can someone explain how gold coast can afford to increase smeltzs contract and contract all these high profile players and stay under the salary cap
Been wondering about that myself. Anyone know how these big GC deals are being done?
Or have some ideas or theories on how they could be done? (Under-the-table dealings? Stretching the rules? Being dodgy in some other way?)
The way I red it was sweetners... meaning little extras outside his salary. Like Cullina's wife has apparently been found a job at Palmer's mining company: not technically his salary, but a way to get more money into hi family's coffers.
That's a salary cap breach under the NRL system ala the Bulldogs of 2002 when they had family staff members et al as enticements. Surely the FFA can't get this wrong and allow that to carry on. That would have to be a financial incentive and thus measurable to the salary cap.