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Ivan Cleary calls for trade windows to fix NRL’s ‘messy’ contracting system – Sydney Morning Herald
The Panthers have been in the headlines as several of their players came and went during summer. Their coach believes there is a better way to do business.
There has also been conjecture all summer about the futures of off-contract stars Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton and Isaah Yeo, although the club will be in a position to trumpet their retention well before the season starts.
Cleary believes trade windows would provide the game with a commercial opportunity, while also eliminating much of the innuendo that surrounds player movement in a free-market system.
I just think we can do it better than how were doing it at the moment, Cleary told the Herald.
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