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And sitting out means we won't be able to contract premium talent. Top rugby players don't want to train, they want to play, showcase their skills and win things. I think the idea of having a squad limit exemption and salary cap exemption should be twiggys strategy going into the negotiations, that way he can trump any other team on salary if he really wants a player, and he can have a squad that is capable of fielding a team in both comps. If RA refuse to allow that exemption, then he simply demands that all player funding is handled equitably for each team. Ie if I can't spend as much money as I want on this team, you should pay for it. Whatever happens, twiggy needs to gain some equity in the new governance model which will be built to strongly favour NSW qld and Vic, but appear equitable. I reckon North will look to apportion votes based upon total population, which should achieve much of that. I'd prefer votes either 1 per union or based upon per capita player registrations, that would be an interesting piece of data to look at.