The talk on these threads have painted the Reds 3 as the unloyal villains and their manager as the greedy @#$%. This post puts reality into what is about to happen. I know players who have requested their managers to seek OS options. No need to be a smart arse because TISM and things are about to get real
Kyle Godwin wa boy - wonder if force picking him up to bolster their squad to compete with oz super rugby sides
I think that was a reference to that article being a week or so old.
I’d say so. Probably Horwitz and TPN as well.
I grew up playing in the amateur era so understand the concept of not getting paid to play rugby, but I think the significance of the drastic pay cuts from FOX will mean that players will have to work out now how they make money while they are still playing rugby, because $10-18m per year over 4 franchises will mean they are pretty much semi professional here. Apparently the players have to renogiate their contracts in June, so time will tell
I don’t disagree with any of that. We will be able to keep most of our top pro players. The lower tier aren’t really going to attract a lot of interest. It’s the middle group which is most vulnerable. However as many have pointed out there isn’t an endless demand for 2nd tier Australian rugby players. Particularly in a post Covid world, I suspect. Once you factor in the relocation costs and uncertainty, particularly given that most are well grounded here already, I don’t think the level of exports will be as high as many think.
As I said in another post, their salary cap is US$350k (AU$506k), I just can’t see it for players of this level. Surely some European team would offer them more than they could earn in US. Maybe massive changes in the cap are going to happen over there?
I didn't realise that the cap there was so low. The talk I've heard is that salaries in Oz will be massively reduced if a more substantial broadcast deal than is reported is brokered. I think all 3 are off contract so are weighing up their future. Perhaps they haven't had offers from Europe or Japan because that would seem to be more lucrative
Their competition clashes with every other comp, so there really isn’t any rugby money to be made in the other 6months. Essentially that is your deal for the year, unless you are positioning yourself for another $30k playing mitre 10 or Currie cup.
I'd be stinging to get to 'Murica to play rugby for change. I mean, hard to think of a better place to be.
Hard not to be irritated with the bloke. Yeah gotta look after yourself and all that i suppose. Id happily go back to minimum wage to reprrsent my country.
