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pawsandclaws1 said:

U19s NSW fullback attracting interest, future at Knights in doubt​


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"The reports surrounding Votano's future come as his younger brother Cooper Votano - a standout in the Harold Matthews Cup competition this year for the Knights - has been linked with a switch to the Melbourne Storm.

According to The Newcastle Herald, Votano has caught the interest of the Melbourne Storm and their recruitment boss, Paul Bunn, has already made a big play to lure him to Victoria for next season."

Says he is moving as currently stuck behind Ponga and Sharpe. Why would he go to the Storm to sit behind Paps and Fa'alogo?
 
gregjm87 said:
I don't believe this at all. Laundy isn't allowed to offer 3rd party payments. Do I think every club, including the Dogs in this very deal breach the cap in some way? Probably. But I also think it is entirely reasonable for someone to take a pay cut to get out of a work environment in which they are not happy. And at 750k a season he isn't going to be struggling financially doing so.
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you dont think a billionaire who sponsers said club doesnt have influence over any other potential business to help get the deal across the line, yes laundy hotels cant provide third party payements
 
kade7 said:
you dont think a billionaire who sponsers said club doesnt have influence over any other potential business to help get the deal across the line, yes laundy hotels cant provide third party payements
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Well, Your initial post was that Laundy hotels was making the payments.
Do I think he potentially could be influencing other businesses to do so? Potentially, yes.
Do I think he really would be? Not really. Those businesses would have to be a obviously not connected to his. So I don't think he can really use his business sway to do so. Plus it doesn't make much commercial sense, at a business level to throw any significant money at Galvin. Nor would it reflect particularly well on him as businessman or as a bloke if he were leaning on other businesses to do so.
I think it more likely he would potentially use his billionaire mates to invest in a player. Kind of like bros going in together on a race horse. But I don't see Galvin as a big enough get to warrant getting the mates involved.
Again I see it far more likely that Gould seen a decent young player, unhappy at his current club and started moves to bring that player to the Dogs. I think it was a 12months process but he got his man.
 
Demps said:
Our ex girlfriends are some of the best in the game


From players to coaching staff / coaches.
We've populated the entire NRL with former employees / "ex girlfriends"

Your welcome NRL.

From Teddy to Papz, Moses, Addo Car, Coaches Ivan / Webster / Payten.

I'd take heaps of em back 😬😆
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Used and abused by someone else, Papz maybe.
 
kade7 said:
you dont think a billionaire who sponsers said club doesnt have influence over any other potential business to help get the deal across the line, yes laundy hotels cant provide third party payements
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Kade ,, do you have any clue why the hell we have not signed Taylan May ? Didn’t he do Rehab at our request? Just seeing him run out in a Souths Jersey would be freaking insulting with all the rest of the dramas at the moment . The bloke wants to be here yet we an all we ever hear about is players that are leaving .. it’s beyond a joke
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
I know the feeling but I see some special traits in Tavana & Taotua that suggest NRL potential, they just got to stay injury free & have that inner determination to progress.
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Tavana reminds me of Bula. Lean, super athletic outside back who needed a couple of years in Flegg to develop properly before making the jump to grade.

Bula is a great example that not every player needs to debut at 18-19 and a 2-3 years in Flegg and Cup is very beneficial.
 
gregjm87 said:
I don't believe this at all. Laundy isn't allowed to offer 3rd party payments. Do I think every club, including the Dogs in this very deal breach the cap in some way? Probably. But I also think it is entirely reasonable for someone to take a pay cut to get out of a work environment in which they are not happy. And at 750k a season he isn't going to be struggling financially doing so.
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That is my understanding as well, named sponsors are not able to provide "arms length" 3rd party deals to players. Anything they would pay a player would come straight off the salary cap. I know Galvin likes playing golf...laundy may be a really bad golf player that likes to back himself with a wager or two against some of the players who might have signed for love not money.
 
kade7 said:
No new information from our club.

But please, dont believe the media beat up around Galvin taking less money from us

Our contract was a proposal of a package, it was a 5 year 6 million dollar agreement that factored in 3rd party payments, it was never ever going to take up 1.1 million in salary cap every year.

Galvin has taken 750k for this year at the dogs which goes up 25% over the the length of the deal

throw in the third party payments from laundy hotels.

he is earning more than he would have received at the tigers.
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LOL this is some world class coping.
 
Needaname said:
Robbie or Justin did. In an interview, something about coming back to a job at the Tigers after Rabbits contract.
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From memory it was Justin and the club denied it was ever accepted however the outcome was:

The Tigers were smacked with a pending $750,000 fine and had $639,000 deducted from their 2019 salary cap due to an undisclosed ambassadorial agreement with veteran hooker Robbie Farah. Club chief executive Justin Pascoe was also sensationally deregistered.
 
gregjm87 said:
Well, Your initial post was that Laundy hotels was making the payments.
Do I think he potentially could be influencing other businesses to do so? Potentially, yes.
Do I think he really would be? Not really. Those businesses would have to be a obviously not connected to his. So I don't think he can really use his business sway to do so. Plus it doesn't make much commercial sense, at a business level to throw any significant money at Galvin. Nor would it reflect particularly well on him as businessman or as a bloke if he were leaning on other businesses to do so.
I think it more likely he would potentially use his billionaire mates to invest in a player. Kind of like bros going in together on a race horse. But I don't see Galvin as a big enough get to warrant getting the mates involved.
Again I see it far more likely that Gould seen a decent young player, unhappy at his current club and started moves to bring that player to the Dogs. I think it was a 12months process but he got his man.
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The Laundy family has a net worth of approx 1.5billion. do you think he is concerned with commercial/business sense throwing say 250k a year at Galvin to top up his contract? Gould would be coming to him and telling him who to top up with 3rd parties and he wouldnt give it a 2nd thought
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I don’t think it would be that brazen. I think it’s a little unfair that he’s being tarred with the same brush as Galvin. The circumstances are completely different. If he sees his path here blocked, and another club is offering him a starting role, why wouldn’t he take it?
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I think it's the same. He's just turned 20, hasn't he? How many other first grade hookers are 20? He should bide his time, learning from the best, then take over as Api winds down.
 
Suzie-Q said:
I think it's the same. He's just turned 20, hasn't he? How many other first grade hookers are 20? He should bide his time, learning from the best, then take over as Api winds down.
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Koroisau imo is the best hooker in NSW, perhaps the NRL. This from the article below indicates that he doesn't want to bide his time!

"It's up to the Tigers to decide what they want to do, but if Api stays, chances are Tallyn will have to go."


www.sportingnews.com

Tigers at risk of losing young gun to NRL rival | Sporting News Australia

Amid Lachlan Galvin's impending exit, the Tigers have another key contract decision on their hands.
www.sportingnews.com www.sportingnews.com
 
Kelce68 said:
I have absolutely zero problem with it.

They had an issue about how the situation played out from the players' perspective and they backed the club and their coach.

They are free to hold whatever stance they choose on what is now a historical matter, either publicly or otherwise in my opinion.
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Just giving the media ammunition the club doesn't need & buys into the whole Galvin bullying thing.
 
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