On the NRL 360 show, he made a point of saying that he was not specifically singling Hayne out. In fact he thereafter referred to him as 'player X'. I'm not defending Kent against people who like to hate people they don't even know; I'm simply saying that he was talking about the inconsistency of the NRL in apparently turning a blind eye in some circumstances and not in others. He mentioned how the NRL notionally valued Israel Folou out of Parramatta's reach, thereby losing him to Rugby Union (but I guess that doesn't fit the narrative of Kent hating Parramatta - whatever that means). The reason he spoke about Hayne in the first place, is fairly obvious I would have thought. Hayne has been a recognised superstar and he is a current state of origin player. But most importantly, he has just walked out on a million dollar per year contract to sign for $500K. It's something that doesn't happen every day. And yet the NRL have not thought to even look into it. And, as Kent pointed out, at a club that was recently caught rorting the salary cap. If it happened at the Broncos or Easts, or Melbourne, we'd all be up in arms. I agree with Paul Kent. The NRL should have at least spoken to Hayne and the Parramatta club to make sure everything was legit - and to make sure any TPA's were 'at arms length'.
