Legend Gorden Tallis doesn’t think the next CEO of the NRL should have history with a previous NRL organisation.

Speaking on Fox League Live, Tallis argued that ‘skeletons’ would come back to bite them.

“If you come from the game like Todd there has got to be some sort of skeleton in the closet,” Tallis said.

“There are certain deals that go down that probably aren’t above board and when you come in and have got to rule with an iron fist, I don’t think you can do it if you come from club land.

“There is jealousy and you get promoted and you jump over people and you do the same job as 15 guys in the competition and all of a sudden you get elevated above them and tell them how much funding they can have, so I think there is a bit of jealousy.”