Following on from several threads, do Saints need to think about the length of the contracts we are offering players, particularly the younger players in the squad? I understand 2 and 3 years deals for overseas players and 1 year extensions for older players, but should we be signing people like Farges, Bentley, Knowles, Dodds, Lees, Welsby, etc on 4 to 5 years deals to prevent the exodus we are seeing now? It seems we just renew in these contracts in 2 year blocks at the moment. Is there something I don’t know about the salary cap that means that 2 year contract increments means that you can manage the cap better?
I appreciate that giving a player a longer deal might make them too comfy, but it seems at the moment that we are always prey to the NRL or a raid from other clubs that seem to ignore the cap.