Thompson a Raider till 2010

[Bay56]

When did thommo debut for us?

Rnd 25 2001

 

[thickos]

I think extending his deal is a good plan, the young guys will want to know there will be a core leadership group at the club for a long time and that our more senior players still on the books want to stay at the club. I can't see it as a bad move...

 

[SOULS 04]

great move in my opinion... guys like weyman and tilse are great for impact but both have flaws.

thommo will go alot longer than weyman without getting tired.

thommo would make more metres than tilse but doesnt have the offload... i think we are creating a very multitalented forward pack and i am very happy about it.

 

[Bay56]

I think extending his deal is a good plan, the young guys will want to know there will be a core leadership group at the club for a long time and that our more senior players still on the books want to stay at the club. I can't see it as a bad move...

that's what I said thickchops ... you copy cat you :lol:

 

[dubby]

Thommo: the next Toots....

 

[Chachi]

Player management 101 works treat for DIY Thompson
Peter Fitzgerald
Thursday, 10 August 2006

A letter from Canberra Raiders iron horse Troy Thompson to the club's general manager Don Furner outlining higher financial offers from rival NRL clubs sparked the prop signing a two-year contract extension on Tuesday.
The Canberra Times can reveal Thompson penned a letter to Furner last month, detailing lucrative offers from French Super League club Les Catalans and three other Australian clubs vying for the 26-year-old's services. His initial contract with Canberra expired at the end of 2008 before he signed until 2010.

Thompson, who does not have a manager, received calls from three NRL club bosses questioning him on his future. Finances were discussed with all three Australian clubs, just as they were with Les Catalans.



Realising the significant financial increase in the Sydney clubs' offers, Thompson wrote to Furner to detail his situation and a swift reply from the Raiders resulted in Tuesday's extension announcement.

Thompson said he was glad Canberra understood his plight and acted so strongly to retain him.

"I just said in the letter that the offers from elsewhere were all better than what I was on here and not that I thought I was getting underpaid, but I was just looking to have a chat about it," Thompson said yesterday.

"Don told me the club and the coaches thought I was doing well and said I would be rewarded for that and this is the reward.

"I'm stoked at the way it all panned out and how efficiently it all happened."

Furner said Canberra's decision to extend Thompson's contract had "absolutely nothing" to do with the NRL culling the June 30 anti-tampering deadline earlier in the year. But he also confirmed Thompson would not be the last player the club would try to sign on a long-term deal. The NRL confirmed last month it would veto its contentious June 30 anti-tampering deadline at season's end, meaning clubs could approach and sign players seasons in advance on their own accord.

Two days after the announcement, the Sydney Roosters allegedly began contractual discussions with Bulldog Mark O'Meley for 2008.

Furner believed the new laws would act more as a help than a hindrance to clubs when it came to recruitment. "With the whole non anti-tampering issues anyway, incumbent clubs get the first and last right of refusal for a player so I honestly don't think it will be a big issue," Furner said.

"It certainly wasn't the reason we went for Thommo. Practically speaking, we could have waited and acted at the end of the year or even into next year but we felt Troy was a key nucleus to the future of the club.

"We have identified a core group of players whose contracts we would like to extend until 2009 or 2010 to keep a strong batch together."

Thompson joined teammates Lincoln Withers, Todd Carney and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs as the only players at the club on four-year deals. Prop Alan Tongue and young halves Marc Herbert and Michael Dobson are the next three players on the Raiders' contract-extension wish list.

Canberra has struggled with player recruitment and retention this year.

Already senior players Clinton Schifcofske, Simon Woolford, Adam Mogg, Jason Smith and Michael Hodgson have announced they will not play with the Raiders in 2007.

Veteran Jason Croker could add his name to that list. He is yet to decide whether to play one more season for the Raiders, head overseas or retire.

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/de...ry_id=500957&category=rugby league&m=8&y=2006

 

[woodgers]

Well if Thommo is happy then good for Management on this one. Priority # 1 for a 4 year deal has to be Zillman for mine. If they can possibly keep Zilly, Carney and now Thommo together, others will follow and we are securing our future as a competitive outfit.

 

[thickos]

Really interesing that Dobson's name keeps coming up as a priority for a contract extension - Henry must have massive raps on him.

Good on Thommo for not using those scum of the earth player managers too - means he keeps more of his own $$$ -

 

[Chachi]

Yeah, I really like the idea of these players without managers like Tongue and Thommo. It either saves the club 5% (or more) of the salary cap or enables the player to keep that extra cash in his own pocket.

For the life of me I can't understand what most of these NRL player managers do - I think all 3rd party endorsements are covered within the salary cap and most of them come across as greedy scumbags. There's no way I'd give someone 5% or more of my hard earned just to read emails and organise meetings for me every couple of years.

Then again, whoever convinced Souths that Nigel Vangana was a good investment at the amount he's getting probably deserves an award of some description!

 

[hrundi99]

Yeah, I really like the idea of these players without managers like Tongue and Thommo. It either saves the club 5% (or more) of the salary cap or enables the player to keep that extra cash in his own pocket.

For the life of me I can't understand what most of these NRL player managers do - I think all 3rd party endorsements are covered within the salary cap and most of them come across as greedy scumbags. There's no way I'd give someone 5% or more of my hard earned just to read emails and organise meetings for me every couple of years.

Then again, whoever convinced Souths that Nigel Vangana was a good investment at the amount he's getting probably deserves an award of some description!

Most young players have little or no business nous and aren't capable of negotiating to represent themselves appropriately.

Tongue and Thommo are obviously smart enough to feel comfortable doing it. Good on them.

 

[waltzing Meninga]

FFS when is Toots going to make his announcment. I thought a couple of weeks ago he said he would definately have an answer by the end of the week.

 

[Bay56]

FFS when is Toots going to make his announcment. I thought a couple of weeks ago he said he would definately have an answer by the end of the week.

my prediction is that Toots will announce it next Tuesday

 

[Raider Jack]

Definetly need Zillman, Carney, Graham etc. Good call dubby for Tommo as the next toots.

 

[nickraider]

Great news about Thommo. One of our best and most consistent each week.

 

[legend]

While some managers can be sharks, they do add value for their clients through access to investments such as property and they organise endorsements most players could not handle negotiating.

I've heard rumours Lockyer is worth 10 million and Gower is worth 6 million and I seriously doubt these blokes would be worth that much without a manager/adviser of some sort.

However, more power to the blokes who handle their own affairs. Darren Smith was another player who did all his own negotiating.

 

[sydraider]

Wasnt the volcano another one who did his own negotiating?

 

[legend]

Yep, but imagine blokes like Chris Walker, Jason Ryles and Mark O'Meley doing their own negotiations?

 

[Chachi]

OK, well lets just call it the idiot tax.