This article is very interesting, and includes news/info that many may not have seen, certainly a reasonable amount of it I haven't. Its very much worth reading but is lts also a long article.
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" Thanks Bluey,
Could be, dunno. But I wonder whether Walters would change his tune if his players do a Lomax on him, signing multiple contracts and chats with others while still under contract with him.
Or maybe tell him they did the right thing…"
Could be, dunno. But I wonder whether Walters would change his tune if his players do a Lomax on him, signing multiple contracts and chats with others while still under contract with him.
Or maybe tell him they did the right thing…"
"Daz, good blog and you have addressed a very pertinent issue."
"Cobbo was a chance, Staggs, Farnworth, Best ( Best maybe given rhetoric) but none of them Cobbo (not likely) would have come to Parra. Losing Lomax was a killer but to coin one of my favourite sayings, you cannot control the uncontrollable!
We need…"
We need…"
"Thanks Mutts. I’ve enjoyed your commentary on this as well.
Like you, I feel, after looking at timelines despite initial concerns, Lomax made some form of provisional agreement with Melbourne first. Reading between the lines of what Tripp said (Feb…"
Like you, I feel, after looking at timelines despite initial concerns, Lomax made some form of provisional agreement with Melbourne first. Reading between the lines of what Tripp said (Feb…"
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This goes to the heart of the leagues labour management issues that I have been banging on about for years.
The NRL needs a rookie draft to distribute the best young talent, it needs rookie scale contracts to stop managers from holding clubs to ransom to sign young talent to huge deals based solely on potential, and it needs a soft cap to allow teams to retain their own free agents.
Its teams being forced to overpay for unproven potential that is squeezing out the games mid level depth.