Pasifika athletes are being encouraged to seek advice before signing contracts with player agents.
Former NRL and Super Rugby player Tupou Sopoaga last month tweeted that two Pasifika players in his club rugby team, who had just come off the back of playing in the Super Rugby Aotearoa Under 20s competition, were feeling stressed after agents had approached them and pressured them to sign on the dotted line.
In my rugby team we have 2 of NZs brightest players that just finished the NZ20s comp.1 of them mentioned he’s a bit stressed after some agents had said, if they don’t sign with them they might not make it. Like come on man! We gotta do better!These are 18yr old kids. Island Kids Tupou Sopoaga (@TeeeSO) April 21, 2021
The document said $39 million will be distributed to stakeholders, such as provincial unions.
NZ Rugby
The details around the controversial Silver Lake deal the New Zealand Rugby AGM will be asked to approve on Thursday. A legacy fund will be established to ensure the sustainability of rugby at all levels. More than nine months in the making, the deal must receive backing from more than 50 per cent of the country s provincial rugby unions at the AGM along with the approval of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association. A California-based private equity firm, in 2019 Silver Lake acquired a 10 per cent stake in City Football Group (CFG), which owns English Premier League side Manchester City and teams in the United States, Australia and China.
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New Zealand Rugby has its annual meeting on Thursday, with the deal to be voted on then. A California-based private equity firm, in 2019 Silver Lake acquired a 10 percent stake in City Football Group (CFG), which owns reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City and teams in the United States, Australia and China. An investment in one of the most famous brands in world sport would expand the buyout giant s US$75 billion (NZ$104b) portfolio of companies, most of which are technology and sports venues and teams, according to its website. Silver Lake has been in the news this week as part of the European Super League crisis in which 12 European football clubs tried to set up an alternative competition to the Champions League, before it fell apart from public opposition.