This also baffles me. I know his partner managed him for a while and had a very high value on him. Could have contributed to him being placed in the 'too hard' basket.
It’s always nice to think that this is a possibility, however the reality is that the game is just not like this anymore.
Most of these kids are acutely aware that they only have a small window to make hay. The days of getting paid unders and staying, at any club, are gone.
Most cases, money...
We could have offered $300k and he still would have gone. The difference in contract values in $, is double. So is the job security. As a kid who’s never played Qld Cup, let alone NRL, you can’t pass that up.
We didn’t get this one wrong.
Spent 1 minute talking about Kia being a great sponsor, and 10 minutes bragging about buying himself and all of his kids one.... Just felt wrong that the Chairman would take more time to talk about this than actually talking about the Broncos
What you just watched in 40mins, is exactly why the club won’t be held to ransom by promising young kids. Because they are kids, who’ve proven nothing.
The line has been drawn in the sand by Kevvie.
More will leave. Those that are left, are the ones worth keeping.