cochise
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@hank37w said in [Aloiai](/post/1273446) said:@cochise said in [Aloiai](/post/1273364) said:@hank37w said in [Aloiai](/post/1273356) said:@Auburnon80 said in [Aloiai](/post/1273344) said:@hank37w said in [Aloiai](/post/1273336) said:@JC99 said in [Aloiai](/post/1273248) said:“As part of the release, Wests Tigers have also agreed to an undisclosed commercial settlement with Josh’s new club.“
They got something from manly, no idea what.
I doubt if we will ever know.
I previously stated as part of a previous post,
"As some others have said, if we do get something of significant value from Manly and it is not put out in the public for all to see, then it is a pretty bad look for us and our tough talking leaders".
The only conclusion I can draw from the current situation is that the compensation that we received from Manly was of such an insignificant amount that Wests Tigers management are too embarrassed to let us know and will no doubt use our chairman's legal expertise to claim that it is "Commercial in Confidence" or some similar cop out.
So you're saying we capitulated because we haven't disclosed the sum paid...
Yet you wouldn't question our professionalism if we aired the compensation paid to us?
Yes. I think we will find some sort of excuse or reason that we cannot disclose the amount, which I believe makes as look weak and as if we have once again rolled over.
If it was a significant amount (which I some how doubt) and there was not some sort of legal impediment to us disclosing the terms of the compensation, I think it would be very professional of us to disclose it as a deterrent to other clubs trying to encourage players to skip out on their contracts.
What if it was Manly that didn't want it disclosed?
It may very well have been Manly that didn't want it disclosed, but we have the legal eagle chairman who came out in the media all guns blazing and saying how we were going to get compensation for releasing Josh from his contract.
He's the one that should have taken a position of strength and written up a deal that made Manly admit that they were providing compensation to us and some sort of an indication that it wasn't just a small token amount.
We needed to really draw a line in the sand to show we aren't push overs.
Don't get me wrong, I think we have overall come out in front with this deal but we have been rolled in the past and we needed to take a really tough stance on this occasion so that it doesn't happen in the future and at the same time send a strong message to the NRL that changes need to be made and soon.
What a ridiculous post, the amount was never going to be revealed. You are dead set making stuff up to fuel your agenda.