Again where am i been a hypocite??
We HAVE young british players to replace the departing british player if that occurs.
Broughton.
Ben jones bishop
Watkins
Gibson
Hall.
The fact we have overseas players here already is nothing to do with it nor does it equate to signing an overseas player to cover the loss of a british one.

Would you prefer to resign a overseas player who can play only one position (wing) at the expense of losing a gifted British player who can play various positions?

Replacing Chairman with CEO, that would be my interpretation also.

That doesn't come into it if we can't match the wasps offer and smith decides he's off!!
If it came as a straight choice to keep either donald or smith then i'd keep smith IF it fits within the curent wage structure.
That is all hypothetical though because each case is dealt with differently by GH.

Thats always been the case with GH.I get the impression he offers a figure and its not up for negotiation.

TBH can't knock him for it thsi club was on it's knees when he and caddick came in and they've turned it around.
Too many people don't know or choose to ignore the state we were in and if tight control of the wage structure plays it's part in our overall strenght as a club then long may it continue.

Its far from hypothetical. Both are coming up for renewal of contract, or at least one was renewed recently and the other not.

One is higher paid than the other one at present. Yet the other one is far more important to the team.

Nothing hypothetical about that. It should be a no brainer.

I agree however, on keeping within our wage structure. So long as that wage structure is indeed fair.

Just signed a mega-money (by Aussie standards) deal with Brisbane pal, he aint going anywhere.

I reckon Burgess is the most likely to sign out of those three.

Each case is different because they are assessed on many things i.e age,experience,international call ups,importance to the squad,coaches opinion.etc.
If 1 is higher paid at present then that scenario must of been warranted as for the new deal negotiations i'm sure the structure in place will cover ALL scenario's and outcomes.