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Message: [QUOTE="Prince Langer, post: 2233078, member: 1919"] This occured becuase a contract can only be registered after 30 june for the following year. If a contract is signed say on 01/06 then the player changes his mind before 30/06 then he can get out of the contract. The NRL would only allow this if a player wants to stay where he is, not get a better offer from another club. This is one of the dangers of agreeing to terms with a player too far in advance. Should the player change their mind and the contract has not been registered he is free to do as he pleases. This is exactly what happened with Steve Turner & GC, Lewis & Souths, Smith & Canberra. The rules are different if a player agrees to an extention for their current club. Taylor's contract with Souths has been registered with the NRL so it is entirely up to Souths on whether they would agree to relase him. Yes this happened to Tallis. He sat out the entire 1996 season. As he said in his book, it was just a coincidence that he happened to train at the same place and the same time as the Broncos squad. Taylor has this right also. clubs can not force a player to play, they can only restrict them from playing for another team. [/QUOTE]

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