Rogues Gallery wrote:
I agree but there's also nothing wrong with a player leaving early and the club getting a fee for them.
Brian, i know your thoughts on this but we have to stop using this term "leaving early".
They're not, they're leaving exactly as their contract states.
If Bateman didn't have the clause inserted he wouldn't have signed a new contract and left 2years earlier than he did.
If George hadnt been given his deal with the 2yr NRL get out he wouldn't have signed it and he would have gone 2017 (and Wire were prepared to give him a 2 year deal on more than we could offer even with Marquee and give him a 2yr get out clause).
End of the day there seems to be 2 options.
Sign a player on a 2/3 yr deal say and be prepared to let him go end of that deal for nothing, not just potentially to the NRL but other SL Clubs and Rugby Union would be on the alert and theyd get them for nothing.
Or
Sign a player on a 4/5 yr deal with a get out clause after 2/3 if player receives an NRL offer he wants to take up.
Player still potentially leaves at same time except one we get something for and the other we leave ourselves open to bids/offers to the player from many varying sources
I know which one I'd choose.