Rugby league nice Greg Alexander has labelled the 20-month standoff between the NRL and RLPA “a disgrace” as NRL CEO Andrew Abdo reveals a “frustrating” improvement.
Alexander’s feedback come on the again of Abdo’s declare that the RLPA rejected a proposal from the NRL to pay gamers from Pasifika international locations the identical quantity as Australian and New Zealand counterparts in check matches, as per the Courier Mail.
Abdo stated it was a plan to strengthen the worldwide sport, so he was disillusioned within the gamers affiliation’s resistance.
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“Our proposal was we carve off a small amount of our overall $1.347 billion offer that would mean all NRL and NRLW-contracted players, regardless of which country they choose to play for, will be paid the same amount for an international game,” Abdo stated.
“They rejected our offer and said ‘no’.
“They only want the Australian men and women paid from that $1.347 billion player-payment pool.”
“This is really frustrating. We believe in the international game and the ARL Commission has decided they are going to invest in revitalising the international games.
“We have proposed to the RLPA a standardised, fixed match fee to get the international game going.
“Don’t we think all international players should be treated equally regardless of which nation they represent?”
This revelation earlier than the Raiders and Dragons conflict prompted Alexander to touch upon the collective bargaining settlement negotiations as an entire.
“The whole situation is a disgrace. The fact that it’s been able to drag on for 20 months. For 20 months they’ve been trying to sort out a deal,” Alexander stated.
“The clubs at the start of the year didn’t know where they were heading, didn’t have a salary cap, didn’t have minimum wage.
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“Those things the clubs needed to operate got sorted and were agreed upon, but the fact that they can’t get to a deal, I blame both of them. They are both at fault.
“Do we have to remove the people that are doing the arguing. Do we need to get to two new people representing the NRL and the RLPA to try and strike a deal beacue it doesn’t look like it’s heading towards reconciliation does it?
“It’s been 20 months. Let’s get it done.”
Yvonne Sampson added {that a} mediator has been mentioned to attempt to try to deliver this dispute to a head, to which Cooper Cronk referred to as “an issue in itself.”
“They want an industrial relations mediator at this point. They’ve both said that’s what is needed.
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“That’s an issue in itself. The fact that we have to get external people to mediate and negotiate one of the key contracts or agreements in our game,” Cronk stated.
“The players are not the only stakeholders frustrated with NRL HQ. I don’t like that the players are not fulfilling their obligations media-wise. I don’t like that there’s now shots being thrown from the NRL at the players.
“I just don’t like it from both ends because at the end of the day, the people who miss out are the people at home watching the games.
“It’s going to take a lot of leadership from both parties to get this sorted out.”
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