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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 806796" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>There are two simple factors as to why players are leaving SA. The first and obvious one is money, not only to they get paid more overseas, but our currency has depreciated so much that the amounts being earned overseas are ridiculous. This site sums it up well though:</p><p><a href="http://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/113025/this-is-what-south-africas-best-paid-rugby-player-earns/" target="_blank">http://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/113025/this-is-what-south-africas-best-paid-rugby-player-earns/</a></p><p>but to summarise:</p><p>SA super rugby player (not a bok) pay per year: R2 000 000 (this is an established player who plays almost all matches, like Kolbe or Groom)</p><p>Same player playing in Europe: R5 000 000</p><p></p><p>and if you have even more limited experience, the appeal is even higher:</p><p>limited Super Rugby experience: R700 000 max</p><p>Same player in Europe: R2 500 000 max</p><p></p><p>So there's that, and the main incentive holding SA players back is wanting to play for the Boks. But with all the talks of quotas in SA rugby I think a lot of white players are thinking they don't stand a chance of making it into the bok team anymore. That means there really isn't much of an incentive to stay and so once they receive an offer high enough they go. That's the summarized version of the two effects I see, I'm sure Heineken and Stormer will expand on what they think needs expanding on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 806796, member: 60236"] There are two simple factors as to why players are leaving SA. The first and obvious one is money, not only to they get paid more overseas, but our currency has depreciated so much that the amounts being earned overseas are ridiculous. This site sums it up well though: [url]http://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/113025/this-is-what-south-africas-best-paid-rugby-player-earns/[/url] but to summarise: SA super rugby player (not a bok) pay per year: R2 000 000 (this is an established player who plays almost all matches, like Kolbe or Groom) Same player playing in Europe: R5 000 000 and if you have even more limited experience, the appeal is even higher: limited Super Rugby experience: R700 000 max Same player in Europe: R2 500 000 max So there's that, and the main incentive holding SA players back is wanting to play for the Boks. But with all the talks of quotas in SA rugby I think a lot of white players are thinking they don't stand a chance of making it into the bok team anymore. That means there really isn't much of an incentive to stay and so once they receive an offer high enough they go. That's the summarized version of the two effects I see, I'm sure Heineken and Stormer will expand on what they think needs expanding on. [/QUOTE]
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