The NRL will consider revealing third-party arrangements at every club as they look to stamp out infringements of player salary, as reported byย The Sydney Morning Herald.
The investigation of the potential Sharks salary cap breach adds to a host of salary cap misconducts, most of which involved TPAs.
And the latest scandal has highlighted the potential need to uncover all TPAs, despite the player's union agreeing with the NRL to keep them intact.
A committee is set to review the current system, which includes several club CEOS, in a bid to create more transparency with TPAs. Player's salaries would remain confidential.
"TPAs per se are not the problem,โ impending NRL head of football and TPA review committee Gaham Annesley told The Sydney Morning Herald.ย
โIf they are declared upfront, approved by the NRL, and bring new money into the game to better reward our players and keep them in the game, that's a good thing.
โThe problem arises with undeclared, unapproved TPAs that are used as a recruitment or retention tool outside salary cap guidelines. The working group has been looking at a range of initiatives around greater transparency and education in an attempt to limit the opportunity for future misuse of the system".
In 2018, 198 players will profit $9.6 million in TPAs, a number which is reportedly diminishing.ย RLPA CEO Ian Prendergast added that it is important not to stamp out assets which some players are deserving of.
โIn terms of the working group put together to look at the current TPA system, that highlighted to us that itโs a drop in the ocean when you look a the money going to players within the game,โย Prendergast said.
โItโs important that everyone has transparency over what the TPA market looks like, given more than 80 per cent of these arrangements are linked to representative players who absolutely deserve those types of arrangements outside the salary cap.
โIt also demonstrated it isnโt giving the clubs an unfair advantage. Itโs more of a reflection of where they are in the cycle in respect to the age of the list they are running with. In terms of what can be approved in immediate future, itโs providing further clarity around the rules and how the operate.โ
Another key change being touted is for the league to rubber stamp all contract offers, meaning clubs would have to first make a bid to the NRL before brokering a deal.
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