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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3466617, member: 8215"] Everyone seems to be siding with the RLPA here, I'm a bit torn. When I last saw the figures, the players were getting close to half the total money the NRL had to spend. I just think that, considering how many other people are required to make the NRL tick, plus the costs of, you know, running the comp itself, it's a bit much for the players to demand MORE of the pie. I 100% support increases to minimum wage, increases to extended squad numbers so fringe players get looked after. And of course player safety and protections, etc. But when I hear of $800k, $1 mill players with % clauses that will eat up a huge chunk of the extra money, it just seems greedy. Especially as probably a quarter of the playing group are just gronks who would either be labouring in the sun 60 hours a week, or in fucking jail, I think they should be pretty fucking grateful. And those of decent character who genuinely deserve their position, they can always look for 3rd party endorsements if they truly think they are being short-changed. I'm sure there are thousands of potential players out there who would happily play League for half the money these guys get paid, anyone who doesn't think they are being paid enough can walk their way to Centrelink and give someone else a shot. [/QUOTE]

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