The cynic in me says that RL does not provide the acceptance to the social set he and his new bride are so desperate to be a part of as well
Interesting, being a cynic myself I keep thinking back to Ch 9 and his employment after football.
If he joins the leather patch on the elbows mob, there are too many former 'greats' already contracted to Ch 10 & Foxtel and who know more about rugby. The other thing is, will he be truly be accepted there? This is Sydney I'm talking about.
Auckland might be a different thing but that's OK for him, I wonder if Mrs Marshall will be happy there?
Maybe his plan is to not be a duel international as we know it but a RL international / Olympian and believes he needs to be Auckland to achieve that. Funny though if the Oz 7's call him up 1st after all he has lived here for long enough.
Staying in league, staying at the Tigers and staying at Ch 9 gives him the exposure he loves. Staying in Sydney gives Mrs Marshall the exposure she craves.
Who knows, maybe the RL might step in and say 'we need to keep these players in the game' after all they did lose Isreal and now that they have SBW back, they are the things the RL should be addressing. Maybe he would be happy to take the money and stay and then simply retire earlier than expected.
The cynic in me says that this is all about Mayer/Potter now being in charge and showing the likes of Marshall/Moltzen and Ayshford that things have changed. Why do I mention them, didn't someone in the know post that it was the 3 of them who were caught drinking whilst in recovery? a big no no. Couldn't drop Moltzen and Ayshford as they were out, Marshall was OK to play but Potter let them all know (the team that is) that no one, is more important than the team. Marshall was not happy from that day forward.
The fact that he has said he won't play against the Tigers and the fact that he has not apparently signed with a Super 15 team is interesting but then again, maybe he has and he will be off to RU soon.
