Quote: Smiffy27 "This is such a slippery slope that could kill sport as we know it. The RFL has no money to pay for this. How far do you go?'"
I agree, if the RFL has gone off best possible advice at the time then it could be a smallish payout but then more will crawl out of the woodwork. I absolutely don't want to see former players suffering though.
I think at the very least the sport needs to take this very seriously for current players. Changing rules to only 1 prop on the bench and they all have to play at least 50 minutes will mean more Chris Hills and Mike Coopers and less sitas. Reducing substitutions would be good too for lowering overall impact. We have seen more straight yellows for head high shots but maybe they should be straight red and then subject to review? Certain circumstances could be reduced to yellow? I don't want to see the game too sanitised but it would be good to see more backs on the bench and an emphasis on
Skills, attack and creativity rather than a physical arm wrestle with a bench which only extends the arm wrestle further.
Maybe this is an opportunity to make the game more entertaining. There will need to be protocol changes above and beyond what we have now IMO.