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| Gallop ignored my warning; Hayne | |
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| Topic Started: May 5 2010, 04:02 AM (94 Views) | |
| stacey | May 5 2010, 04:02 AM Post #1 |
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GLENN JACKSON  Leading voice ... Australian captain Darren Lockyer says the next TV rights deal must be a significant improvement on the last. Photo: Getty Images JARRYD HAYNE has accused league administrators of ignoring warnings that stars would walk from the code. The Australian winger met NRL chief executive David Gallop as he was finalising his most recent contract and made it clear to him that players would switch to other codes if something was not done about the discrepancy between rugby league salaries and those in AFL and rugby union, at home and abroad. With Israel Folau on the verge of joining one of the NRL's rivals and Johnathan Thurston considering a switch, Hayne fears his warnings were not heeded. ''That's the sad thing,'' he said. ''[They were] warned but nothing was done. It was like, OK, well if you're going to go you're going to go. That was pretty much their reaction, and I sat back and thought, 'Geez you really care about your players heaps'. How many more people do we need to lose before something starts to ring the bell? We've already lost [Mark] Gasnier, Sonny [Bill Williams], [maybe] Izzy - there's so many superstars to have left the game, and it doesn't look like there's anything to stop them.'' Hayne's comments come a day after Test teammate Petero Civoniceva suggested the players as a whole were becoming more frustrated by perceived inaction over salary cap concessions and rep bonuses. Players involved in the Test match tomorrow night will receive a $6000 payment, while the City-Country combatants will each earn $1500. Those picked in the NSW and Queensland State of Origin sides will be paid $12,000 a game. That is not enough even according to Australian Rugby League chairman Colin Love, who said he would like to ''see an increase in those payments''. ''It's something we do have to address sooner rather than later,'' Love said. ''If it helps keep them in the game that's a good thing. ''If they're playing at that level and attracting the crowds, then there's a fair argument that they do deserve more.'' A groundswell of support is developing among the game's best players for interim measures to appease the players, given the new broadcasting deals will not come into effect until 2013. Australian skipper Darren Lockyer suggested the new rights deals be negotiated earlier to give the players more idea of whether they will reap any rewards from the expected windfall. ''We just want to make sure that deal is in the best interest of the game and the players,'' Lockyer said. ''What we want to see is the right process happening, in terms of the negotiations. The last one might not have been done in the best interests of everyone. It's pretty simple - we just need more money in the pot to give to the clubs. ''I don't know whether they can try and get the TV rights done earlier, so the players know that this is coming. Right now, there are players there that are at risk of leaving. Israel's one at the moment. It would be nice if we could step in and keep them in the game.'' The chief executive of the ARL, Geoff Carr, defended the bonuses, and said the Rugby League Players Association negotiated the latest collective bargaining agreement. www.smh.com.au |
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| Cowboys_2010 | May 6 2010, 07:36 PM Post #2 |
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Sounds like he thinks he is bigger then the game, in which case f*** off out of this comp. Same with anyone else who thinks that, f*** sake they dont need more money, theyre overpaid if anything. |
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