It's stupid to suggest that signing certain players will boost crowds on their own, but a better competition with better players will obviously boost interest.

It is? Andrew Johns certainly put extra bums on seats during his short stay in SL.

Andrew Johns is arguably the greatest player of all time and was only signed because of a loophole that meant he could come here after the NRL season was finished. Clubs aren't going to be signing players like that.

In my opinion its a half cooked idea, its not going to retain or obtain top quality players, it needs to be a minimum of £200k and £300k respecitively to give it some credability.

We probably won't, I agree, but you never know. It does disprove your point that individual players won't grow crowds though. Some will. Whether we can get those players with this new ruling we shall see...

I would have thought that the money being spent on Marquee players would have been better spent on junior development, not some over the hill player from the NRL looking for a last big payday.

If you spend it on the right player, they can generate more money and you can have both. It's not always one or the other.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Jason Nightingale
Kenny-Dowall
Peta Hiku
Manu Vatuvei
Kieran Foran
Shaun Johnson
Jesse Bromwich
Issac Luke
Ben Matulino
Tohu Harris
Kevin Proctor
Simon Mannering
Thomas Leuluai
Martin Taupau
Sam Moa
Greg Eastwood
Greg Inglis
Josh Dugan
Will Chambers
Michael Jennings
Alex Johnston
Jonathan Thurston
Cooper Cronk
Matthew Scott
Cameron Smith
Aaron Woods
Greg Bird
Sam Thaiday
Corey Parker
Luke Lewis
Trent Merrin
Nate Myles
James Tamou

There's the top 34 players in the world today(excluding England players). Given that a couple of the roos above will not play for their country again, who of them are:
a/ Worth 500k a year
b/would be tempted by 500k a year
c/ are worth sacrificing youth development for
d/would add the required 2,000 bums on seats to pay their 500k wage?

If Koukash brings over someone like Shaun Johnson, and yes he could easily afford it, it would certainly provide a massive boost to the game.

I'm really looking forward to seeing who comes over. Great news.

1. Koukash didn't appear on any top 100 rich list
2. 2nd rate/over the hill Anzacs is what you'll get.....
3. NRL Players of contract for 2016.......none of them would add an ounce of media exposure
rlhttp://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2015/rl

I'm the type of fan that like to watch RL on TV and will attend maybe 10 or more games a year. Would attend more but work and Saints home games clash.
From the list of players from Jim Pooley, I recognised





I would kindly suggest that some of those were a bit of a guess as to whether I really did recognise the names. So in terms of pulling in fans who have given up on the game, your talking about maybe less than 10.

Overall I'm slightly for the change. But I don't think one player will be a huge factor in determining the results over a season.