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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2826594, member: 8215"] Obviously there are leaks. But those who leak information do it for a reason, and it's not just because they consider it a public service. And it's rare that the source of the leak is ever made public, as journo's need to protect their sources. So all things considered, the leaks may know what they're talking about, but that doesn't mean the info is accurate or truthful. The main source of leaks would of course be player managers. And therefore the information leaked is deliberate, as in, it's information they want to be made public to suit an agenda, mostly to maximise their client's $$$. The simplest one being "This Club is offering the player X amount", "This Other Club has offered more" etc. It's in these instances that the values would be inflated, of course in order to influence the decision making and offers from other clubs, which is why 3rd party stuff would be included (even though it's not included in the cap), along the lines of "He'll be getting a million a year if he plays for the Broncos". Which is true, though misleading. Even when it's a "player" that has supposedly leaked info, it wouldn't be direct. When you hear of stuff like Josh McGuire being a rat, it wouldn't be because he's spoken directly to the media. It'd be because he's trusted his manager, in his dealings he's had what most would consider to be normal, casual, and what he'd consider to be an off-the-record discussion. His manager, who of course would want to keep the media on-side for when he needs certain information to become public (as above), would feed these snippets to a journo as incentive. So there is likely an element of truth to the stories, but for all we know Josh was having a bad day and was venting about a minor, and isolated, incident or frustration, and the manager and media blew it out of proportion, deliberately, for a story. You would assume that when shit like this goes down, the player would not be too impressed with the manager. [/QUOTE]

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