Marquee Player Funding Approved : Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:45 pm  

Yet again the divide grows between the cash rich clubs and those struggling ones likeTrinity! http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-7291354

Yet again the divide grows between the cash rich clubs and those struggling ones likeTrinity! http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-7291354

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:16 pm  

And short of DrK bringing in the Queensland state of origin side in, it still won't get him any supporters!!

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:48 pm  

Who is throwing £££££ at Hull KR and Widnes these days???

Even Huddersfield are playing it safe.

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:53 pm  

I love a posters suggestion that if a club can't afford a marque allowance they can sell it to another club. I'd just waste it and see how many clubs come pestering for it.

For me we won't see any difference in the quality of NrL players coming over here than we have now. It'll also devide the sport even further. It makes me laugh how the bigger clubs want a competitive sport yet they want less teams in the top competition.

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:05 pm  

I think it's a good idea to be fair. Tough on clubs like us but good for the game as a whole.

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:19 am  

Seems strange that we approve an idea that was dismissed a few months back, round about the same time as Sepp Blatter resigns, is he coming in as financial director to the RFL?

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:53 am  

Who judges whether a player is 'marquee' player?
One for WT may not fit that category at Wigan.
I thought the Salford owner has recently said that they weren't going to 'waste' money on big name players and he was the champion of this issue.

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:08 am  

PHe wrote:

Who judges whether a player is 'marquee' player?
One for WT may not fit that category at Wigan.
I thought the Salford owner has recently said that they weren't going to 'waste' money on big name players and he was the champion of this issue.

the price does, so if two or more clubs want to barter for one player his value goes up

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:36 am  

The idea is brought in for 2 main reasons.
Firstly to allow clubs to hang on to special players and secondly to allow the game to bring in "star" players.
Unfortunately, with the spending power of the bigger Union clubs and the massive disparity in the size of the salary cap in Australia, the likely result
is that we will overpay good players but, still not be able to attract superstars.
Mind you, at least Wigan will be able to cover Tomkins wages under the cap !

Mind you, IF we could attract some top names, it would give the game a boost, in terms of some decent publicity and create some additional interest
amongst the paying public.

We are now more likely than ever to see big name Aussies at the end of their respective careers, looking for a tasty contract to finish their careers in the UK.

Re: Marquee Player Funding Approved : Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:46 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Unfortunately, with the spending power of the bigger Union clubs and the massive disparity in the size of the salary cap in Australia, the likely result
is that we will overpay good players but, still not be able to attract superstars.
Mind you, at least Wigan will be able to cover Tomkins wages under the cap !]We are now more likely than ever to see big name Aussies at the end of their respective careers, looking for a tasty contract to finish their careers in the UK.

BINGO. Sums it up perfectly.