NRL players and accredited agents face a 10-year ban from the competition if they enter negotiations with Rugby 360.
After receiving legal advice, the Australian Rugby League Commission met on Wednesday and decided to impose heavy sanctions on players and agents if they look at defecting to the breakaway rugby competition.
The NRL announced that:
Any NRL player who negotiates, signs, or enters into a letter of intent, playing contract, or any other form of agreement – whether verbal or written – with a football competition, league, or organisation not recognised by the Australian Rugby League Commission as a national sporting federation, will be banned from participation in the NRL and any ARLC-sanctioned competitions for a period of 10 years.
Any NRL accredited player agent who acts f