Yeah and I'm making a clear point that by doing so you're inadvertently punishing players with higher income earning potential. A player shouldn't have to consider his NRL clubs TPA situation when negotiating his contract- I can't believe anyone would suggest opening this can of worms.The Rickman wrote: ↑November 1, 2019, 11:18 amYeah, but the whole reason we're trying to do this with Rapana is so we can circumvent his full salary being against the cap... it's no coincidence that now we're not allowed to do this we can all of a sudden afford Joey Leilua.Roger Kenworthy wrote: ↑November 1, 2019, 11:15 amHuh? Rapa falls into lower salary in the grand scheme of things.The Rickman wrote: ↑November 1, 2019, 11:10 amBecause the players on lower salaries aren’t the ones the clubs would be using to circumvent the salary cap with.Roger Kenworthy wrote:Unfortunately that solution also has issues. SBW is rumoured to be going to the Wolfback on $2.5 million a season. Say that season ran at a different time than the NRL - he'd essentially be blocked due to his pay packet in the other comp. You'd then have players in other leagues on lower pay being able to skip back and forth. Why should a player be punished for earning their market value?
The NRL should green-light this move, with the amount of Rapana's rugby salary counting against the Raiders' TPAs for 2020. That's what we're talking about here.
You are clearly thinking of a solution tailored to this situation and not the overall problem.
There are other reasons why this would make no sense under TPAs.
1. The player is in no way representing his club while playing in a rival competition
2. The player would be promoting a rival code while under contract
3. The player would need to be contracted to an NRL team while playing for their other side for this to be any way close to legit. Imagine the conflicts of interests in both parties
4. Players would not be able to take potential incentive based bonuses or renegotiate their contract because of the potential impact on TPAs.
5. Good luck getting into offshore accounts to monitor payments match contract.
6. If a French player wanted to play for a union team rather than in a lower paying league they would be punished by virtue of the higher potential earnings. This gets into murky waters of denying a player based on ethnicity. Wouldn't have been an issue 10 years ago but you can bet it would be argued now.