NRL players keen for a larger share of the game's revenue may have to relinquish some privacy rights, including allowing officials access to phone records and bank statements.
The measure would satisfy both the NRL's desire for stronger measures to scrutinise integrity and players' demands of a fixed share of the game's earnings, News Corp Australia reports.
The parties are in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the current one after its November expiration, with revenue share the key issue.
At the centre of the share is the salary cap, which stands at $7 million this year.
The Rugby League Players' Association is reportedly open to considering player-privacy compromises, which could also include tax return access, to gain a bigger slice of the game's record $1.8-billion broadcast deal from 2018 onwards.
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It comes after a series of integrity scandals in the NRL in the past 18 months, including salary cap breaches by Parramatta through third party player-payments and gambling breaches and drug use by axed Wests Tigers player Tim Simona.
