maybe with this alleged tax bill we are about to receive we are desperate to raise some funds? combined with lower gates maybe we're also desperate to reduce wage bill??

International transfer fees were abolished a long time ago.

Would they not have to buy out the remaining part of his contract though?

Should have explained what i meant a little better, he was within his rights to see his contract out and leave though at which point clubs would have been sniffing. No one forced him to sign that contract.

I doubt it, as you are effectively paying him twice on the salary cap.

No. Why on earth would they do that? Gleeson's contract is between him and Warrington. If we decide we don't need him to honour it, we don't need to pay him his contract. Cancelled by mutual agreement. Why on earth would another club then have to pay anything to anyone?

That's a bit pants.



Maybe they need to reintroduce that transfer fees, might further discourage imports in the game.

He may have a get out clause in the final year of his contract

I never said they did or didn't SEB, was just trying to figure out what the circumstances of a transfer was, I didn't even realise an Aussie team didn't have to pay a fee, yet Wigan would/could

Well, when did you last hear of transfer fees being paid between NRL clubs and SL clubs?

Not something I've thought about to be honest. Barring the big signings (like Fielden), or signings involving our own players, I don't tend to read too much into it. Lack of looking means lack of knowledge.

I did hear a story of an overseas player a few years ago, he wanted to go back to the NRL so he asked his club to release him with a year to go on his contract. The club agreed. Next thing they get a demand from his agent asking for a "compensation settlement" of most of his final years contract!