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Loyalty...............see other postsplatt-warrior wrote:I have have just been watching the Saturday match on Setanta and it's been announced (unconfirmed)that Sonny Bill has walked out on The Bulldogs to play union in Toulouse in France.What price loyalty ?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4632478a10713.html"I've just got off the phone to Sonny's manager Khoder Nasser and he has confirmed to me that Sonny has left the country," Greenburg said.
"Quite simply, if Sonny intends to play overseas, we'll be looking to take out an injunction which will effectively stop him playing in France, England or anywhere else he intends to do it."
Asked whether the issue was likely to end up in the courts, Greenburg said: "I suggest at this early stage that you are probably right but we are going to have to review all our options to make sure that the Bulldogs are well covered."
"I’ve had QC’s look at his contract and there is absolutely no get-out clause," said the Bulldogs boss.
In essence, he is prepared to detroy the foundations of the salary cap for all sports in Australia, just so he can get his "greedy hands" on the "filthy French lucre"!!!New Zealand's Bulldogs defector Sonny Bill Williams will return fire against the National Rugby League's legal threats by challenging its salary cap, a move that could destroy the financial foundations of Australia's four football codes.
Williams's lawyers will say the Bulldogs can pay more than his existing $450,000-a-year contract but are prevented from doing so by NRL rules that create salary parity across its 16 clubs. Williams is expected to earn the equivalent of $3 million for two years with the French club Toulon.
The link you provided does not relate to your post. All it says is that the Court could force Williams to play for the Bulldogs again, but would be unlikely.cpwigan wrote:One of the leading Aus sports lawyers says you will never get rid of the cap.
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/bu ... 50185.html
Apologies BM. Your right it is the wrong article and I cannot find the one I wanted. The site is full of SBW at the moment. Basically, the top legal sports guy said that a court never judges salary caps as black/white and that the greater good of the sport precedes any individual restraint of trade. He basically said that the salary cap would never be overturned on the basis of it being illegal as a restraint of trade.butt monkey wrote:The link you provided does not relate to your post. All it says is that the Court could force Williams to play for the Bulldogs again, but would be unlikely.cpwigan wrote:One of the leading Aus sports lawyers says you will never get rid of the cap.
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/bu ... 50185.html