatta's football operations manager Daniel Anderson in recent weeks as a result of the club failing to register the contract the NSW State of Origin player signed before Seward resigned from his position six weeks ago.
His barrister Julieanne Levick confirmed on Saturday night that she would ensure Parramatta honoured the contract Hopoate had signed.

"The fact is it's a valid and enforceable contract," Levick said.

The club's marquee recruit Kieran Foran came close to terminating his deal with the club when Parramatta wanted to change the structure of the contract he'd signed.
Foran's four-year-deal, which was worth $4.8milllion for him to leave Manly at the end of this season, was in danger of falling through but he decided at the eleventh hour to honour a mutually agreed deal for an abridged agreement.
However, the process in which Foran originally signed - the deal included an unprecedented $1m payout if he left the club while his management discovered two clauses that weren't discussed - embarrassed Parramatta.
It was also understood Hopoate's legal counsel would challenge the notion that Parramatta has proposed to Smith that Seward was acting beyond the powers of his office when he put the offer to Hopoate.
The barrister would argue that no-one would accept the notion a chief executive was acting beyond the scope of his authority by negotiating a deal with a player/employee.
Hopoate was said to have rejected offers from rival clubs while he negotiated the deal with Parramatta because he wanted to stay with the Eels.
If he was to part ways with the club now there wouldn't be many opportunities available for Hopoate elsewhere in the NRL because of salary cap restrictions and most, if not all, rival clubs having no room left for him on their rosters. It was the same dilemma that Foran faced.
The Eels management has been ordered by the NRL to get the governance of their club in order after recently being fined $465,000 by the code's governing body for salary cap breaches. The NRL also threatened to dock them four premiership points unless the club undertakes an independent governance review and implements the recommendations.
Adding to Hopoate's frustration is that it was reported in June that he was out of pocket after third-party sponsorships promised to him by Parramatta unravelled
It was also reported that Beau Scott's management has expressed their concerns regarding the third party aspects of his agreement since the NSW Origin forward signed to join Parramatta in 2016.

Read more: William Hopoate's barrister to serve legal papers on Parramatta

 

[Morkel]

Why should the managers be shitty with Parra about 3rd party deals? By definition they can't be sourced nor guaranteed by the club. For the money they get, they should get of their arses and source the deals themselves.

 

[Foordy]

Brad Arthur is the latest person considering legal action against the Eels,

Parramatta Eels facing court action over Brad Arthur's disputed contract extension