Overview
- Clubs and agents will be briefed this month on new responsibilities before enforcement begins on December 1.
- The rules ban contacting a player or agent to discuss a future move unless the player is a free agent.
- Public comments judged to entice a player to break an existing contract will be treated as a breach.
- Clubs are forbidden from shopping a contracted player to rivals without that player's permission.
- Breaches can bring fines, deregistration for officials, and potential salary cap penalties, following scrutiny from the Lachlan Galvin saga and Phil Gould's public remarks.