Originally Posted by
borat
So Brennan signs a 2yr deal with the Jets in May 2015 and the FFA announce changes to the salary cap in August 2015 to include a mature age rookie.
So I can see the FFA allowing us to then designate Brennan as the mature age rookie once the rules were changed in August. Similar to shifting a contracted player to marquee.
But the problem then is we did not have enough players in the squad. We signed the minimum 20 + Lundy as Pro contracted NYL. You take Brennan out of the cap as a mature age rookie and we have 19 and the FFA could have breached us for not meeting squad requirements.
Plus you have the club making numerous statements that we weren't going to use these additional allowances due to the player budget.
So, on face value it seems like we are rorting the salary cap by now signing a 24th player, if in fact the unquoted FFA spokesperson is correct. If the FFA are happy, then fine. This rort allows us to sign the Chinese player which brings exposure to the league. Not sure other clubs would be too worried unless we make the 6 or this Chinese player is any good.
