https://www.zerotackle.com/breaking-professional-footballer-forced-play-monday-26297/
The following scenario will sum up just how crazy the funny old game we known as Rugby League really can be.
Try to stay with me here, it’s going to sound like I’m making this up, but sadly, it is true.
Current Wests Tigers five-eighth Mitchell Moses, who has signed to play for the Parramatta Eels next season, will this Monday represent the Tigers as they play the Eels. The current Tigers could very well be a Tiger by Tuesday morning, and the future Eel doesn’t really want to play the Eels, in what will likely be his last game for the Tigers.
Insanity!
It doesn’t matter for a second just who Mitchell Moses will be playing for come Tuesday morning, as until at least Monday evening, he will represent the Tigers. His only focus this week should be on the Wests Tigers and continuing to build on their impressive last up win over the Cowboys.
If events unfold how they are expected to, he can then shift to forming an exciting halves partnership with Corey Norman while looking to guide his new blue and gold side to finals footy.
Not only should Moses be focusing on representing the Tigers on Monday afternoon, he should be focused on tearing his next club, the Eels, to shreds in the process.
Given that Moses has inked what has been reported to be a contract worth nearly a million dollars a season, he should be tearing sides the quality of the Eels apart.
With all due respect to the Eels, they were played off the park by an inconsistent Warriors side last week. Their recent run of results has been uninspiring and has the club looking for answers.
They have outlaid a reported massive contract to bring junior Mitch Moses back to his local club and help Corey Norman guide the side around. To beat out the Tigers, and possibly the Bulldogs, the Eels had to step up and offer big money.
Whether or not Moses is worth the money being reported, and it should be stressed these are reports and may be way off the actual deal signed, is up for debate. Someone earning nearly a million a season, or anywhere near if for that matter, should make Eels defenders look silly.
Eels fans are in a strange situation this weekend. On one hand, they want Moses to turn in a shocker as he is one of the Tigers most important players. If he can’t fire, the Eels are in a better position to achieve victory.
On the other hand, if Moses can’t leave a big mark on the Eels, fans of the club will ask how they can expect Moses to lead their side against the likes of the Broncos, Sharks and Storm.
I honestly can’t believe that in this day and age, this is even being discussed. Do contracts mean so little now that on Monday morning a half can be planning the downfall of a side, only on Tuesday morning to be representing that very same side he tried to bring down just 24 hours prior.
I fully understand Mitch Moses may be looking ahead, but as a professional footballer, he should not have any trouble suiting up for one last time for the side who gave him so much. The Tigers paved the way for his development and turned him into the player that has enabled him to attract a multi-million dollar deal.
There should be no “forcing”. The Tigers have every right to expect a player they pay to represent the club. They’d be within their right to expect Moses to play each and every game for the rest of the season.
He’s not an Eel yet.
For a million a season, he should be all over the club he’ll likely join in the coming days.
It’s a strange old game this Rugby League. I wouldn’t have it any other way though.
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Wow, what a fascinating regurgitation of everything we already know, and are tired of reading about.
Different side of opinions, I thought. Winners and grinners, Losers and ????
With all this going on I had another look over on the zero tackle site at the off contract list for clubs end of this year. Eels have 20, Wests have 17, but when one totals all the off contract players across all clubs there is a total of 223 players listed, including those from both the eels and wests.
I wonder how all those players are thinking about this merry go round, especially those at the eels and even the Tigers, as they watch the toing and froing? No doubt players in the NYC comp are also wondering about their futures as well with that comp finishing the end of this year?????
Wow, every time I read something about this the price we paid for him increases, starting from $700k to now $1m
Its professionalism; no different in some ways to working for one real estate Friday; then another Monday. We all have a view, and guess he was sorting his future, but the players need to be professional about it....as do the managers.
Haha, i've noticed that too. Rugby league 'journalists' love making assumptions and embellishing financial details when it comes to contracts!
Having said that, the Jack Bird deal at Brisbane has been lowered to $2.1 Milloion over 3 years, ($600k less than what Newcastle were offering). Maybe they're adjusting his contract to Broncos dollars..?
Broncs money is like going to Mexico
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