Eels seeking permission to cheat salary cap...

[RABK]

Geez some of you are the biggest hypocrites walking the planet. Trash the media at every chance than take their word as gospel when it suits an agenda of your own.

If Folau's primary interest was money he would have stayed earning 1.5m a year in AFL. He said from the start he was keeping his options open, i read three or four direct quotes from him suggesting as such.

The media jumped on the Folau > League fairytale and the eels and their fans started discussing what jersey number he was going to wear even when it became obvious that fitting him into ANY nrl club in 2013 was not feasible without some kind of special, unfair cap arrangement.

Hence he is going to Rugby on a ONE year deal and will revisit his options in a years time. Seems like he still holds hope of returning one day and 2014 will be a much more viable time for him to return. Good luck to him, the game wasn't willing to break the rules to accomodate him and hence he's earning a paycheck elsewhere for a year - where is the hate warranted in that? Seems like if the Eels, insead of playing it out in the media, where realistic Folau would be in yellow and blue in 2014.

 

[Valheru]

Why are the journos saying it is embarrassing for the NRL that Folau is going to union? To me it shows that we respect our game and won't twist the rules for a cheap publicity stunt. If Folau had announced he was leaving the AFL earlier, before all the clubs had allocated their salary caps, I am sure he would have been playing in the NRL. But he left it too late. What were we supposed to do?

It’s not about twisting the rules to have him in, that should not and was not ever going to happen.

The fact is the NRL wanted him, the Eels wanted him and souths reportedly were ready to pounce but a deal couldn’t be done and he will now play rugby. IMO this is a bigger deal than him going to AFL as that was clearly for money and a publicity stunt by the AFL. This is obviously something greater. It will be interesting to see what he says.

 

[Canard]

Geez some of you are the biggest hypocrites walking the planet. Trash the media at every chance than take their word as gospel when it suits an agenda of your own.

If Folau's primary interest was money he would have stayed earning 1.5m a year in AFL. He said from the start he was keeping his options open, i read three or four direct quotes from him suggesting as such.

The media jumped on the Folau > League fairytale and the eels and their fans started discussing what jersey number he was going to wear even when it became obvious that fitting him into ANY nrl club in 2013 was not feasible without some kind of special, unfair cap arrangement.

Hence he is going to Rugby on a ONE year deal and will revisit his options in a years time. Seems like he still holds hope of returning one day and 2014 will be a much more viable time for him to return. Good luck to him, the game wasn't willing to break the rules to accomodate him and hence he's earning a paycheck elsewhere for a year - where is the hate warranted in that? Seems like if the Eels, insead of playing it out in the media, where realistic Folau would be in yellow and blue in 2014.

To be honest you have had a big whinge and then basically said what everyone else is saying?

For mine he is a year away from being ready to play Rugby League at the top level, so this is a good thing for when he eventually does (and he will) come back.

Its pretty clear that he made it know to the Eels that he wanted to play for them and wanted to play Rugby League as his first option (and he HAS stated that as recently as in today's press) but then backed out at the last minute.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

The eels would have not spent several weeks working with the NRL to put together a decent offer to izzy, if izzy didn't suggest/agree that he would be signing with the eels. Izzy went back on his word.

 

[butchmcdick]

Perhaps Izzy's manager was telling the eels one thing and telling izzy something else ?

He is a non drinking non smoking god fearing Mormon who still lives at home FFS not willie mason

 

[Galeforce]

forget folau.that circus can be revisited next year.
he failed at aussie rules and now has to rebuild his body to handle NRL. There was always a huge risk that he would fail in his first year back with NRL, due to both injury and pressure from high expectations .
i see RU has a soft option for him to get his body back into shape in a less stress environment.

 

[beave]

^this

 

[Charles Bronson]

All this fuss over a shit player..

 

[Canard]

Perhaps Izzy's manager was telling the eels one thing and telling izzy something else ?

He is a non drinking non smoking god fearing Mormon who still lives at home FFS not willie mason

He isn't actually a Mormon anymore would you believe (no joke) he switched to another Church.

I know people will be shocked to hear that he switches from one thing to another like this......................

 

[gronkathon]

Hillsong offer a better compensation package?

 

[DoggiesBro]

Good on you Folau, I don't blame you not wanting to play for that shamble of a club. Turned them down for 1/3 the price he has signed for with the Union.

Deadset how could the eels screw that up, what a ramble that club is. Spoon coming again.

It's almost worth unignoring that nuffie natheel to see his temper tantrum

All the bagging of Folau is unjust, he is going to union for 1/3 of what he could of got with parra. He just clearly woke up to himself and realised how bad it would be going to that waste of a club in the nrl.

 

[betcats]

There goes the neighbourhood.

 

[Brutus]

Falonk will be a Dragon in 2014.

 

[Bigfella]

Hillsong offer a better compensation package?

Not at all.

It was all about a new challenge.

 

[Amozzie]

With a better opportunity to touch more ball.

 

[thorson1987]

With a better opportunity to touch more ball.

So he is a catholic priest now???

 

[Pierced Soul]

With a better opportunity to touch more ball.

:lol::lol:

 

[some11]

Key words of the press conference - 'umm', 'challenge' and 'have a crack'.

 

[butchmcdick]

He isn't actually a Mormon anymore would you believe (no joke) he switched to another Church.

I know people will be shocked to hear that he switches from one thing to another like this......................

:lol:

I wasn't aware of that.

Oh the ironing

 

[butchmcdick]

From the vision I say he needs to bulk the f**k up if wants to be a force in either of the rugby codes