Sydney Roosters chairman Nick Politis has slammed rivals whinging about their salary cap as “jealous and stupid”. The remarks come as Dragons players took a cheeky swipe at the Roosters cap management in a video announcing their draw for the upcoming NRL season.
In the clip, players partook in a game of charades and had to guess which club they were acting out. Jack Bird had the task of revealing the game against the Roosters and mimed out a brown paper bag containing handfuls of money.
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Teammate Kyle Flanagan immediately correctly guessed the Roosters. However, Politis was not amused by the antics and took offence that some were inferring his club was cheating the salary cap.
“It’s just jealousy, it’s stupid, you know,’ Politis told 9News Sydney. “What do you say about them (Bird and Flanagan)? They don’t know what they’re saying anyway.”
Roosters CEO Joe Kelly additionally weighed in on the video saying different groups must deal with themselves quite than peep into their business. “I’m joyful for different groups to be us. We simply deal with ourselves, on the finish of the day that’s all we are able to management,” he stated. “If others are wanting throughout the fence, they’re most likely a bit bit distracted.”
NRL discover wage cap exemptions for code-hopping gamers
Last week it emerged that the Roosters could have gotten some revenge on the Wallabies after dropping Joseph Suaalii, with coach Trent Robinson assembly with Mark Nawaqanitawase to debate switching codes. On Tuesday, NRL CEO Andrew Abdo flagged the potential of encouraging code-hoppers by implementing wage cap exemptions for groups wishing to snare gamers from rival codes.
The ARL Commission is anticipated to debate potential choices for exemptions at subsequent month’s assembly, with Rugby Australia bosses admitting the Wallabies’ horror World Cup displaying has left them vulnerable. NSW Waratahs teenager Max Jorgensen has additionally lengthy been a goal for the NRL.
“We need one of the best athletes enjoying our recreation, whether or not that is the lads’s or ladies’s competitors,” Abdo stated. “Growth is on our agenda, so whereas our main focus is creating rugby league expertise by way of our personal pathways, we’re additionally open to attracting and, probably in some instances, returning to league from different codes.
“Would salary-cap reduction be probably used? Yes. That’s an absolute chance that the fee will contemplate, and contemplate sooner or later.”
Abdo insisted any exemptions can be utilized pretty, amid considerations that this might end in sure golf equipment gaining an unfair benefit. “Any change the fee may make to that coverage should be very rigorously thought-about, and there can be parameters and caps,” Abdo stated.
“It will not be a free-for-all. It can be delicate and will probably be about ensuring there’s a possibility for all golf equipment on an equal foundation to have one or two gifted gamers that they recruit probably from different codes all over the world. It’ll be rigorously thought-about although, as a result of we do wish to guarantee that we deal with our pathways, and we additionally wish to keep aggressive stability.”
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