NRL players will celebrate Christmas in August as they get set to receive 78 per cent of their salaries in backpay from the past three seasons | mrchrisnico SMHsport
NRL players will celebrate Christmas in August as they get set to receive 78 per cent of their salaries in backpay from the past three seasons, which for some of the game’s top earners will amount to $350,000.Rugby League Players’ Association general president Daly Cherry-Evans revealed on Tuesday that a large portion of money the players sacrificed during the 2020 and 2021 seasons would hit their bank accounts in the next couple of weeks.
Cherry-Evans and Hunt, who earn a game-high $1.2m a season, sacrificed $380,000 in payments the past three years, but will be reimbursed around $300,000. The pair will also collect $45,000 for featuring in all nine Origin games the past three seasons for Queensland.“This will help everyone,” Cherry-Evans said on Tuesday. “It’s all prorated and relevant to what you earn. At the time everyone was doing the best thing for the game.
While Cherry-Evans extended his contract at Manly for a further two years midway through this season, he felt for players who were unable to strike new deals because clubs remained uncertain about how much they could spend next year and beyond. “These are working conditions that remain unclear for people who could potentially be starting a new job in two months’ time. We owe it to those people in limbo to get this sorted.
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