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Message: [QUOTE="Allo, post: 3364773, member: 8190"] Announcement today of expansion and salary cap changes for the NRLW A further 2 teams to be added each year in the next two years, so 8 teams for 2023 and 10 in 2024. 2022 season will have a $350,000 salary cap instead of the current weighted points, with two players allowed to be employed ‘full-time’. (Roosters $1.03 odds the first to start rorting this one too) Private health for all players is now included Origin payments increase from $4,000 to $6,000 and will be a 2 game series (why?) from next year. All Stars get a bump from $1600 to $3000. Other investments are grassroots increases in junior pathways and academies, including for referees Not sure if double expansion is the way to go here. I’d have expanded in either of those years once, but lengthened the comp to eventually be a proper home-and-away season in 2024. With 8 teams, you can have a full 4 month or so season, plus all the rep games and you can have players going for almost 6 months of the year I’m also still concerned about talent depth. You can still see some quality issues, and too much expansion could result in teams having lower standards across the board. Not sure if the ‘rising tide’ approach will work. Just because more players will play against the best, doesn’t mean they’ll rise to their levels. But overall, I’m happy for the girls. [/QUOTE]

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