These rules mean it's actually quite hard for players to move around the league and command the excluded player spots. To conclude the excluded player regs, it's also worth knowing that we're not allowed to know the identity of any excluded players. This means that if Northampton already have a player nominated for the excluded player spot they would probably have to unpick a huge amount of spreadsheet calculations to move it over to Pollock. Some players can command big commercial deals outside rugby, and these deals will eclipse their club earnings multiple times over. A Pollock £1m pay-day in club rugby is possible, but highly unlikely at Northampton, for now.