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Years ago

NBL Salary Cap a joke

Someone remind me when to stop laughing at Anstey and McKinnon playing for peanuts because they earned plenty in the past and invested it well. I am sure many other clubs could have offered a lot more for them if the Tigers were paying them peanuts, so why do they choose to play for the Tigers? They now have fitted another player into their already stacked roster that rumour has it that he was seeking half the salary cap alone. No one other than the Tiger's admin knows for a fact what they are paying their players but you just have to do the sums to see it doesn't add up. Their salaries have to be 2 tiered. The first showing their wages under the salary cap and the 2nd paid as promotional type work or other work assisting the business interests of its owner. Still illegal under the NBL rules but still can be hidden. How many times do you hear clubs say they couldn't afford a particular player and then that player ends up on the Tiger's roster. They are the only team I know that can afford all the unaffordables and yet fit under the cap.

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Jack Toft

Years ago

The Salary cap is a joke and all the clubs and players know it.
I would be tempted to write to the NBL and ask them to verify that all clubs are within the salary cap, however, I believe the paper and ink would be wasted and only contribute to global warming.

Maybe a email would suffice?

If one had evidence that a club (eg Mebourne) were over the salary cap, the NBL didn't do anything about it, and they won the title, as a supporter I would suggest there would actually be a reasonable civil law case against the NBL in the courts for delivery of goods under mis-leading advertising/promotion.

The salary cap could not be brushed off as "advertising puff". The purchase of a ticket to an NBL game is a contractural arrangement and having all teams under a salary cap is a condition of contract stated by the NBL. If the NBL does not comply with that condition of contract and the purchaser of a ticket has directly suffered as a result, then a claim for civil damages could result. The only problem is determining the damages.

Alternatively, any vendor of any good has an obligation to ensure that the products delivered are fit for purpose under consumer law. Would non-compliance with a salary cap (condition of the good) mean that the goods and then deemed "not of merchantable quality"?

Surely there's someone of this forum who is a lawyer! Has a precendence been set elsewhere? Any comments?

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