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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3563557, member: 9853"] [I][B]Award-winning CEO Sir Peter V'landy's [/B]says they will/might/could scrap the cap or make concessions for clubs who sign American talent:[/I] [INDENT]“It’s a wonderful idea. You only need half-a-dozen Americans to succeed and you would have a whole new following in the US because millions of sports fans in the States would follow their journey. There’s thousands of athletes that miss out on making the NFL and with the skill level of those players, they could easily adapt to rugby league very quickly. They are brilliant athletes."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“To encourage the clubs, we need to allow salary-cap relief, so if you bring an American player out, it won‘t be counted in the salary cap.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“It’s an initiative we want to trial. I will hear some negatives from people saying it won’t work, but we’ve seen a lot more Polynesian players come through and succeed in the NRL. To me it if it works, it‘s a huge bonanza for rugby league and if it fails, there’s nothing really lost.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“The Pasifika club is a joint venture with the Australian government, no doubt about that. It couldn’t be done without their support. The government will invest in an NRL team in the Pacific because they believe in soft diplomacy. I am confident the government would continue to support an NRL team. It doesn’t matter who is in power. Our relationship with our Pacific neighbours is crucial to national security. The government will be committed to this for a decade and beyond. There will be hundreds of Pacific and PNG stars of the future that will be produced out of expansion. PNG alone has more than 10 million people and rugby league is the No.1 sport there. They have the talent base to support an NRL team.”[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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