Taumalolo has signed a 10 year contract at the Cowboys. It's the longest deal I can remember in my time watching the sport. Good or bad? Are longer contracts (if players will sign them) something we should be looking at to try and keep our players in the sport and in SL?

Don't think it matters tbh. If him or the club want out, then it will happen. How many times have we seen players leave clubs mid contract?

I wonder how his wage profile is structured over that timespan ?

only 23 so should take him to the end of his career

It's great for him and the club. Security for both and protects the club against a raid by AFL or Union because the cost of buying him out of that contract is going to be more than a reasonable transfer fee. In these times of poaching it's the future if you ask me.

10 years at $20,000 a week, that's incredible job security for an RL player.

Currently, Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, So it's pointless really.

Thats not true. Unless there are clauses that haven't been announced he will be paid for 10 years. Thats his employment contract.

What's Brian McDermott s contract?

1 year rolling contract iirc

You should have told James Segeyaro, he's just paid around £50,000 to get out of his contract.

And that's enough to get out of a contract and compensate the club he shafted? If that is enough then Solomona would pay less than 100k and just walk away.