Reports today suggesting Big Nige left with a £500K golden hand shake.

Staggering amount given that he resigned as CEO. Also he's staying on in another capacity anyway.

Shouldn't get a penny. If it's in his contract then who agreed that? They should be shown the door immediately.

Was Nigel the RFLs marquee employee ?

Nigel Wood agrees RFL pay-off
League Express report that outgoing RFL chief executive Nigel Wood will take home £500,000 in compensation in a severance deal for losing his job. He’ll also act as a consultant to the RFL and was recently in New York to discuss their application to join the RFL structure.

He'll act as a consultant and no doubt get expenses and business class to New York on top of his £500k "compensation".

It’s a joke when ever people get a pay of for leaving their job I never and no should they

I want to know who signed this off and why they thought it was a good idea.

To then re-hire the bloke (won't be cheap) as a consultant is just throwing more money at one man. It's not even as if he's any good. That money could've gone a long way at grass roots rugby. To put it all in his ample pockets is obscene.

This

He probably did. He was answerable to nobody.

Hmm. I'm not sure that's right, even at the RFL.

When you think how much difference £500k would make to some grassroots community clubs it's really is a disgrace that he gets a sum like that as a "severance". That he thinks it's appropriate to accept it says plenty too.

This money should have been spent on headhunting someone to run the sport properly from top to bottom.

But then, there would be some left at the RFL who would be worried by this....

Utterly scandalous that this S.O.B. can take such a huge amount of money unchallenged, from a sport that already struggles to make cash