Footy Stars SMASH apos; False And Offensive apos; NRL Over Pay Dispute

The schism between the and its players has grown wider, with several senior stars slamming the ARL Commission for its handling of pay talks.
In the latest development on Friday, the unions' player advisory group hit out at the game and chairman Peter V'landys over claims it had been misled by its union on the offer from the NRL.
It comes with the collective bargaining agreement between the NRL and weareliferuiner.com Rugby League Players Association now 11 days overdue and with no clear end in sight.

Included on the player advisory group are Daly Cherry-Evans, Wade Graham, Christian Welch, Damien Cook, Ali Brigginshaw, Kezie Apps, Millie Boyle and the only active 300-gamer in James Tamou.
'To have the Commission publicly claim that the wider playing group has been misled during the CBA negotiations, purely because we are refusing to roll over for the Commission, is not only false but offensive,' the advisory group said in a statement.
Collective tension between the NRL and its players has grown wider, with several senior stars - including Daly Cherry-Evans (pictured) slamming the ARL Commission for its handling of pay talks 
Rabbitohs hooker Damien Cook - also a member of the player advisory group - produced a statement where they labelled the Commission 'false and offensive' 
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'As leaders of the players' association, we could not have been more transparent with the wider playing group around the status of the negotiations and why we have rejected unsuitable and sub-standard proposals put forward by the NRL on behalf of the Commission.'
The comments comes 24 hours after details of the NRL's offer to players was published in News Corp newspapers, infuriating the player group.
Demands from players have regularly been voiced throughout the nine months of negotiations, with chief executive Clint Newton public in requests for agreement and consultation rights on integrity issues.
They have also been vocal in their push for a rise in the minimum pay as well as an injury hardship fund for retired players years after they have exited the game.
However V'landys and the NRL have made clear several of the requests would not be met, telling AAP this week that no good organisation would abolish its power.
ARLC Chairman Peter V'Landys hit back, stating NRL won't 'abolish its power as a organisation' to the players
'Players have regularly attended CBA bargaining meetings, however not one Commissioner has attended a meeting.

Not even once,' the players said.
'It was for this reason that it was surprising to read comments from the Commission that accused both us as player leaders, and the RLPA as a whole, of misleading the playing group.
'This couldn't be further from the truth.'

Funding talks between the NRL and its clubs are also still yet to be resolved, with the 17 franchises fearing they will be $500,000 out of pocket on each of the men's and women's games next year.
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo met with key figures on Tuesday over the matter offering $5 million above the eventual total player spend, with clubs now waiting on either a revised offer or modelling that shows less of a deficit.
The league are confident that can be resolved soon.
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