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Because he’s a tight arse and would want the full amount. He’s our version of Jackson Hastings with more flaccidity.
What I mean is, if another club was willing to take him for less, we are still paying the difference whether he leaves now or in February.
What I’m saying is this: the longer he stays, the less the acquiring club actually ends up paying, even if they agree to take on the “full contract.” His deal depreciates every month he remains with us. So if a club was willing to take him now for a reduced amount, we’re effectively covering that shortfall anyway—whether he leaves today or in February. Every extra month he’s still here is money we’re absorbing, not them.
Right but what benefit is there to us to keep him here training when we could just pay him to leave? The gaining club doesn't 'take over his contract', that ends when we pay him out. They would pay whatever they agreed with the player, which is up to him. Whether Matterson leaves now with a payout to February, or stays until February then leaves, it should make no difference to him or his gaining club. In fact, they should prefer him coming now because he gets a longer preseason with them, for the same amount of money. We should prefer it too because he's gone sooner.
Correct. We might not end up saving much, but it's better than nothing.
Without it we might finish as low as 13th!
We would save the same amount whether he leaves in February or leaves now with us making up the difference until February.
because we wouldn't be effectively sharing his cost to our cap with another club. Especially if we don't replace him. Or maybe he's not as much of a merkin as we have convinced ourselves that he is and Ryles still sees some value in him.
I see what you mean, I thought you were suggesting we pay him out the full contract till November.
We would, because a payout (the amount he would earn between now and February) is the same as paying him to stay until February.
Or there is just not enough benefit in letting him go nine months from the end of his contract. Sure it's probably $400k+, but who could we spend it on for the coming season?
And yet Ryles specifically mentioned him as a player that improved. Go figure, I couldn’t see it.
But but but we need outside backs. Must be at least 1 somewhere sitting in a junior team with speed and decent ball skills (which can be taught) we can get that's almost ready for NRL. The Warriors maybe, Fiji rugby 9s?
Actually was never that impressed with him considering his size so those ratings comes as no surprise to me.
The problem is he holds all the power, and no one wants him. If we pay him out, it hits our cap for all of 2026, and you can’t negotiate with a tight-arse malingerer like him—he’ll demand every cent. He’s basically the last parting gift from BA.
Decent defensive systems would help his defence and I think we have that now, or at least the eye test seems to confirm that.
