Seem to remember that Rabbitoh's - Russell Crowe Documentary , expounding the merit's of image rights to increase the players ' options ' , done as a way round the NRL Cap . but the image were the players own ' business and separate from the club's finances , The club were helping them secure deals by finding them agents, much in the same way a Beckham would endorse sunglasses or Rooney a football boot.
'Image Rights' for a RL player in Aus is acheivable, High Profile NRL Players are back page ( or front page
) news , over here they would be a nobody, so any club to book a direct payment as image rights could be viewed effectively as a ' bung ' ....
