I would hate to see Ballin leave the club, he does more on the field then most people (other than us) realise. However, he deserves the big money. At the end of the day, if we have to lose one of our big name players, I'd prefer Ballin to become one of the highest paid players at Canberra or the Cowboys then lose any of our stars to the dirty dogs!
Having said that, my obvious preference is to keep Stewart, Ballin, Matai and T-rex if possible.