Wakefield Trinity • Re: Squad for Wigan
Trojan Horse wrote:
The youngsters are the key part…
If we get relegated are we not entitled to any compensation under the homegrown rules for Eseh/Bowes/Pratt/Windrow etc.
To be perfectly honest if we do end up in the championship I’m hoping these lads are the ones that make up part of the team next season. We wouldn’t just lose them for free surely after the effort of developing them?
If we do end up relegated we absolutely must stay full time like Fev and look to top the league. We would have similar/more crowds than Fev and likely more earning potential outside game day with new facilities.
I agree though it would hurt the most losing the young players and it would be an absolute travesty if we couldn’t maintain the elite academy. The super league and championship is absolutely littered with trinity ex academy players. It’s actually one thing we get right.
All about the contract detail as all super league contracts have a relegation clause, meaning they are null & void on when we go down. To maintain any compensation claims there are rules about offering more favourable terms, non-material changes, when the deal is offered etc. It’s a bit of a legal minefield that savvy agents can take advantage on. Then there is the option of lower league rugby in Australia for a year. A few of our lads peers have already done that and they may fancy it themselves, and we don’t get anything if they do that. Hopefully it works out but there is no guarantee we get paid out as we’ve already seen with Croft & Shaw. For the record Bowes will have gone beyond the cut off date anyway so he is free to do as he pleases from 1st May.
Statistics: Posted by Sacred Cow — Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:14 am