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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2121368, member: 1764"] Absolutely! I might add that $BW most likely fled the country because he knew a) he wouldn't get given a release and b) there was no basis to challenge the validity of the contract. He was probably advised that by skipping the country they couldn't do anything about it. That could be true, unless he ever wants to come back to Australia or NZ. Note that I think the legacy of this incident will be standard clauses written into all NRL contracts effectively saying: - you agree not to play in any professional sport not sanctioned by the NRL anywhere in the world during the term of this contract without written permission from the club and the NRL - any breach in contract may be terminated by the club and the NRL, and the player will be liable for damages up to 30% of the worth of the remainder of the contract (so in $BW's case he'd have had to pay roughly $382K to the club) I'm no lawyer, but I see no reason why this sort of clause can't be enforced. I know all my professional contracts say something along those lines, that while I'm working for the company in my profession I'm not entitled to do paid work of similar kind for any other organisation without permission. It also says I can't go to a competitor for a year after termination of the contract, but they couldn't enforce that in sport. And frankly I doubt they'd be able to enforce it in my profession either. It's an unreasonable restraint of trade. [/QUOTE]

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