Masked Eagle
Bencher
Vyssini said:Stevo said:I get it mate. You still haven't explained why both clubs should have to fit a whole salary under their cap if they only benefit from the player for a portion of the year.
Yes I have- irrespective of the reason why a player is let go, the selling club should not be given any salary cap reduction. You have $4.4 million per year- use the f...ing money wisely. If you want to save on player wages by offloading in the middle of the year, great, but no salary cap discount- you have blown your load!
On the other hand, the buying club may only be actually paying for half or a third or whatever the lower amount is, but they are getting a player who is obviously worth more for the full year- effectively I am suggesting that in these instances, the NRL incorporate a combination of actual payments and player values to better reflect the player's salary cap worth- similar to what it did with the Ben Kennedy $1 contract example given earlier in this thread.
If they selling club isn't going to get any salary cap relief from off loading players then why do it? Its the only reason why a club would entertain a midseason transfer otherwise all your doing is strengthening your opposition, there has to be some benefit for the selling club and that is cap relief. Makes absolute sense to me.