Re: Denny Solomona speculation & implications : Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:15 am
bentleberry wrote:
The better option would be to do what Union used to do and bar the player from ever being registered to play league again in any country. That would make players think twice about if they will switch as they will have no fall back plan to return to league if they don't like union
I agree with the sentiment, but that was back in the time when Union had their "amateur" status.
I can't imagine that professional RL could indefinitely prevent a player's registration nowadays without the employment lawyers and the human rights brigade getting involved and arguing that you're essentially preventing somebody from working.
The issue is potentially massive though. If the RFU has enough resource it could centrally entice all the best RL players to RU by just offering big wages (and no transfer fees) and RL clubs would either have to match inflated wages or concede the player. Given the financial state of many RL clubs it wouldn't be sustainable for them to do this. I would assume too that the RFL doesn't have enough financial resource to take on the central RFU either in support of the RL clubs.
This could have a devastating effect on RL in this country.