its all well and good to say he should have stuck around and fought, but his legal advice said different - I'd be trusting my lawyer rather than some romantic notion of 'honour' and 'loyalty'.
If his legal advice said to piss off to France and hide from anyone with a supoena, he'd be disbarred.
Besides, Khoder f**ktard ain't a legal adviser
no you don't - the coach can relegate you to park footy just cos he doesn't like you. you as a player can't even get out of the contract and play first grade for someone else if the club doesn't let you. don't tell me it hasn't happened a few times cos it has.
the clubs have all the power and the player has none - unless he ups and leaves for another code.
All parties have equal power to ensure the deeds of a contract are met. And what knob asks for an extended contract only to change his mind a few months into it????
RL players don't have any standard way out of their contracts, which they should be entitled to.
No they shouldn't - because it's a CONTRACT!!!!!!
As far as I'm concerned, the club didn't treat SBW well. If he was playing sh*t and didn't turn up to training, they'd be entitled to rip up his contract. However it is seemingly not okay for him to rip up the contract if the club don't treat him well?
Awww diddums! Folkes has 3 internationals in his pack, and he probably revved them up because they were playing sh*t! Poor sook got yelled at - remember Folkes knows what it takes to be a tough forward more than any other coach - remember the side he played in?
what do you reckon he did mate?
he wanted out ages ago - and he told them.
or he wanted better conditions
what do you reckon they told him?
They told him about their 3 year contract, and SBW whinged and asked for a LONGER ONE!!!!!!
Exactly. I was going to bring up the Carney example.
I believe there is other things that could have been done to fix up Carney's act than to kick him out of the club and de-register him.
It is situations like this that create SBW-like scenarios.
Like Carney refusing to get the help that Canberra offered him?
Like, pissing on people is more important in life than earning possibly $3-5 million before you are 30?
No it is not.
A club telling a player that he can't drink for two years to play for the team is an absolute joke.
Yes. Athletes should always be pissed. That's why the AIS has an in built brewery, and why Ian Thorpe used to train on triple bourbons at the Illinois Hotel in Five Dock......
hmmm... let me see...
are you a lawyer?
none of us has seen the contract SBW signed. your comments are emotion based and lack an understanding of legal situations.
contracts can be ruled invalid for a variety of reasons, and simply saying 'you signed a contract, therefore you have to honour it' are so laughable my stomach hurts.
Ummm.....when did the scars heal from your lobotomy?
THE SOLE REASON FOR A CONTRACT IS FOR THE AGREEMENT TO BE HONOURED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If, as SBW's solicitor states, they decide to argue the 'restraint of trade' angle and are successful, the contract he signed would be ruled invalid. There are many other rules to establish validity of contracts, and let me tell you - any contract can be tested for validity.
please don't make such a comment about my legal understanding as you have no idea what that understanding is...
Restraint of trade? How? Sonny traded. There was no restraint. Sonny AGREED to the terms - how is that restraint!!!!!!!
And if SBW was so sure of his legal footing, how come -
- He pissed offf to France and hid for a week, including moving locations so no one could find him,
- Khoder f**ktard did the same
- Khoder also had thugs bully and harass a bloke trying to serve the summons.........
All I have learned from youi is that you are Khoder trackhead himself, and are sh*t scared of what the Aussie courts will do to you.
