Storm chairman Matt Tripp took aim at Parramatta for what he saw as deliberately taking the dispute public, accusing the club of running to the media to control the narrative around the Zac Lomax saga. Tripp suggested the Eels chose headlines over resolution, portraying Lomax and Melbourne as acting in bad faith while ignoring the broader context — including the fact Parramatta would have gained adequate compensation for a player who had already vacated the club.
Tripp said Melbourne attempted to handle the matter quietly and professionally, offering compensation to avoid escalation, only for Parramatta to harden its stance and air the issue publicly. In his view, the decision to brief the media and frame the Storm as "villains" was unnecessary and misleading, turning a solvable contractual dispute into a drawn-out public fight that Parramatta itself helped inflame.
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Media reports already showing that the Eels have flagged that Storm may have filed a preliminary contract for Lomax before commencing negotiations with Parramatta.
Sports lawyers? Is the court case relying on restraint of trade arguments (reasonable or not restraint) or also sanctity of contract? If latter is involved and if Storm had a preliminary contract, wouldn't Lomax be toast on sanctity of contract grounds?
Eels refer to "NRL portal", which I imagine is how contracts are lodged and thus any lodging has an independent verification source (NRL)?
again Prof "Media reports already showing that the Eels have flagged that Storm may have filed a preliminary contract for Lomax before commencing negotiations with Parramatta."
...haha! Gawd I hope this is true🤞 Kinda explains why they haven't yet dropped Lomax signing hopes...moreover explains why the nrl have intervened v us trying to settle and ignoring their own registered contract release agreement made by us too! There is so much afoot with this whole crappy thing.
stay strong parra 💙💛
The world now sees Zac as a guy who deliberately walked out on Parramatta with bad intentions,” Tripp told Code Sports....lolololol. Yeah they do, and they see you as a entitled twat who likes the smell of his own farts.
revealing that the 26-year-old wanted to do right by his former club...oh just fuck right off with that you derps
Parramatta were clearly trying to free up cap space to get Jonah Pezet, which they did by moving on Zac... that is quite the attempt at a narrative flipp Mr Tripp. 1/10
Hey now, nothing wrong with enjoying the smell of your own farts (or so I've been told)
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The Eels have done absolutely nothing wrong!
Tripp is used to getting his way. Heavily involved in a country AFL club got Brendan fevola there after Fev got into debt with him, went on to win a couple of premierships. He's old man was associated with some of Victorias colourful characters seen on the underbelly show.
so you're saying he is a fucking snake. Got it.
I thought all assistant coaches would have a get-out clause if offered a Head role, so why would we consult with this entitled-billionaire fuckbumper
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