Whatever his value in salary terms to us though should be fixed. TPAs are the unofficial top ups that the club has little to do with. So they shouldn't slow down the official contract. Without knowing the details none of this makes much sense. The contract offer would have already been drafted, TPAs sounded out, confirmed and put in writing. Any contract offer should have been in place formally and ready to sign within 24 hours. They have had months to put it all together.
After it's signed then it gets lodged with NRL. Are Panthers actually waving the 10 days or just saying they are? There should be no delay on our side of things, once he's ready to sign we put the contract in front of him and he signs it and it's done.
So who or what is causing the delay??