Something I need to get off my chest.
It is a tragedy in the highest degree that clubs can no longer reward their players financially to play the game they love in our competition.
We all know it happens still. I have seen players this year get 200 dollars to play a game, 400 to another and the other a Jet Ski + insurance. However it penalises the clubs who abide by the law.
Why should a team like Balmain who are run well get robbed of the chance to bring in players like Giteau or Sam Cordingley or past examples like Ryan Cross because other clubs are ran by losers and cant turn a profit to save their life? Or are so tightass they cant open the wallet to attract the best talent to their clubs?
Surely we want the best available players playing subbies, regardless of who they play for?
Fans would be more inclined to watch more than than just the ones their team are playing in, because the standard would be better and product more attractive.
This would attract more fans, interests, sponsors and tv ratings. Whereas right now teams like Balmain are being dragged downd and pandering to the bottom of the barrel loser teams that cant fork out 10k or so for a gun hooker.
Change is needed.
