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This sort of branches off another thread I made yesterday about a "Daily Telegraph" article.
Link: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...5b8fd71700100f
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The Roosters have lost three rugby league greats to premature retirement in the space of a couple of months.
Jake Friend (concussion), Brett Morris (knee), and Boyd Cordner (concussion) have all called time on their glittering careers and won’t be seen in professional rugby league again.
While Morris wasn’t on huge money, many would assume those three untimely exits leave the Chooks with a sizeable lump of cash to play with in the NRL market.
According to NRL 360 co-host Paul Kent, that’s certainly not the case.
In fact he understands the Roosters have limited space under the salary cap for next season already.
“They don’t have a lot,” Kent said.
“There’s a theory going around that with the retirement of Morris, Friend, and Cordner that there’s plenty of money sitting in the salary cap.
“For a lot of reasons (there isn’t)... one, they don’t actually get a lot of dispensation with Boyd from getting his injury in rep (Origin) football, because it came in this financial year.
“The fact that the salary cap has come down because of COVID, players have already got upgrades coming next year.
“So there’s not a lot of money left in the cap for the Roosters. They’re pretty much going to have to make do with what they’ve got.
“This theory going around that they’ll go to market and cherry pick whoever they like, is not right.”
The Roosters have already re-signed James Tedesco, Sam Walker, Sitili Tupouniua, and Angus Crichton this year, all of whom command significant money.
Teenage sensation Joseph Suaalii will play in the NRL full-time next season and so will undoubtedly need a salary upgrade.
When Crichton announced his own extension earlier this season, he pointed to the salary cap constraints as a reason for only signing a one-year deal.
“Obviously I want to stay at the Roosters and the salary cap is a real thing in sport and it’s a real thing for every team, so to stay it’s a juggling act,” Crichton said.
“You’ve got to figure out how to get all your players to stay and we’ve got a team full of stars so some shuffling around.”
News Corp journalist Paul Crawley believes the Chooks will still be able to go to market, just not with the lure of big money.
He says the Bondi club is likely to pick up some quality talent at a lower price.
“One thing they do well, and everyone jokes about the salary sombrero, but they pick up a bargain,” Crawley told NRL 360.
“They get a guy like Brett Morris for instance, who was not really wanted at the Bulldogs, was told to go and find somewhere.
“He went to the Roosters because he wanted to be a winner. He went there for half price and won two comps.
“They will find a bargain.”
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Seriously, are we that tight/strapped for salary space ? I really thought (as sad and disappointing as this may sound) that we would have some real cap relief/space etc
Link: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...5b8fd71700100f
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The Roosters have lost three rugby league greats to premature retirement in the space of a couple of months.
Jake Friend (concussion), Brett Morris (knee), and Boyd Cordner (concussion) have all called time on their glittering careers and won’t be seen in professional rugby league again.
While Morris wasn’t on huge money, many would assume those three untimely exits leave the Chooks with a sizeable lump of cash to play with in the NRL market.
According to NRL 360 co-host Paul Kent, that’s certainly not the case.
In fact he understands the Roosters have limited space under the salary cap for next season already.
“They don’t have a lot,” Kent said.
“There’s a theory going around that with the retirement of Morris, Friend, and Cordner that there’s plenty of money sitting in the salary cap.
“For a lot of reasons (there isn’t)... one, they don’t actually get a lot of dispensation with Boyd from getting his injury in rep (Origin) football, because it came in this financial year.
“The fact that the salary cap has come down because of COVID, players have already got upgrades coming next year.
“So there’s not a lot of money left in the cap for the Roosters. They’re pretty much going to have to make do with what they’ve got.
“This theory going around that they’ll go to market and cherry pick whoever they like, is not right.”
The Roosters have already re-signed James Tedesco, Sam Walker, Sitili Tupouniua, and Angus Crichton this year, all of whom command significant money.
Teenage sensation Joseph Suaalii will play in the NRL full-time next season and so will undoubtedly need a salary upgrade.
When Crichton announced his own extension earlier this season, he pointed to the salary cap constraints as a reason for only signing a one-year deal.
“Obviously I want to stay at the Roosters and the salary cap is a real thing in sport and it’s a real thing for every team, so to stay it’s a juggling act,” Crichton said.
“You’ve got to figure out how to get all your players to stay and we’ve got a team full of stars so some shuffling around.”
News Corp journalist Paul Crawley believes the Chooks will still be able to go to market, just not with the lure of big money.
He says the Bondi club is likely to pick up some quality talent at a lower price.
“One thing they do well, and everyone jokes about the salary sombrero, but they pick up a bargain,” Crawley told NRL 360.
“They get a guy like Brett Morris for instance, who was not really wanted at the Bulldogs, was told to go and find somewhere.
“He went to the Roosters because he wanted to be a winner. He went there for half price and won two comps.
“They will find a bargain.”
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Seriously, are we that tight/strapped for salary space ? I really thought (as sad and disappointing as this may sound) that we would have some real cap relief/space etc
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