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Message: [QUOTE="johnny plath, post: 2784626, member: 8689"] The source you quoted there is out dated from 2010, and not relevant any more, as I mentioned earlier things came to a head with the DCE backflip. This is the most recent documented I can find, from the now NRL CEO: [B]NRL Contract Rule[/B] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Tue 02 Jun, 2015, 3:01pm NRL.com [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Players will be given a maximum 10 day "cooling off period" for any contract they sign under a new rule proposed by the NRL. Head of Football, Todd Greenberg said the current rule, that was introduced to allow clubs until round 13 to retain players who have signed with a rival club, will be scrapped. Instead,[B] a contract signed with a rival club [I]will be registered once a 10 business day cooling off period expires[/I][/B][I].[/I] Mr Greenberg said fans and clubs were frustrated with the "round 13" rule because it can create uncertainty and speculation for a long time after a contract has been signed. "I think everyone agrees it is unseemly to have months of speculation about whether a player is going to a rival club," he said. "Our view is a [B]10 day cooling off period is an acceptable solution for all involved." [/B] The introduction of the new rule is subject to further consultation and approval from the Rugby League Players Association. If approved, it will stipulate that: • A player may sign an extension of his contract with his existing club at any time • [B] A player may sign with a new club only during the final year of his contract[/B] • A 10 business day cooling off period will apply to all contracts • A club signing a player is prohibited from making an announcement until the cooling off period has expired Mr Greenberg stressed that the proposed new rule will be an interim measure pending the outcome of Shane Richardson's "whole of game" review. http://www.nrl.com/nrl-contract-rule/tabid/10874/newsid/86727/default.aspx Summarising from that, November 1 is not when contracts are registered... they are registered after the cooling off period. Players can't sign with another club until the final year of their contract, ie 1 November 2016 for contracts ending 2017, playing 2018. Its not clear in Toddy's statement about negotiating prior to the final year of contract, but I'll be up front here in that I have a family member NRL contracted... he was not allowed to talk to or negotiate with other clubs prior to 1 Nov under NRL rules. His "scumbag player agent" made it clear that that was a big no no. I can't find that written any where but I trust the word of people who do this shit for a living, but hey, could be wrong. [/QUOTE]

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