I'm sick of hearing that players want to go to the roosters because they are such a well run club ....Bullshit, they all want to go their because they know that they will be financially set up for life. That's it in a nutshell. All the other narrative is (as my Greek mates would say) SCATA (crap). Anasta said it on live NRL360, he still rings Politis for advice today. He has been retired for 10 + years.
It is no coincidence that Fittler, SBW, Cronk, Mitch Pearce, Anasta, Fletch and Keary (when he returns from O/S) all have careers on either Foxtel or Channel 9. The odds of 7 ex-Roosters all ending up in the media if not nepotistically inserted there by Uncle Nick and Gyngell would be huge. There is your "kissed on the dick". But it is blatant corruption and the NRL needs to hold 9 and Fox to account. There should be equal representation by all 17 clubs with these media careers. Otherwise stop bleating that the Salary cap is a talent evener across all teams. TPAs are also another place where Easts are "kissed on the dick". There are so many tripping over themselves to assist Uncle Nick and they provide the top up that gets the players to sign. Not the fxcking "it's such a well run club and I'll take less to play there". Anybody who believes this is a fxcking moron. Let's call a spade a spade.......it's the money. It's nearly ALWAYS the money. And it is an insult to everyone's intelligence to even suggest otherwise.
