Tiger-ferret
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Was a figure of speech. If I was sponsoring the tigers, I would not be happy if a rival team was paying my man on the side. He still had another year to go on his contract.
Third party semantics aside!
OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295
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Third party semantics aside!
Apparently that’s where the club has rightfully imo gone wtf romey? He has split loyalties now.rightfully or wrongly , if he’s doing a png mining promotion , he’s not spending that time being invested in wests tigers.
And as if wests tigers and ong stuff wouldn’t conflict. Just say Monday they’re doing video and hydro/recovery and that ends at 2 , and he’s got some PNG mining thing lined up at 3 in hypothetically Moore park , if those sssions go later to 230-245, how engaged is he .
And that’s just some silly hypothetical I conjured up a few mins ago . And as the year goes on if he’s 70-30 tigers v chiefs as if by September that’s not at least 50/50.
I’m. It questioning his commitment , more that most h7mans don’t have that bandwidth.
The real issue in all this is free agency for 2028 season should be at the completion of of the 2027 season .
The only 2 parties who have a real vested interest in keeping the ridiculous status quo are the elite players who have 18-24 months to leverage their clubs , and the big clubs who have zero issues with player retention .
The idea that a player should have 18 months to negotiate their future is ridiculous . No other profession in the world has that kind of leverage , including other sports .
I personally like the fifa model . Free to negotiate in the last 6 months as a free transfer. Anyth8ng else the club needs To pay a transfer fee , pre agreed just to be able to talk to the player .
This can be monetary or an exchange player . 6 months is more than enough g8me to secure your future . Clint Newton arguing otherwise is detrimental to the game . Hopefully if the cap does go to20 mil , this will be a non negotiable from the nrl .
Its not just any rival team - there is a lot riding on the back of the PNG team being a success.
Jarome is now a big part of that.
We need to respectfully remove ourselves from the situation so we can focus on the club and let - I'm assuming Parra - deal with whatever happens next year leading up to their entry to the comp.
I would assume the talk next year around PNG and their entry into the comp will only get louder and cant imagine that Jarome will be immune to that as the face of the team.
Jarome is now a big part of that.
We need to respectfully remove ourselves from the situation so we can focus on the club and let - I'm assuming Parra - deal with whatever happens next year leading up to their entry to the comp.
I would assume the talk next year around PNG and their entry into the comp will only get louder and cant imagine that Jarome will be immune to that as the face of the team.
It’s third party , the basis of 3rd party means it’s independent of clubs and his would be one of the few that is actually independent as the club doesn’t need to organise them as he will be the face of the club in a one club country
mtd#2
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I don't think he should receive any payments whilst at tigers. It blurs the lines. What if he was here next year then one of those making payments asked for something? Where does the loyalty lay? We dont need the drama next year. We didn't need the drama this year. Injuries or not, the Luai decision has derailed our season the same way Galvin did.. 2/10.
Odessa
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It has derailed the season I agree with that 100 percent
I honestly wonder what is next year's problems we all know that there will be one never boring at Tiger Town
mtd#2
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Maybe the owners can keep there stinky mits off the club for this offseason so those involved in football can focus on football.
weststigers
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Yeah the transfer fee system works well.
It also allows clubs that produce talent to cash in on that when they lose players to bigger clubs.
We complain about clubs picking off juniors, but the Tigers would be doing well if we were able to sell a few on for a decent fee instead of the underhanded and secretive system that goes on now.
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dazza65
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Re--iterates what I've always said - from a fans point of view early contract signings (greater than 12 months) should never be allowed. Causes too much disharmony, lack of effort, whatever. I know the usual comebacks will arise - players welfare, families, make a buck, set me up for life etc etc etc but a properly managed league with fast and solid rules and penalties for breaches would fix it up - but that will never happen. So as usual, the NRL wins, the player wins, the agents win, some clubs loose and the faithful, who pay for all of this one way or another continue to get shafted royally.
mtd#2
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Its great for the NRL because it's all media hype. Its click bait for the broadcasters. The NRL is as much a soap opera as it is a sport.
Tom Shines
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What are your concerns here ?
It’s the rules every club plays under … I can’t say I’m a fan but it is what it is … and in theory shouldn’t really impact us any differently to any other club
Actually from what I saw when it was first announced last week, the 360 panel were quite positive towards us making the decision, said it was good business sense with securing the Fainu’s and other young blokes coming through. I don’t think it’s as bad in the media as we think, it’s mainly been our own WT media making all the noise.
Tom Shines
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That sort of attention leads to 5 Billion broadcast deals … no other sport gets much of a look in … in Sydney anyway
Rock Hopper Steve
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Yes, last week it was a 50/50 split on opinions, but with this latest loss be prepared for it to turn sour if not now the approaching couple of weeks.
Leck
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I'd be looking at signing Jamie Humphreys now that he's backed out on the Perth deal.
Odessa
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At the end of regular season it should start plenty of time plus we are know the manager negotiates the contract behind the NRL's back
So basically from mid September till February and the season starts march plenty of time
We have aeroplanes mobile phones removalists theses days there shouldn't be a problem
And the NRL could also have a trade window for the last three weeks in june before heading into the new tax year
Halbrowne61
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IMO …..The Twelfth of Never, and that’s a long, long time.
Speed2burn
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Still fresh, I’d be surprised if we didn’t have a nibble. He’s a competitive player
Too right there...they love all the drama...except when it gets to the illegal stage
Jedi_Tiger
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if he has backflipped on perth it would seem he would be heading to dogs or staying at souths.
He would be a good signing though, however I think the luai stuff has come a little late i reckon he back flipped due to interest from dogs
