Or go to the NFL.

Detailed in the Guardian today.
Yet some on here feel the game is in good health.

Can you honestly blame the players? The salary cap is around £1m less than it was in real terms since 1999, they play in a profession where careers are short even if you're lucky and, lets be kind here, for many players professional sport is probably the only opportunity that they'll have to make a decent income.

If there ever was an exodus of talent to the NRL or RU (not that I think there will be), it will be precisely what the clubs and the sport deserves for treating its talent so poorly to subsidise their own poor business performance.

It doesn't say 80% are willing to go to RU!!!

Its says 80% would consider NRL "OR" RU.

I'd suggest that means 80% would consider NRL and some of them, probably VERY few, would consider RU.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

If an RU club offered them 100k when an RL club was offering 60k they'd be idiots not to accept it.

But that wasn't the question.

You can't ask "would you move away from SL to the NRL or RU?", and come up with "80% of SL players would go to RU!".

Surely they'd be going to union for 'The Challenge' not the money ?

Since the number of players who have switched to union in the last 10 years isn't that far behind the number who've gone to the NRL, and would involve a decent pay rise without relocating to the other side of the world, I would say most of that 80% would consider RU too.

If you're offered more money from another employer, then you'd consider it. We are all aware that RL isn't marketed very well.
Does the Guardian tell us anything we didn't know?

80% would consider it, that does not mean they are actively willing it to happen, I would consider changing my place of work, does not mean I would, all consider means is they would think about it if the opertunity arouse, I am sure if you asked them to consider moving to soccer or NFL a similer number would consider it, the question was not "are you actively hoping/trying to switch to union and do you wish to play union instead.

The players also claim the game doesn't do enough to promote individuals. Here's a thought boys: why not take things into your own hands for a change and, instead of whinging about the RFL, give your agents a kick up their collective ar$e instead?

" Would you change your job slightly to double your income ? "

Surprising it was only 80%

It’s not just the money. It’s about challenging yourself in a better sport