Reports today suggesting Big Nige left with a £500K golden hand shake.

Staggering amount given that he resigned as CEO. Also he's staying on in another capacity anyway.

Shouldn't get a penny. If it's in his contract then who agreed that? They should be shown the door immediately.

Was Nigel the RFLs marquee employee ?

Nigel Wood agrees RFL pay-off
League Express report that outgoing RFL chief executive Nigel Wood will take home £500,000 in compensation in a severance deal for losing his job. He’ll also act as a consultant to the RFL and was recently in New York to discuss their application to join the RFL structure.

He'll act as a consultant and no doubt get expenses and business class to New York on top of his £500k "compensation".

It’s a joke when ever people get a pay of for leaving their job I never and no should they

I want to know who signed this off and why they thought it was a good idea.

To then re-hire the bloke (won't be cheap) as a consultant is just throwing more money at one man. It's not even as if he's any good. That money could've gone a long way at grass roots rugby. To put it all in his ample pockets is obscene.

This

He probably did. He was answerable to nobody.

Hmm. I'm not sure that's right, even at the RFL.

When you think how much difference £500k would make to some grassroots community clubs it's really is a disgrace that he gets a sum like that as a "severance". That he thinks it's appropriate to accept it says plenty too.

This money should have been spent on headhunting someone to run the sport properly from top to bottom.

But then, there would be some left at the RFL who would be worried by this....

Utterly scandalous that this S.O.B. can take such a huge amount of money unchallenged, from a sport that already struggles to make cash

It's only 25,000 deep pan meat feast pizzas, you need to calm down!

I completely agree with you, in football you could (kind of) understand it (not me personally like). In our sport this is an absolute disgrace, and as you say how he has the temerity to take it is beyond me. We should pay him not a penny more ever from our coffers.

Hit the nail on the head here. Who sanctioned it? £500k is massively over the top for the role when compared to some 'real' CEO/MD jobs in the commercial world, I would liove to see expenses and pension details also

£500k severance on top of £314k annual salary. Add to that whatever he’ll be getting for his new consultancy role. That’s got to be over a million quid for one man in just over a year.

And no RL journo is taking the RFL to task over this.