Okay. I did some digging into Long Serving Player disounts and this is what I have discovered.
In 2003 it was introduced and the NRL stated that
Long Serving Player Allowance introduced to encourage clubs to retain players who have served a continuous period of ten years in first grade. This $100,000 allowance lifted the effective cap to $3.55m.
Then in 2006 the NRL lowered the criteria stating
Reduction in qualifying period for veteran players from 10 to 8 years under Long Serving Player Allowance.
So they donāt explicitly say the player has to play for one club for the 8 year period, so quite a few player should be eligible for the 2019 season onwards. Here is the current playing roster and when they debuted and when they would be eligible. Judging by this there should be about 7 eligible players. (from what I can work out) and a few players should be eligible later in their contracts. That being said, the allowance it $100,000 (I canāt see if it has increased over time).
Hey thanks Steve. Ok, Iām of the belief it was introduced for a one club player, coz Iām pretty sure Steve Menzies was used as an example. That rules everyone out
bar Sam, at least short term. Happy to be corrected. Cāmon you forumites,
whatās the go?
So all the toing and froing ends up just as was expected. Seems to be how things work in Pantherland these days. The story comes out, denials, more story, more denials & hey presto, just as we already had heard. We just always seem to take a convoluted path to get anywhere
I actually think itās all for the best & I say that with no disrespect for TM.
Yes it looks like the Panthers are turning this style into an art formā¦which i donāt agree with at all.
Hard to expect loyalty/honesty etc from the playing group if the Senior Management do not practise the values.
On Merrin i wish him well but something went terribly wrong with him and by default his form over the last 2 years. Whether it was Griffin or something else personal, we will never know but i wish him well in the UKā¦hope its a great move financially but on a personal level, hope he finds what he needs.
More broadly i donāt see any of this as a positive for the team but we will all know soon enough.
Good news on both these boys. I see Jack being a future leader of our pack - I still think that we missed an opportunity to play him in the playoff game against the sharks. Iām sure he would have stirred the sharks forward up just a bit
And Jarome looks well positioned to take over from Jimmy M when he finishes, perhaps at end of '20. It looks like a battle between Luai & May to be Nathanās halves partner - may the best man win!
Our first choice back 5 will likely be:
Edwards
DWZ
Blake
Whare
Mansour
Looks pretty good, and Iām expecting a stellar 2019 from Blake. Whare is strong in defence and solid in attack at best - showed better signs late in season. Measured against the benchmark (the premiers), we lack that threat from both centres that they for example have with Mitchell and Manu.
And yes, there is a gap to the next in line, to cover injuries etc. We has some short term flexibility with our mobile backrow players able to fill-in on the edges, but we have lost one of those guys, so maybe that option is somewhat limited. I was surprised to see we let Kierghan (sp) go, as he looked quite promising. That said, we have been pretty good in recent times coming up with players that fit it well.
Maybe we have a signing coming - itās been departures and extending pretty much for 2019.
I doubt it. Much of the players leaving last season was to free up cash to extend/renew contracts. To my understanding there isnāt much cash to pay for new players.
That being said, I think the coaching staff and management are happy with the team we have at the moment.
Yes I think you are right about it being unlikely we have new signings.
I too am happy with our first choice roster - we should be more than competitive, but I am a little concerned about depth if we have our usual bad luck with injuries. I do wish we had found a way to keep Peachey &/or CHN, particularly now as we should have some dollars from Merrin going.
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