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Top National Rugby League Players Offer Conciliatory Tone Regarding Revenue Share

The National Rugby League's leading players "emerged from a landmark meeting" of the players' union on Sunday offering a "conciliatory tone -- albeit with a warning that they have ways to strengthen their voice" -- as they reiterated their desire to "secure a fixed percentage of revenue without causing a major fracture within the game," according to Brent Read of THE AUSTRALIAN. Board member James Maloney spoke on behalf of nearly 200 players "as they prepare to step up talks with the NRL over the collective bargaining agreement for next season." At the heart of those negotiations is their "pursuit of a fixed percentage of revenue, a target that the NRL has publicly suggested it is willing to consider." Asked what the players could do if the NRL "refused to consider giving them a fixed percentage," Maloney said, "There are ways that we can strengthen our voice. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that. We would like to do it civilly. We want to be partners in the game. We’re not here to force it into a different direction or cause a fracture." The Rugby League Players Association "has been locked in talks with the NRL for months but those discussions are set to escalate in coming weeks" as the parties begin discussing the "most contentious items, chief among them the salary cap for the next five years" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 3/28). In Sydney, Chris Barrett reported RLPA CEO Ian Prendergast said that the proposed pay structure was "the fairest and best system to remunerate players based on their contribution." He said, "Now we've got, essentially, a bit of a mandate from players we can move forward with a bit of confidence in the next phase of the negotiation" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 3/27).

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