I really do not understand why the club has handled it the way they have.
You should get a job with the Raiders human resources team lol
hmmm
mabes because
he lied to them about the reasons for his release
I imagine plenty of women being told they have to give birth alone because of a contract which doesn’t take into account that global circumstances have changed would feel pretty upset. Call it what you want but being able to roam the streets of Belconnen ain’t gonna make her feel like she has a support network.
That commitment was made when the world was a totally different place. They didn’t sign up for this.
Are you seriously saying players with existing contracts who like their family should sacrifice having kids during it now?
They chose to sign a three-year contract in Canberra when they and their family could travel freely between there and England.
They didn’t choose border lockdowns.
It’s the Canberra Raiders who have to accept that. Instead they are hiding behind a contract which was drawn up in a different universe.
So you are glad they are using the pregnancy situation to get revenge. Because without the pregnancy situation, this doesn’t come up.
Try and be bigger than that mate.
$600k for arguably one of the few decent halfbacks in the game isnt a big money contract in NRL terms. Seems part of the problem with raiders, understandably given they are untested in NRL, going in low ball for english players, then when they look class the players want out because they are deemed under paid maybe?
And TBF whilst not a dive its not exactly the Australian dream is it? lol
What’s the point of signing a contract these days?
you think there should be no honour & integrity in dealings these days & if a millennial wants a beach side address & will lie about mental health issues to achieve it
thats all part of modern life ?
jesus H
What’s the point of signing a contract these days?
It’s pretty obvious the “move to Sydney” thing, if it ever was a thing, preceded his bird getting pregnant which led to the “need to go home” issue. Like I say, if it’s even a thing and not a Sticky media mates bullshit line. There’s no release > Sydney angle, it would never fly (and have been locked out contractually). One came before the other, they’re not linked, and you’re falling for the company line - or knowingly propagating it, one of the two
I hope you never ask your employer to renegotiate something (with lots of notice) because yer missus is unhappy, get a flat ‘no’ making your home life a spiralling daily misery, take a few days off to cope with the stress, and get fired by some “I’ll show ya you whinging pommie b*stard” emotional, macho idiot.
That’s what happened here. George Williams is not some manipulative mastermind trying to get a move to Wests and an apartment on the beach. He’s a bloke unhappily going back to the dump that is Wigan, because he’s put his missus first for once
everyone seems to forget
the Raiders released John Bateman without any fuss, because he didn't snake them behind their backs & was always upfront & honest with them
The Raiders & Stuart handled that perfectly.
Now suddenly they don't know how to & theres no reason why .
I'd suggest George was about to get his release , on his terms until the club got wind of what he was up to
Really? He had to allegedly put 4 requests in, was slagged off for wanting to renegotiate his contract value, which he was quite entitled to do under the terms of it, offered to stay if they paid hom what he thought he was worth (to which they replied sure of you sign a longer contract) and eventually got so fed up of it all he decided to bog off back to miserable wigan a year early. When you say perfect, perfect for who?
slagged off by who ?
Was Bateman released ?
yep , so he got what he wanted
did the Raiders hold him to his contract
nope
& if he didn't want to return to wigan
then why the F did he hahahaha
There was plenty of "media talk" about him being greedy, fueled from where I wonder?
He said he wanted to stay for final year if they could work out a deal. So he left early without really wanting to, club lost one of its most influential players for a season they could have had him, but hey they showed him just like they are showing George lol
BS will make you walk, happens every day in work environments.
Literally this. So much this.What I dont understand from the clubs perspective is that we have the bye this week. So why didnt they just say George is "injured" and spend the next two weeks hashing out a release. Neither party can just make the deal vanish. Hence why George is agitating for release in the first place.
I really do not understand why the club has handled it the way they have.
literally not this , so much not thisLiterally this. So much this.
Nah its just stupidity. And its classic Ricky acting out of emotion rather than zooming out and looking at the bigger picture.literally not this , so much not this
you lie deceive & manipulate
then .... theres no hashing it out