If it brings premiership success then yes
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It would be different if we were contending and were paying near the full salary cap. But weāre not, we have years to go in this rebuild with an enormous cap space at the moment. Keep your top performers like Merrett and Durham happy and it will go a long way in building a great list in the future.
Itās probably better than front loading more of other players contracts.
Whilst I donāt disagree, that theory only works if we are below the minimum salary cap requirement which I donāt believe we are. Thatās salary that could
Ultimately go to paying off their existing contracts earlier to free up even more cash space for a free agent or to resigning Draper.
I just donāt like it as a policy, I would be okay with it if say we renegotiated a contract and other variables (eg length of contract) were also changed. But that is salary that could have been utilised to pay off other contracts earlier, free up more cap space and attract more talent into the club.
This policy means that if a player over performs to their agreed contract then they can get an increase, but if a player underperforms then their contract stays the same. Personally Iād just prefer that they put that in the contract up front (eg Sam, if you place in the top 3 in a b&f you get a x% increase) rather than just giving it. Hopefully thatās the case and itās just not being reported
Half the teams in the comp already call him daddy.
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Iām surprised we didnāt lock him for a 5th year as a compromise
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