Lets say he we pressure him and he says 'yes i will play with Parra'. It will all look good in the media but we would still be in the exact same situation we are in now. He can still change his mine up until June 30
There are more limits on this than people are making out!!
Papali has actually signed a contract with Parramatta (or at least that is alleged).
IF that is true then it's a bit complicated, since he has made an agreement FIRST to the Eels.
From the NRL perspective, they won't
register any new contracts until the deadline. However that does not mean that a player isn't contracted to a club.
EG: Brett Stewart, his contract isn't registered with the NRL yet, meaning he can't play NRL footy. However he's still under the employ of Manly, and we can't simply sign him up without him getting out of that contract first. If we tried, Manly could claim contractual rights and they'd have a case.
Contracts aren't centrally administered, but the registration process is.
So in the Papali case, he has signed for us. There is a rule which allows the incumbent club the 'right of last refusal' - so if they stump up the cash, he can play for them (should he change his mind). His contract with us is only valid to the extent that Canberra has been given last refusal (it's a clause in his contract, which not every player manager leaves in there apparently).
Re: the rule, Brady was clear that he can change his mind tomorrow and agree with Canberra, thus voiding our offer (via the clause).
We therefore do not have contractual rights until after round 13, and they have the right to try and persuade him until then.
If you ask the NRL nicely, and use hypothetical situations, you can extract this information for yourself.
