SBW heading back to Rorters

[47MVEagle]

Flanagan replaced Cronk
Morris replaced Latrell Mitchell


That is some serious coin/Brown bags/ golf days saved.

Extras...other Morris, SBW.

Oh absolutely!

I mean, I can still remember how they offloaded Ferguson so they could afford Cronk & Crichton.

 

[globaleagle]

It just gets better ......

'Extraordinary times': NRL to bend the rules for Sonny Bill Williams

Peter V’landys has indicated Williams will get an exemption from a rule prohibiting players from having two contracts at once, allowing him to re-join the Roosters.

www.smh.com.au

From the article:

"In any good corporate governance you’ve got to have flexibility," V'landys said on Sunday.

Look everyone... an updated way to say "Consistency is over-rated!"

Stay tuned for the announcement that "All teams are equal, but some teams are more equal than others!"

 

[globaleagle]

It's amazing to hear v'lamedays say how big sbw is and how many fans he'll bring to the game and how awesome it is for the nrl to have him playing....

yet


His value is only 400k per year???

 

[40 years an eagle]

V Landis must be a good golfer.

 

[The Who]

OK. I'll accept that the NRL is very keen to get Money Bill back. But if the NRL is serious about an even competition then it should insists he plays for the Worriers.
He is a Kiwi after all, and the Worriers need all the help they can get. The Worriers have allowed this comp to happen with their sacrifices, and the NRL has allowed other clubs to loan them players to enable them to field a team.
The NRL has already bent the rules to allow a club to be competitive. Easts don't need any help but the Worriers do.
PV has lost his lustre over this obvious bias towards the privileged Easts.

 

[Ranga]

I just think the NRL has completely overestimated the interest in Sonny. We've already had 'Sonny Returns to Rugby League' before, I have zero interest in this second coming. I presume most fans are the same, other than Rooster supporters and the media who like to flog a dead horse.

AFB will own him anyway.

 

[Captain Moondog]

And Buzz said Sio Siua Taukeiaho is only on 250k.

Geez, that's what Lockyer was on. Some of these blokes are dumb as dog****.

 

[Simonmyers11]

V Landry's comments "we will do everything we can to help" is a joke. They have valued him at 400k which works out to be 150k for the 5 games left he will play - the exact amount roosters have left to spend on their salary cap! How fitting?

 

[Jerry1]

V Landry's comments "we will do everything we can to help" is a joke. They have valued him at 400k which works out to be 150k for the 5 games left he will play - the exact amount roosters have left to spend on their salary cap! How fitting?

Well what a coincidence. Hope he snaps a leg in the first five minutes....

 

[globaleagle]

😱😱 Leave roosters alooooone!!!!😱😱

V'landys steps in to make SBW deal happen

Exemption to clear final hurdle in Roosters return

wwos.nine.com.au

Peter V'landys rubbishes talk of Roosters bias after confirming intention to provide SBW exemption

ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys has dismissed suggestions that the league has a bias towards the Sydney Roosters after revealing his intentions to allow the club an exemption to sign Sonny Bill Williams.

 

[The Who]

And of course there will be no bias from the NRL if they change the rules and allow that new millionaire kid to play for Souffs before he turns 18.
If, as PV says, rules are meant to be "flexible" then they are not rules at all, they are suggestions.

 

[globaleagle]

Its why the bunker and refs make so many mistakes different rulings.

Rules are 'flexible'

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Its why the bunker and refs make so many mistakes different rulings.

Rules are 'flexible'

The rules are agile! That's the new management buzz word apparently!

 

[Supreme Leader]

so V'landys gone from the Messiah to self appointed God. Well that was short lived.

The adage is "If it looks like a dog, smells like a dog, walks like a dog - pretty good chance it IS A DOG!"

The player gets over a mil a year at Toronto but NRL reckon he's only a $400K a year player - I'm calling BS as that is not fair on any of the other 15 NRL teams.

 

[Supreme Leader]

And of course there will be no bias from the NRL if they change the rules and allow that new millionaire kid to play for Souffs before he turns 18.
If, as PV says, rules are meant to be "flexible" then they are not rules at all, they are suggestions.

How is that fair to all the other development players who potentially are better than this kid..... again I call this a stunt which isn't fair to the other NRL clubs that bring on young talent. Bet if we wanted to play Schuster we couldn't because of his age?

 

[The Who]

The NRL allowed Morris to be signed by Easts for just $300,000 a season - at least $200,000 less than what the NRL should have deemed his worth at.

 

[Kevinward777]

The NRL allowed Morris to be signed by Easts for just $300,000 a season - at least $200,000 less than what the NRL should have deemed his worth at.

Blake Ferguson was valued at the magical 300k as well... then suddenly when they signed both Cronk and Tedesco on million dollar contracts... the had Fergo’s money to play with.

The market value is an absolute crock of sh1t!

 

[ALinda]

If the Rorters win the big one this year with $BW, then it will be won under false pretensions by the 'rorters' literally. As for he'll only play for them, when really he should help the struggling Warriors or even the Dogs, it makes me sick. It's extremely unfair on the other 15 clubs and totally outrageous.

If all this bending of various rules to suit $BW isn't bias, then I don't know what is 😡

 

[maxta]

Seen this and pretty funny - yet accurate !!

Wow!! A market value of only 400k after coming off a 10 million dollar contract, only to have it more than halved because he'll only play half a year (150k) which is coincidentally the amount Roostards have left in their cap!
What an amazing and believable set of circumstances

 

[Tragic Eagle]

I had hoped things would change but how wrong can I be. Favoritism and ridiculous bunker ruling still a go. Just dump the salary cap altogether it is joke of gigantic proportions. This is just a form of distraction away from the disaster at the Broncos and the failing QLD sides.