News: Eels CEO has renewed calls for NRL to cap on third-party payments

[EaglesDontTweet]

The Daily Telegraph
October 11, 2017 5:02pm

PARRAMATTA chief executive Bernie Gurr has renewed his calls for the NRL to place a cap on third-party player payments.

The NRL and Rugby League Players’ Association (RLPA) will meet again early next week, with hopes the long-running collective bargaining agreement (CBA) discussions will come to a head.

A $9.4 million cap has been all but agreed to already by the NRL, clubs and players, but it’s understood it’s unlikely any changes will be made to the third-party agreements (TPA) system.

Under current rules, there is no limit on third-party payments from non-team sponsors to players as long as they are registered and organised independently from the club.

But Gurr, whose club’s salary-cap saga originated out of illegal third-party agreements (TPAs) before his arrival last year, said a more-regulated system had to be put in place.

“You can’t have a component of your cap — which is now becoming an even-larger component — that’s not capped,” Gurr told The Cumberland Throw podcast. “Otherwise, you lose the impact of the cap.

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[DUFFMAN]

Uncle Nick won't be happy with your idea Bernie.

 

[HappilyManly]

It would be challenged under 'restriction of trade'.

Ultimately, people's income can not be legally capped

Greenturd's latest scam of gifting both a favoured player and their Club, a few million dollars in cash and Cap Allowance, completely undermines the current system in any case 😎

 

[Harvies elbow]

Gurr should be running the game not the slime.
Greenturd should be floating somewhere....
Off Bondi !!

 

[The Wheel]

Greenturd won't be picking up Bernies calls for a while

 

[Rynostradamus]

Eels giving nrl cap advice. Wow.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

Whilst ever there is no cap on third party agreements the salary cap is useless and cannot provide a level playing field which after all is its objective. At present is it a farce.

 

[The '47ers]

Eels giving nrl cap advice. Wow.

Yep, they only got the $hits cause no one wants to TPA their rabble!

 

[Supreme Leader]

Gurr should be running the game not the slime.
Greenturd should be floating somewhere....
Off Bondi !!

Isn't that were the sewerage pipes come out? You'd never see him, he would get confused with the rest of the c#@p in the water.

 

[Shoe1]

Isn't that were the sewerage pipes come out? You'd never see him, he would get confused with the rest of the c#@p in the water.

He’d be the green bits, easy.

 

[ricardo]

This guy has totally nailed it. TPA cap would be great and fully disclosed salary packages would make life so much better or the average punter ... imagine watching the Broncos, Roosters, Eels and Storm under the same cap as everyone else? It would make for a much better comp and one I'd be happier supporting.

For too long backroom deals like the Thoroughbreds and Uncle Nick have made a mockery of the salary cap. "Oh yeh we are compliant, just don't ask why Michael Gordon or Corey Oates is now on the radio daily" ... I spent a few days in Brissy and tv may as well have been Broncos TV lol. If it wasn't Corey Parker selling tractors it would be Matt Gillett selling cars (it made me seriously laugh out loud when there were rumours that cnut was talking to Manly, as if he would leave the lucrative deal he's in in his home city where's he's idolised ... he was just negotiating an even more ridiculous deal).

 

[Cliffymagic]

With nrl hq goin broke and not been able to secure a bank loan ect. Cant see em doin anything that stops money coming in from anywhere and too anyone. I guess this sort of stuff has been goin on forever and nothing can stop it. We just need a billanaire crazy manly fan and we'd be good like brisbane melborne ect.

 

[Bearfax]

Draft!

 

[Shoe1]

Manly should look seriously at defamation cases as being a lucrative form of tpa for sea eagles players.

Brett has now won 2 cases against news Ltd. Matai may be next, on top of his win against Massoud and 7 in recent years.

The media love to hammer manly with innuendo, so players at manly will have a greater chance of payouts than other clubs.

 

[Spartan Eagle]

Gurr should be running the game not the slime.
Greenturd should be floating somewhere....
Off Bondi !!

Gurr would be taken out like jfk

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Greenturd won't be picking up Bernies calls for a while

Nor will he be spending weekends at Bernie’s.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Manly should look seriously at defamation cases as being a lucrative form of tpa for sea eagles players.

Brett has now won 2 cases against news Ltd. Matai may be next, on top of his win against Massoud and 7 in recent years.

The media love to hammer manly with innuendo, so players at manly will have a greater chance of payouts than other clubs.

Yes it should be factored into the MWSE income stream.