NRL - Football Club Salary Cap $5.7 million (Non Players)

[HappilyManly]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...p/news-story/486880ad83dc762b575a54b32140d6a6

FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT SALARY CAP
MICHAEL CARAYANNIS, The Daily Telegraph
31 August, 2017

NRL clubs have agreed to a landmark proposal to introduce a cap on football club spending from next year.

A football department cap of $5.7 million will be introduced from next year after a meeting of club chief executives and NRL boss Todd Greenberg yesterday.

It was agreed that the figure will be lifted by four per cent in the next three years to enable staff to be given CPI salary rises.

Clubs will have until 2020 to get under the salary cap, and if they do not they will be taxed 37 per cent tax on whatever they overspend by.

Head coach and assistant coach salaries are included, as are training camps. Operational costs will also come out of the cap but not capital costs of centre of excellence.

NRL head of strategy David Silverton said it was an important move to curtail the rising costs of running club football departments.

2016 NRL CLUBS FOOTBALL DEPT. SPENDING
SPENDING CLUBS
$8M+ Raiders, Eels
$7M+ Bulldogs, Broncos, Rabbitohs, Roosters, Panthers
$6M+ Storm, Sea Eagles
$5M+ Knights, Cowboys, Dragons
$4M+ Tigers, Sharks
$3M+ Titans

“By putting the cap in place it will help ensure that our competition remains competitive and even,” Silverton said.

“It will also help ensure that NRL clubs do not overspend simply to keep up with other clubs.

“And that should help our clubs remain financially sustainable.”

The move will save the game about $10 million per season.

The Raiders, Canterbury and Parramatta were among the biggest spenders last year forking out about $8 million each to run their football programs.

While the likes of Brisbane, the Roosters, South Sydney, Melbourne, Penrith and Manly spent above the proposed $5.7 million.

Premiers Cronulla only spent about $4.5 million last year, while the Titans, the Tigers, St George Illawarra, the Warriors and Newcastle spent less than $5.7 million.

The football department cap will be reviewed in 2020.

Meanwhile, talks will resume between Greenberg and the Rugby League Players’ Association today as they look to secure an agreed collective-bargaining

 

[globaleagle]

Maybe the wealthy clubs won't mind being taxed at 37% of their overspend.

If it equated to a points loss though....

 

[HappilyManly]

Does anyone know who foots the bill for travel?

The costs of running remote Clubs, especially the Warriors would have a huge flight/accom/duties expenditure

It would be interesting to see an itemized breakdown of the 5.7 million of a generic Club

 

[manlyfan76]

A whole lot of people just got employed at Canterbury leagues club.
And the courier mail.

 

[Eagles2nv]

It was reported that sales of brown paper bags in the Bondi region are up this month.

 

[Eagles2nv]

Maybe the wealthy clubs won't mind being taxed at 37% of their overspend.

If it equated to a points loss though....

Thought the same thing. What stops clubs like the Dogs/Eels/Donkeys spending overs to get the same result.

If they spend $1.5M they can go nearly $1M over the cap.

 

[Woodsie]

Thought the same thing. What stops clubs like the Dogs/Eels/Donkeys spending overs to get the same result.

If they spend $1.5M they can go nearly $1M over the cap.

This is a cap on football club spending, and is separate from the players salary cap.

But typical NRL they then put in a clause to allow rorting .... you can cheat if you are prepared to pay a "fine" of 37% of what you cheat by. Also can't wait to hear the first argument of what is and what isn't considered a football club spend ... by interpretation of course, and different for each club.

 

[tookey]

Now to make it a level playing field they need to put a cap on TPA's and brown paper bags full of cash

 

[Deleted member 26876]

The Eels should be ****ed, as should Brisbane, Chooks, Melbourne! YES YES YES

 

[SeaEagle21]

The Eels should be ****ed, as should Brisbane, Chooks, Melbourne! YES YES YES

I'm sure free donations will be coming in from 'sponsors'. This will be so hard to control. At least the $$$ for the salary cap is provided by the NRL... how will they know where the fottball department gets their money, equipment etc

 

[Supreme Leader]

Does anyone know who foots the bill for travel?

The costs of running remote Clubs, especially the Warriors would have a huge flight/accom/duties expenditure

It would be interesting to see an itemized breakdown of the 5.7 million of a generic Club

NRL pays a large chunk of Warriors as they do Melb & Qld teams when they travel to other states. They use a formula based on travelling costs between Sydney clubs versus the other. for instance Knights spend more than the Sydney clubs so they get assistance too. The cost of travel between clubs (at their cost) would be neutral.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Just another contrived ruling that will allow for massive Rorts and under the counter dealings by clubs.

Really the NRL has no ****ing idea of how to run things, a bunch of clueless idiots.

 

[Fluffy]

The staff of Brisbane, Melbourne and cowboys can play in a testimonial if approved by the NRL for additional income outside the salary cap

 

[HoldenV8]

Does anyone know who foots the bill for travel?

The costs of running remote Clubs, especially the Warriors would have a huge flight/accom/duties expenditure

It would be interesting to see an itemized breakdown of the 5.7 million of a generic Club

Yep, would hate to see their travel bill. All of their away games are played in Australia, thus they have international flights for half of their games. Ok sure, they probably have some sort of deal in place with a sponsor where its either paid for or costs them less, but I dare say the total bill would be a lot more than Sydney clubs who half the time only have to catch a bus to get to away games.

The Catalans Dragons would be in the same boat in the SL.

 

[mickqld]

When is that fukwit going to announce a cap on the NRL administration costs by being the first one to fukoff out the door.

 

[Fluffy]

Yep, would hate to see their travel bill. All of their away games are played in Australia, thus they have international flights for half of their games. Ok sure, they probably have some sort of deal in place with a sponsor where its either paid for or costs them less, but I dare say the total bill would be a lot more than Sydney clubs who half the time only have to catch a bus to get to away games.

The Catalans Dragons would be in the same boat in the SL.

The played an away game in Dunedin, when did that become part of Australia?

 

[HoldenV8]

Its the 7th state

 

[HappilyManly]

FYI @ManEagle

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Does anyone know who foots the bill for travel?

The costs of running remote Clubs, especially the Warriors would have a huge flight/accom/duties expenditure

It would be interesting to see an itemized breakdown of the 5.7 million of a generic Club

Travel is all funded by the NRL , for players and support staff.

I was the Broncos travel agent for the period 2012-13.

Same for every club.

 

[HappilyManly]

Travel is all funded by the NRL , for players and support staff.

I was the Broncos travel agent for the period 2012-13.

Same for every club.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...ydney-or-the-bush-divide-20180628-p4zob3.html

Sounds like the NRL are including travel costs into this Cap to stop some Clubs lavishing business class seats