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Message: [QUOTE="Allo, post: 3473510, member: 8190"] Story from News Corpse but I nicked it off Reddit: "The NRL is on the brink of a landmark agreement for the women’s game with NRLW players set to be part of a 20-week season and operate under an unprecedented $1.5 million salary cap. The historic proposal is in the final stages of being ratified after the NRL and RLPA spent the past week thrashing out the critical details which have been at the centre of the ugly dispute between head office and the players union. The fight over women’s funding had threatened to escalate into potential industrial action by the men’s players during the NRL Pre-season Challenge. The Daily Telegraph obtained a leaked copy of the proposal late on Monday night which features joint NRL and RLPA letterhead and confirms the women’s game is poised to enter the professional era under a charter that includes: [LIST] [*]A $900,000 salary cap in 2023, which rises to $1.518 million in 2027; [*]A minimum wage of $30,000 in 2023, which rises to $50,600 in 2027; [*]A significant rise in workload with a 20 week season slated in 2023 and 2024, expanding to 23 weeks by 2025; [*]Every club will have 24 players and four development players; [*]Support for pregnant players as well as leave provisions; and [*]Every club to be funded with a designated NRLW welfare officer. [/LIST] Also included in the private and confidential proposal is that female players will receive 50 per cent of premiership prizemoney. Crucially, the players union and NRL appear to have agreed on flexibility for expansion from 10 teams in 2023. The race will now be on for clubs to sign the game’s elite women with the documentation indicating that clubs have a deadline until May 24 to reach their roster quota. It was only last Saturday that the NRL sent a memo to clubs forecasting a potential breakthrough in finalising the historic NRLW agreement. “We have agreed the major key terms for the NRLW CBA, subject to a few matters which we will work with NRLW clubs and the Commission on,’’ the statement to clubs read. “This is a very positive step.’’ With the NRLW agreements all but complete the NRL and players union can turn their attention to finalising a deal for the men." Absolutely ridiculous to have a 20-week season for semi-professional athletes and still only paying them 30k for six months to probably get injured because even QCup and lower leagues don't play this long. Oh and you only have squads of a max 28 players Not to mention Vlandiddly basically gave the TV rights away for nothing in that last deal, and now the rights holders have more content to shill their gambling ads for free, so that salary cap is insult to that injury. Also that last line sounds like they're baiting people into thinking the women would (and still might be if the RLPA don't agree) be the delay if the players followed through on strike action and the season doesn't start on time. News under instruction to spin this favourably and tow the party line the NRL has set with how they've put this statement to the clubs [/QUOTE]

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