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Message: [QUOTE="dukey, post: 2404680, member: 2046"] Look, I agree that a marquee player's contract should be open to alteration depending on the change of circumstances. And if the $500k figure is inaccurate, and he wasn't receiving the type of money he was worth, he wouldn't be wrong to ask for an increase. But here are the main points: 1. He voluntarily signed a 5-year contract with the club, rejecting overtures from other teams to do so. Surely, a 2 or 3 year deal would've been available, but he signed on for half a decade. It's reasonable to assume that he was on good money, and also reasonable to assume that the stability this afforded the Bulldogs would've impacted on their recruitment and marketing strategy. 2. 18 months into that contract, he left. He didn't discuss it with the club, he didn't get a release, he just jumped on a plane and left. He left the fans, the players and the club high and dry. The reasoning behind that action is still a mystery. He's never been able to adequately explain why his departure was so underhanded and dirty. The media haven't unfairly tainted him, and it wasn't a cheap story. It was the biggest breach of contract Australian sport has seen. His soiled reputation is a result of his own decisions and actions, not the content of any newspaper article or editorial. [/QUOTE]

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