Quote: dboy "You misunderstand.
Those figures are not mandated. They are the figures implemented in the absence of a deal.
If a club wants Croft/Shaw, they can agree a different figure with Wakey. If they can't agree, the RFL default is triggered.
You say "how can it be right a player is kept out of the game?"
How can it be right that a club invests over many years to develop a player, only to have him move on fee-free (particularly to a parasite club who don't produce their own players)?'"
I don’t misunderstand at all, the club can charge £140 per week for the duration that said player was in their youth set up.
You think that RL can afford to freeze out young talented players
Clubs run Youth set ups, the fact that they might lose a few is just the way it is and they know this before they even start.