Wigan Warriors • Re: Saints confirm Grace off to Union
Cruncher wrote:
I get so tired of hearing fans respond as if, just because a player's done the honourable thing and the best for himself and his family, somehow it's not a crisis for Rugby League.
I don't care how honourably the player's behaved. That's not the issue.
The issue is that we keep on losing good players to the game. It's bad enough that they go to the NRL, but Union is a serious problem as, not only does it prevent them playing international RL, it seems to ruin them as athletes.
I don't understand why our powers-that-be aren't trying to address this problem. But then, it's been going on for years now and they've not done a tap, so why should they start now?
I think you're maybe going a bit OTT. I can't remember the last player who went to union prior to Grace. I'm no fan of the RFL's sports administration skills but I'm not sure there's much they could do differently to stop a player who wants to represent his country in a World Cup that is far bigger than ours. You could remove the salary cap I guess but there's very few clubs who could afford to pay more than what they're paying atm without getting in a mess.
Statistics: Posted by MadDogg — Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:13 pm