There will be and the players union will make sure there is. Head office will see the brunt of the cuts which will result in more funds being pushed to the players. I’ve also been told by a source that the NRL are looking to reform TPA’s which will drive the increase.
I think this will all result in the cap being pushed to $12m within 2-3 years.
Seeing the cap jump to $12m in 2 years would require a significant uplift in revenue beyond that which saw the increase to current $9.6m. I don't know where that revenue would come from. TV rights are locked in. Sponsor funds are diminishing instead of growing. Loss of income in 2020 is going to take at least 2-3 years to recover.
There's battle will be to keep the cap at current levels, let alone see a 25% increase.
If there going to cut head office costs by 50% saving $250,000 per day, where do you think that money is going to go? That’s $91m in savings alone, the players union arn’t going to sit on there hands and not get a share. Revenue for 2021 will increase from 2019
Cutting costs will help mitigate present and future losses. If they somehow manage any significant surplus in the next couple of years it will be directed to more sustainable initiatives. The NRL was heavily criticised before shutdown for not banking enough when they were flush with funds. If they managed to claw things back in the next 12 months they are not going to blow it on a 25% cap increase. You may feel differently on the topic, which you're entitled to. But I'm happy to have a side bet on it.
You have too much faith in the institution. It will only take 12 months and the nrl will be back to its old ways. Clubs, players, referee’s, head office - they will go back to agitating and crying poor in no time.
I’ll also add that V’landy’s is already pushing another Brisbane team so a couple of years of consolidation isn’t on the cards, growth is on the agenda!
I'd say the person who has too much faith in the institution is the one who believes costs will be cut, revenues will jump and players will get a 25% increase as a result.
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LastRaider wrote: ↑July 9, 2020, 9:23 pm
5 years at $500k is a terrible deal for Cotric. Salary cap is going to keep increasing and he will be locked in. No wonder he is looking for a shorter deal!
Not sure there will be a massive increase in the salary cap over the next five years. The broadcast deal is locked in and doesn’t increase much and I can’t see sponsorship money pouring in any more than in does now.
There will be and the players union will make sure there is. Head office will see the brunt of the cuts which will result in more funds being pushed to the players. I’ve also been told by a source that the NRL are looking to reform TPA’s which will drive the increase.
I think this will all result in the cap being pushed to $12m within 2-3 years.
Seeing the cap jump to $12m in 2 years would require a significant uplift in revenue beyond that which saw the increase to current $9.6m. I don't know where that revenue would come from. TV rights are locked in. Sponsor funds are diminishing instead of growing. Loss of income in 2020 is going to take at least 2-3 years to recover.
There's battle will be to keep the cap at current levels, let alone see a 25% increase.
If there going to cut head office costs by 50% saving $250,000 per day, where do you think that money is going to go? That’s $91m in savings alone, the players union arn’t going to sit on there hands and not get a share. Revenue for 2021 will increase from 2019
If true, you would imagine the smart thing would be to invest that savings in order to future proof the sport, or funnel it towards grass roots... which is future proofing the sport.
Taking that money and throwing it at the players would be very short sighted.
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Nickman's love of NSW
NSW has done a superb job - 18/12/2020
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I'd encourage Nick to watch what the Dogs dished up last weekend. I have watched every game this year and I had to turn it off 10 minutes into the second half. Putrid game.
Canberra Raiders hoping for an answer on Nick Cotric offer in next few days
Canterbury's chief recruitment target Nick Cotric faces a critical call on whether he will join the Bulldogs despite not knowing who would coach him at Belmore as Canberra look to bring his contract talks to a head by the end of this week.
The Raiders, wary of Cotric's negotiations dragging on at a critical time for the club, want an answer on their five-year, $2.5 million offer to Cotric in the next few days. There is no ultimatum or risk of the deal being pulled.
greeneyed wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:19 pmCanberra Raiders hoping for an answer on Nick Cotric offer in next few days
Canterbury's chief recruitment target Nick Cotric faces a critical call on whether he will join the Bulldogs despite not knowing who would coach him at Belmore as Canberra look to bring his contract talks to a head by the end of this week.
The Raiders, wary of Cotric's negotiations dragging on at a critical time for the club, want an answer on their five-year, $2.5 million offer to Cotric in the next few days. There is no ultimatum or risk of the deal being pulled.
greeneyed wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:19 pmCanberra Raiders hoping for an answer on Nick Cotric offer in next few days
Canterbury's chief recruitment target Nick Cotric faces a critical call on whether he will join the Bulldogs despite not knowing who would coach him at Belmore as Canberra look to bring his contract talks to a head by the end of this week.
The Raiders, wary of Cotric's negotiations dragging on at a critical time for the club, want an answer on their five-year, $2.5 million offer to Cotric in the next few days. There is no ultimatum or risk of the deal being pulled.
The Bateman situation was very different. He was piss-farting around with shopping himself around both hemispheres, with his shady manager. Cotric should be given enough time to work out what's best for him.
Im becoming increasingly concermed the more this drags out. It appears to me the bulldogs are asking him to hold off making a decision until they announce their head coach and it appears that he is playing ball. Suggests to me that he is on his way out, which would be very disappointing but if its going to happen, youd want it to happen quickly so we can start planning for the future.
Finchy wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
Now that Pay is gone, I’m concerned that Cotric might be more willing to go there with a new coach at the helm
Ah yeah no? He has played under pay at the raiders.. Pay was most definitely a huge reason for cotric even considering the Bulldogs. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together bud.. and no the answer is not 6. Why on earth would he be more inclined to go to the Bulldogs when they don't even know who their coach is going to be
Finchy wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
Now that Pay is gone, I’m concerned that Cotric might be more willing to go there with a new coach at the helm
Ah yeah no? He has played under pay at the raiders.. Pay was most definitely a huge reason for cotric even considering the Bulldogs. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together bud.. and no the answer is not 6. Why on earth would he be more inclined to go to the Bulldogs when they don't even know who their coach is going to be
More willing to go once he knows who the new coach is, bud? Maybe because Pay wasn’t getting results and has won one game all year, champ? Maybe a new coach will get them playing better, meaning it’s a more desirable team to be a part of? Not that hard to figure out
Sleek the Elite wrote: ↑July 15, 2020, 4:23 am
If he has a preference to play in a particular position, quite obviously, that's something he would need to discuss with the new coach.
I've said from the start that there's no way he would see his own long term playing future in club football as being on the wing. No way, Jose.
Not really sure why you would reach that conclusion when
-He's on record saying he likes playing on the wing
-Wing is considered a more important position in the NRL these days, and wingers on average earn more money than centres
Finchy wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
Now that Pay is gone, I’m concerned that Cotric might be more willing to go there with a new coach at the helm
Ah yeah no? He has played under pay at the raiders.. Pay was most definitely a huge reason for cotric even considering the Bulldogs. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together bud.. and no the answer is not 6. Why on earth would he be more inclined to go to the Bulldogs when they don't even know who their coach is going to be
More willing to go once he knows who the new coach is, bud? Maybe because Pay wasn’t getting results and has won one game all year, champ? Maybe a new coach will get them playing better, meaning it’s a more desirable team to be a part of? Not that hard to figure out
Hahah oh my God. Pay has been there for all of about 3/4 Of a season. According to you it's time for a "new coach" when he IS or WAS the new coach you **** numpty. Please name which "new coach" will get them firing big boy??? And guess what else, the dogs have won 1 game all year because their team is **** and pay inherited an absolute rabble of a club. You sound like a dragons or Bulldogs fan who looks for any reason to sack the coach every **** year. NOW **** OFF.
Sleek the Elite wrote: ↑July 15, 2020, 4:23 am
If he has a preference to play in a particular position, quite obviously, that's something he would need to discuss with the new coach.
I've said from the start that there's no way he would see his own long term playing future in club football as being on the wing. No way, Jose.
Not really sure why you would reach that conclusion when
-He's on record saying he likes playing on the wing
-Wing is considered a more important position in the NRL these days, and wingers on average earn more money than centres
And, that if Nic's staying was dependant on playing centre, and Raiders have just dropped a centre right next to Nic and are so wrapped in Cotric's ability that they have rolled out a 5 year contract- something offered only to gold standard Raiders, Meninga, Stuart, Daley, Clyde, Campo, Wighton- then he would be playing wing right now if he wanted to, with Oldy also in his preferred position of winger.
Finchy wrote: ↑July 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
Now that Pay is gone, I’m concerned that Cotric might be more willing to go there with a new coach at the helm
Ah yeah no? He has played under pay at the raiders.. Pay was most definitely a huge reason for cotric even considering the Bulldogs. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together bud.. and no the answer is not 6. Why on earth would he be more inclined to go to the Bulldogs when they don't even know who their coach is going to be
More willing to go once he knows who the new coach is, bud? Maybe because Pay wasn’t getting results and has won one game all year, champ? Maybe a new coach will get them playing better, meaning it’s a more desirable team to be a part of? Not that hard to figure out
Hahah oh my God. Pay has been there for all of about 3/4 Of a season. According to you it's time for a "new coach" when he IS or WAS the new coach you **** numpty. Please name which "new coach" will get them firing big boy??? And guess what else, the dogs have won 1 game all year because their team is **** and pay inherited an absolute rabble of a club. You sound like a dragons or Bulldogs fan who looks for any reason to sack the coach every **** year. NOW **** OFF.
Well Mr Rugby League fan, Pay is in his third year coaching the Dogs, not his first season dumbass. And no it's not "time to get a new coach according to me", that was Pay and the board's decision, hence why he just "quit".
Pay did inherit a rabble of a club, but I'll wager literally any other coach will get them to win more than 1 game next year. To quote the great Botman, I'm right, and you **** know it. Now you **** off, champ.
Cut the personal remarks, thanks. We've had good year for good footy discussion and no rubbish on the site. Let's keep it up. Posts with derogatory remarks about others will be deleted.
Canterbury Bulldogs lift their offer to Nick Cotric, but the Canberra Raiders still in the game
Canterbury have upped their offer to Canberra winger Nick Cotric in a bid to lure him away from the nation’s capital, but the Raiders have an ace up their sleeve to secure the representative flyer. In a last-ditch bid to secure Cotric, the Bulldogs have tabled a $1.8 million deal over three years – the club’s maximum.
Canberra have offered the outside back a three-year deal but with an option for a further two seasons in the player’s favour, for a total of $2.5 million.
All player contracts today come with a yearly renegotiate kick stones player option built in to them. Can’t say I am a massive fan of the 5 years but the $500k pa would seem reasonable.
kona_dream wrote: ↑July 16, 2020, 6:49 am
All player contracts today come with a yearly renegotiate kick stones player option built in to them. Can’t say I am a massive fan of the 5 years but the $500k pa would seem reasonable.
We have to hope 500k is close enough vs an extra 20k pa in your pocket after taxes, manager and moving/living costs.
I think the 5 years offers great security- it's set your life up money at the promised duration and insurance against all the "what ifs" which can happen to a footballer+ the players option gives him the room to test the market after 3 if he has established himself as a superstar player, or the cap rises, or Raiders go backwards or whichever it is.
