Re: Radlinski and contracts : Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:10 pm
DaveO wrote:
Well if you want players to leave, that is the way to do it.
One of my first memories of a player signing for Wigan was a very young Shaun Edwards. It was all over the media back that at 17 he signed for a signing on fee of £35,000. That would be £108,000 today!
That is because Wigan recognised the schoolboy internationals talent and wanted to tie him to Wigan despite the interests of several other clubs and that is what they did. The rest is history.
Some players are special talents and warrant that kind of up front investment or higher wages. Otherwise they leave/don't sign as others are prepared to take what maybe a risk but they do stump up the cash.
If as was suggested above Burgess offered to stay for less than offered in OZ and if Wigan would not budge not because it was an unrealistic amount of money to pay to a player but just that it was more than other players of his age and experience or due to some self imposed club wage structure, then we will never sign another Shaun Edwards again if that is the attitude.
Not all players are equal and some are worth more than others and it looks like Burgess has realised his worth by going elsewhere.
One of my first memories of a player signing for Wigan was a very young Shaun Edwards. It was all over the media back that at 17 he signed for a signing on fee of £35,000. That would be £108,000 today!
That is because Wigan recognised the schoolboy internationals talent and wanted to tie him to Wigan despite the interests of several other clubs and that is what they did. The rest is history.
Some players are special talents and warrant that kind of up front investment or higher wages. Otherwise they leave/don't sign as others are prepared to take what maybe a risk but they do stump up the cash.
If as was suggested above Burgess offered to stay for less than offered in OZ and if Wigan would not budge not because it was an unrealistic amount of money to pay to a player but just that it was more than other players of his age and experience or due to some self imposed club wage structure, then we will never sign another Shaun Edwards again if that is the attitude.
Not all players are equal and some are worth more than others and it looks like Burgess has realised his worth by going elsewhere.
What a stupid comparison.
There was no salary cap at that time, I'm not even sure if there was freedom of contract in Rugby League.
Do you remember Daryl Lacey?