{"id":79105,"date":"2025-08-19T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79105\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:59:09","slug":"rarely-successful-anasta-slams-long-term-contracts-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79105\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRarely successful\u201d: Anasta slams long-term contracts – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL<\/a> has seen a plethora of long-term contracts being inked in recent years, with some deals stretching over a decade.<\/p>\n

Many fans and analysts have debated whether these lengthy contracts are in the best interest of the club, especially when they’re riddled with exit clauses and player options.<\/p>\n

Dylan Brown<\/a> was the most recent recipient of these decade-long deals, signing a 10-year, $14 million contract with the Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former NRL<\/a> star and current player agent Braith Anasta<\/a> was asked on SEN\u00a0if the NRL<\/a> should adopt the same contract model as the NBA, which only allows players to sign a maximum of five years at a time.<\/p>\n

“I like the idea,\u201d Anasta admitted. \u201cVery rarely are these long deals successful; rarely is it a happy relationship the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui<\/a> signed a decade-long contract with the Gold Coast Titans<\/a> just a couple of seasons ago, but is now set to test the open market due to a formerly undisclosed exit clause in his deal.<\/p>\n

“Titans and Newcastle do it because it’s the only way they can secure the player,\u201d Anasta declared.<\/p>\n

\u201dEven with Tino, every year he’s putting himself on the open market. It’s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NRLGOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 19: Tino Fa’asuamaleaui<\/a> of Titans warms-up ahead of the round 25 NRL<\/a> match between Gold Coast Titans<\/a> and Penrith Panthers<\/a> at Cbus Super Stadium on August 19, 2023 in Gold Coast, Australia<\/a>. (Photo by Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Anasta went on to share his sympathies for struggling clubs aiming to reel in a big fish, but says these mammoth deals are rarely a good idea.<\/p>\n

“I feel sorry for clubs that have to go big or they can’t secure the services of the player,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

“If there was a blanket rule, if it was only five years, it would be right.<\/p>\n

“Look at Brown, look at the way he’s is playing, he’s on $1.4 million a year for 10 years at Newcastle. He’s blown their cap out and they’re probably regretting the decision now.<\/p>\n

“It can’t be a good thing. It’s few and far between when it works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL has seen a plethora of long-term contracts being inked in recent years, with some deals stretching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-79105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}