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Message: [QUOTE="Jeba, post: 2352878, member: 1827"] I agree wholeheartedly with this post. The NRL seems to love it that we have different Premiers all the time, but is that really all that it is cracked up to be? I know it's easy as a Broncos fan to say this, but the successful clubs deserve success if they are good at what they do, and as far as running a well-recognised sporting brand goes, we are one of if not the best in the League at it. But instead of rewarding us for our success by letting us spend the money we have, we have this ridiculous restraint in the interests of bringing us back to the field. I do think there needs to be a salary cap as far as paying players from your books goes, but why should these elite players not be allowed to earn as much as they can through third party deals? They've earned the right FFS!!! They are the best at what they do, they deserve to be on good money, yet they are among the lowest paid elite athletes on the planet. And as Ari eluded to, this "levelling out the talent" thing, is not levelling out talent at all, it's thinning it out. Each year we see our best players end up in Rugby, AFL or overseas, whereas in the other codes their players hardly even think about jumping across to Rugby League. Just makes for a poor overall quality competition as evidenced by the 2010 Premiership which was probably the worst for as long as I have been watching Rugby League. Just glad the Dragons won so that we can say a truly decent football side won it (though obviously would much much much rather a Broncos victory regardless). [/QUOTE]

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