If Manly have a solid case i say they should persue the matter. Both clubs will have signed and NRL agreement around ethics and how they conduct business inside this partnership. While the clubs are pitted against each other on the field collectively, they are a partnered business. setting a precedent aginst that can not be good for the collective game of RL
Players and coaches are all talent or varying degree. If a 200k player is released mid contract by parra and manly sign him for 100k , then parra pay the balance. The current situation is very similar
While toovey is a stable manly champion , he is only potential compared to Des , so manly have to operate under a different system they had budgeted from
The recruitment policy on and off the field is linked to this domino effect.
Manly may well do the same job with toovey being paid less than hasler however the manly club should not have had to endure the media barrage over the management of this affair, the damage to the brand as a result, the excellerated recruitment process they had to endure and the constant uncertainty.
The off season is a chance for many staff to take leave and i am sure the extra workload ensured many staff were either asked to cancel or work OT
IF........ manly have a case and i wouldnt know, then greenberg has acted like a cowboy and his actions should have some repercussions. They all act under the same guidelines so as CEO he is either very uninformed or very arrogant. In life people generally pay a price for both