Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhile the NRL\u2019s valuation of Young was previously understood to be around $1.1 million a season, the figure has now dropped to $1 million \u2014 still $100,000 more than what the Chiefs were willing to offer.<\/p>\n
And with the situation dragging on, the back-rower is understood to be unhappy with how the saga has played out and with his current team.<\/p>\n
According to CODE Sports reporter Brent Read, Young has already spoken to the player\u2019s union about the dispute.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he will go to market cause I don\u2019t think he\u2019s happy. He\u2019s spoken to the player\u2019s union about this,\u201d Read said on NRL 360.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been offered the opportunity to go to the NRL about this so he\u2019s obviously not happy. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t go to the RLPA (Rugby League Players Association) if you\u2019re not happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The veteran reporter also stated Young could make his case directly to the NRL in a bid to have his market value reassessed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also has the opportunity to make a presentation to the NRL on his own market value so it can change,\u201d Read continued.<\/p>\n
As it stands, the NRL stance has ruled that Young could not sign with the Chiefs for less than $1 million a season.<\/p>\n
However, fellow CODE Sports reporter Michael Carayannis believes they have potentially overvalued the Origin star.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand the NRL\u2019s stance and concern of PNG was a factor,\u201d Carayannis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey could offer players $200,000-300,000 less per season because of the tax-free benefits, but I think they missed the market on Hudson Young. <\/p>\n
\u201cNot PNG but the NRL because when you\u2019re talking $1-1.1 million for Hudson Young, that\u2019s a lot of money, so PNG\u2019s value I thought was right.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think the NRL was concerned about the precedent that would set if they allow him to go for $100,000 or $200,000 less to the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other interesting point is every other player that PNG has signed, their current club didn\u2019t offer them a deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why this one has blown up more than any other player the Chiefs have signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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With Young\u2019s future in limbo, he is now set to test his value on the open market and will be able to speak to every team from November 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it gets to November 1 and he gets offers of $850,000-900,000 then maybe they just adjust that market,\u201d Read added.<\/p>\n
The PNG Chiefs remain the likely destination for Young, but the major sticking point is whether they are prepared to increase their offer beyond $900,000 a season before another team potentially pounces.<\/p>\n
\u201cPNG (is the likely home for Young) but at what price? Is it the $900,000? Is it $950,000 or is it a steadfast $1 million?\u201d Carayannis added.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs it stands, they\u2019re not budging on $900,000.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NSW Blues star Hudson Young is growing increasingly frustrated with the Canberra Raiders as his future hangs in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-885638","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\/885638","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=885638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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