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An NRL player draft for rookies and the game’s biggest superstars has the backing of Peter V’landys as the current player movement system between clubs comes under review.
ARL Commission Chairman Peter V'landys has endorsed the introduction of a draft to replace the player movement market as a way to evenly distribute talent across the 16 NRL clubs.
Clubs have been making proposals to a working group convened by the NRL to look at how player movement can be improved to balance teams’ rosters and discourage bidding wars that inflate the value of contracts.
V’landys told The Saturday Telegraph the NRL was open to the current market system being replaced if it was no longer deemed as ‘best practice’.
Under the proposal off-contract players with two or more seasons of NRL experience would only be able to move clubs via a draft.
There would also be an opportunity for players in the Canterbury Cup and Intrust Super Cup to nominate for the draft.
Players with less than two seasons of NRL experience would only be able to enter the draft with their club’s permission.
Contracted players seeking a release would also go into the draft.
The draft order would be determined by where teams finished on the ladder the previous season. For instance, the last-placed team would get the first pick.
There would be a trade window before draft day to negotiate things like contract length and value.
In 1991, the NSWRL introduced a draft but it was quashed after the High Court ruled it was a restraint of trade. The class action against the NSWRL was sparked after former player Terry Hill was drafted to Eastern Suburbs instead of Western Sydney Magpies, where he wanted to play.
Any changes to the current system would have to wait until the collective bargaining agreement ends in 2022.
Rugby League Players Association CEO Clint Newton said any changes to how movement between clubs occurred would need to protect players from becoming commodities.
“We’re always open to discussions but the starting point is what we currently have in place under the collective bargaining agreement,” Newton said.
“Any changes to the current system would need to demonstrate significant positives for our members and their finite playing careers.”
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Well there you go.
So, Sam Walker we signed would have to go into a draft and be shipped off to NZ/FNQ/Titans?
Jake Friend would have to move to NZ/Melb once his contract with the Roosters finishes?
Our players would be drafted to the Titans?
What if the wife and kids don't want to uproot and move to NZ/FNQ away from the support of family?
"No! I don't want to go to the Titans. I want to go to the Roosters and be coached by Trent Robinson, even for less money"!
All roads lead to lawyers.
An NRL player draft for rookies and the game’s biggest superstars has the backing of Peter V’landys as the current player movement system between clubs comes under review.
ARL Commission Chairman Peter V'landys has endorsed the introduction of a draft to replace the player movement market as a way to evenly distribute talent across the 16 NRL clubs.
Clubs have been making proposals to a working group convened by the NRL to look at how player movement can be improved to balance teams’ rosters and discourage bidding wars that inflate the value of contracts.
V’landys told The Saturday Telegraph the NRL was open to the current market system being replaced if it was no longer deemed as ‘best practice’.
Under the proposal off-contract players with two or more seasons of NRL experience would only be able to move clubs via a draft.
There would also be an opportunity for players in the Canterbury Cup and Intrust Super Cup to nominate for the draft.
Players with less than two seasons of NRL experience would only be able to enter the draft with their club’s permission.
Contracted players seeking a release would also go into the draft.
The draft order would be determined by where teams finished on the ladder the previous season. For instance, the last-placed team would get the first pick.
There would be a trade window before draft day to negotiate things like contract length and value.
In 1991, the NSWRL introduced a draft but it was quashed after the High Court ruled it was a restraint of trade. The class action against the NSWRL was sparked after former player Terry Hill was drafted to Eastern Suburbs instead of Western Sydney Magpies, where he wanted to play.
Any changes to the current system would have to wait until the collective bargaining agreement ends in 2022.
Rugby League Players Association CEO Clint Newton said any changes to how movement between clubs occurred would need to protect players from becoming commodities.
“We’re always open to discussions but the starting point is what we currently have in place under the collective bargaining agreement,” Newton said.
“Any changes to the current system would need to demonstrate significant positives for our members and their finite playing careers.”
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Well there you go.
So, Sam Walker we signed would have to go into a draft and be shipped off to NZ/FNQ/Titans?
Jake Friend would have to move to NZ/Melb once his contract with the Roosters finishes?
Our players would be drafted to the Titans?
What if the wife and kids don't want to uproot and move to NZ/FNQ away from the support of family?
"No! I don't want to go to the Titans. I want to go to the Roosters and be coached by Trent Robinson, even for less money"!
All roads lead to lawyers.
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