Publicly listing player contracts, as a number of major US sports do, would also help to ease tensions such as those at Manly over the future of Glenn Stewart as his teammates and fans would know whether the club can afford to keep him.
As it stands, Sea Eagles officials and Stewart's management are tiptoeing around the issue, with neither wanting to be seen as the party responsible for calling time on the 12-year stint of one of the club's most popular players.
Fairfax Media understands that Manly officials would prefer Stewart to outline his contract demands so they can decide whether there is enough room under cap to keep him.
However, the 30-year-old former Test back-rower's management wants the Sea Eagles to table their best offer so Stewart can look to finish his career elsewhere without any guilt about leaving as the club had left him with no choice.
If the salaries of all of Manly's players were listed publicly, he would know how much money the club had to spare, and they wouldn't have to insult him with an offer that was below his expectations.
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