Negative. I listened to the Hadley show earlier when he was speaking to Rabs Warren about his appointment tonight.
Ray flew out to Perth earlier this afternoon after he finished his program and then flies back to Sydney tonight so he can fulfill his radio commitments tomorrow.
Who said that he had to do the CCT show tomorrow? Are you sure this isn't a "hero mentality" at it's finest? Singo was the one who advised him to take a break after he got rushed to hospital a couple of years ago (due to heart and chest pain), came back home well after midnight only to wake up at 3:45am to go to work on his morning talkback radio program.
I highly doubt it was Singo who asked him to work tomorrow morning after doing his morning radio program, catch a 5hr airflight to Perth, call the game, go back on a 4hr airflight to Sydney, and arrive in the early hours of the morning. Isn't there someone else employed at CH9 by the name of Andrew Voss who's more than capable of calling the game and could've already have been in Perth to save Hadley travelling from one side of the country to another?
Also, many on here have made the point about how the CCT program on Saturday (12-5pm) talks about everything and anything but RL, yet it is the flagship "LEAGUE" show on radio (more like the radio version of The Footy Show) on the station that has the 'exclusive' radio rights (I won't get started on this point, as that has been mentioned in detail in another thread). CCT obtains good ratings not because it's good, but because it draws in a large demographic of people from Hadley's weekday program who are non-RL supporters. At much as a lot of ppl love to take the piss out of 2SM (for obvious reasons), they're the only radio station that talks about league on Saturdays - even during the off-season.
As poor as his TV commentating reviews are for his first months effort, I can't think of a harder working commentator in the industry. He does a Monday to Friday radio show in Sydney, then Channel 9 takes him on Friday night (which is usually the QLD TV game) and in most cases he has to fly to Brisbane. Then he has to come back to Sydney the next morning to do his radio coverage. His only day off is Sunday.
Again, who's fault is it that he CHOSE to work 7 days a week, 7 months of the year for 7 years straight after he arrived at 2GB? Again, it's not so much about the big money as it is about pride and ego. People like him choose to live to work; 99% of Australians work to live. When the more important things in life like family and health take a backseat (e.g. his workaholic mentality being the driving force behind his temporary separation with his wife last year. When it was in the news, it didn't surprise me as when he signed his previous contract to work 7 days/week, I always wondered where he'd find the time for his family), no matter how hard you work, how much money you make, how popular you think you are or awards you win, there will always be that empty void in you throughout life. I just can't feel sorry for ppl like him when shit hits the ceiling
