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Zac Lomax

T-Boon

T-Boon

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eels_fan said:
I believe the NRL getting involved was the trigger point for us taking it to the courts. It's clear Abdo/PVL put pressure on us to just give in to the storm, and unexpectedly (for the storm and nrl) we said no.
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Possibly.
I am wondering if our CEO or anyone at the club would send a message to Abdo like that or even have his number. Since Storms does one has to imagine the other bigger clubs all do (eg: Gould, the used car dealer, Broncs). We want to be in that group.
Maybe Parra should negotiate the Lomax issue with PVL eg in exchange for release to Storm we get our coach (or T-Boon) on the rules committee and Stan Jurd or someone on the NRL committee.
 
Johnny88

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Leaked Zac Lomax court documents show Storm asked for NRL intervention
Leaked court documents have revealed Zac Lomax first asked the Eels for a release on Dally M night, while Storm allegedly asked the NRL to ‘apply the blow torch’ on Parramatta.

The Eels claim the message was an attempt to use the NRL to force Parramatta to resolve the matter on terms that were acceptable to the Storm.
Asked on Friday about the text exchange with Abdo, Rodski said: “It was not in the interests of any party for this to head to court. My only hope was for someone to step in and provide a resolution to the matter.”

The Storm are not part of the court case, but Parramatta allege that Melbourne agreed to pay Lomax’s legal costs last month in a text message exchange between Storm chair Matt Tripp and Lomax’s agent Clinton Schifcofskee.
By then, the Storm had made numerous offers to the Eels to settle the dispute. The court documents outline a series of exchanges between Tripp and Eels chair Matt Beach aimed at reaching an agreement that would free Lomax to play for Melbourne.
The Eels allege that on January 8, Tripp refused to entertain a player swap and instead offered $100,000 as a transfer fee. At this point, Beach is alleged to have raised the prospect of taking a player as well, believed to be unwanted back rower Ryan Matterson.
A day later there was a phone call between the chairs where Tripp offered $200,000 as a transfer fee. Again, it was rejected. On January 13, Tripp reiterated the $200,000 transfer fee. Again, it was rejected.

It can be revealed Lomax first asked Eels powerbrokers for a release on Dally M night. Picture: Richard Dobson
On January 27, Tripp is alleged to have verbally offered $300,000 in “salary cap relief” – the documents claim it was to be fully funded by the Storm.
Then, earlier this week, Tripp is alleged to have offered $300,000 of which $211,000 would be in salary cap relief with the rest in the form of a transfer fee. It is believed the relief was in reference to the Storm taking Matterson and then paying him out.
Again, the offer was rejected. The court documents also reveal key details of Lomax’s talks with rebel rugby union competition R360 and his plans to switch codes before the competition was delayed.
According to the documents, Lomax was to be paid $700,000 a season by Parramatta as well as a $25,000 bonus if he appeared in two or more games for NSW in a series in the centre position.
He was also paid $5,000 a year in private health insurance and received relocation expenses of $10,000.

 
the phantom menace

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Johnny88 said:
Leaked Zac Lomax court documents show Storm asked for NRL intervention
Leaked court documents have revealed Zac Lomax first asked the Eels for a release on Dally M night, while Storm allegedly asked the NRL to ‘apply the blow torch’ on Parramatta.

The Eels claim the message was an attempt to use the NRL to force Parramatta to resolve the matter on terms that were acceptable to the Storm.
Asked on Friday about the text exchange with Abdo, Rodski said: “It was not in the interests of any party for this to head to court. My only hope was for someone to step in and provide a resolution to the matter.”

The Storm are not part of the court case, but Parramatta allege that Melbourne agreed to pay Lomax’s legal costs last month in a text message exchange between Storm chair Matt Tripp and Lomax’s agent Clinton Schifcofskee.
By then, the Storm had made numerous offers to the Eels to settle the dispute. The court documents outline a series of exchanges between Tripp and Eels chair Matt Beach aimed at reaching an agreement that would free Lomax to play for Melbourne.
The Eels allege that on January 8, Tripp refused to entertain a player swap and instead offered $100,000 as a transfer fee. At this point, Beach is alleged to have raised the prospect of taking a player as well, believed to be unwanted back rower Ryan Matterson.
A day later there was a phone call between the chairs where Tripp offered $200,000 as a transfer fee. Again, it was rejected. On January 13, Tripp reiterated the $200,000 transfer fee. Again, it was rejected.

It can be revealed Lomax first asked Eels powerbrokers for a release on Dally M night. Picture: Richard Dobson
On January 27, Tripp is alleged to have verbally offered $300,000 in “salary cap relief” – the documents claim it was to be fully funded by the Storm.
Then, earlier this week, Tripp is alleged to have offered $300,000 of which $211,000 would be in salary cap relief with the rest in the form of a transfer fee. It is believed the relief was in reference to the Storm taking Matterson and then paying him out.
Again, the offer was rejected. The court documents also reveal key details of Lomax’s talks with rebel rugby union competition R360 and his plans to switch codes before the competition was delayed.
According to the documents, Lomax was to be paid $700,000 a season by Parramatta as well as a $25,000 bonus if he appeared in two or more games for NSW in a series in the centre position.
He was also paid $5,000 a year in private health insurance and received relocation expenses of $10,000.

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If true, the Storm are absolute merkins and deserve to get put back in their place by the court. And Lomax is a scummy grub.
 
emjaycee

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If we paid him to leave, then he is not going to like the courts reaction because I am sure "consideration" is taken into account with any contract dispute.
 
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