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Message: [QUOTE="Burg, post: 2304971, member: 1785"] Ok, I have an idea. All contracts need to be signed off and approved by the NRL, so this would be a two fold process. Firstly any club wanting to buy a player needs to show the NRL that they can afford them and how they will fit them into the salary cap. (Maybe that’s being done now not sure) Secondly all players must sign an agreement with the NRL to enter into a transfer agreement. Transfers between NRL clubs would be exempt however transfers outside the NRL would incur a transfer fee compensating the NRL for either loss of trade or future marketing exposure. So basically a first grade player would attract say a $500,000 transfer fee, a State of Origin player say $1,000,000 and an Australian rep player say $1,500,000+ depending on their statute in the game. No doubt there would be calls for restriction of trade however the NRL must be compensated for their lack of future revenue. Also the only reason these players can attract the big money elsewhere is due to the marketing and promotional money spend on the players and the game and the NRL must have some recourse to protect their assets’ [/QUOTE]

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