It was announced by the club as a “lifetime deal”. Indeed it is.After backflipping on a $4.4 million deal to join the Gold Coast, Cherry-Evans signed a contract with Manly which holds the record for the longest deal in NRL history.“As long as Daly is playing NRL football, he will be wearing the maroon and white of the Sea Eagles,” Manly chief executive Joe Kelly said at the landmark announcement.“Daly will finish his career a one-club player.”Technically under NRL rules no player can actually be signed for a lifetime, with all contracts registered by the governing body requiring fixed terms.But after signing in 2015 on
an average of $1.25 million per season, Cherry-Evans is tied to Manly until the end of 2023.And the Sea Eagles are committed to liable for the full amount of his deal even if he retires due to chronic injury.Last season was the first year of the contract which made the 27-year-old the highest-paid player in the game.What makes things even more interesting is that his salary could soon increase. It’s believed his deal has a percentage clause tied in with the NRL’s salary cap — meaning when the cap rises, so too does his pay packet.
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