Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="heartly87, post: 3256029, member: 8651"] Milford came because he wanted to. Like I said you cant stop what a player wants to do. He took less to move back to QLD and play here. Like 360 said the Raiders had 1 mil on the table back then. So no we didn't poach him. Bird was not poached by us, as you point out so that is not worth a mention. Payne was poached from the Titans? never heard that, I can't find any info that they had him signed and actually developed him. If your claiming because he lived in GC and attend Keebra means we poached him then I disagree and again it not what DD is talking about and it shouldn't be. Any area should be free for all for clubs and scouts. It's in what that club does for scouted player, A) Invest money into them, B) Sign a contract c) Develop them at their academy D)put them through their system. I think the NRL needs to clearly define what a developed player is for any incentives to be actionable. See you can't just say they came from our clubs catchment area, you can't just say we signed some kid in the bush and sent him some boots, club shirt and a cheque in the mail. You should need to be able to show that person has been given those things but has also attended footy camps, the academy, actually had development put into them. Was Walsh playing on the GC but under a Broncos development contract? because I heard he was signed at 13. The area is not the issue, it's what club was investing in him, how often in those years was he going upto the Broncos for training, did the Broncos pay for courses he did in personal development outside footy. He didn't play last year because he was 17, and covid had canceled the ISC. We hadn't seen the bloke play men up until the Broncos trial games this year and he would have been signed by us but the Warriors came in and poached him, Walsh is the very definition of poaching, same with the attempt on Piakura. Guys who have not even made a debut, just about to sign their first top 30 contract and the vultures come in paying overs. This puts pressure on us to match it, potentially putting our cap out of wack because clubs are throwing hail mary's to land a future star. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Active Now

No members online now.

Total: 3 (members: 0, guests: 3)

Reply to thread

Log in

Active Now