{"id":128973,"date":"2021-09-14T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=128973"},"modified":"2021-09-14T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:01:06","slug":"qrl-in-limbo-after-tabling-official-slater-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=128973","title":{"rendered":"QRL 'in limbo' after tabling official Slater offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland Rugby League has officially tabled a three-year deal to Billy Slater<\/a> to become the Maroons' next coach, but the Storm icon is yet to accept. <\/p>\n

QRL chairman Bruce Hatcher told The Courier Mail that the three-year offer to the 38-year-old was in the form of two guaranteed years with an option, declaring "the ball is in Billy's court".<\/p>\n

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While Hatcher said he was "confident" that Slater would be leading Queensland in next year's State of Origin campaign, he admitted QRL was currently "in limbo".<\/p>\n

"Billy and his manager are the ones considering all issues, so we just have to wait," he said.<\/p>\n

"We are pretty definite about what we are prepared to offer, it just depends whether it's acceptable or not and in any way, shape or form negotiable.<\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/p>\n

"That's about the only thing standing in the road with Billy, we can't drag this on indefinitely and make it a Dutch auction.<\/p>\n

"I was hoping for an answer last week. I didn't think it would be this complicated, but I understand managers do this for a living and that there is a marketplace out there."<\/p>\n

The offer comes after Slater admitted that he was "certainly considering" being Queensland's next coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"I've got family commitments and I respect the role that much that I know how much I will put into the role, and I know how much it will demand and the commitment it will take," Slater said during Nine's NRL coverage on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"So it's not just an easy decision to say, 'Yes', but certainly [there is] some consideration there."<\/p>\n

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