mat wrote:Article about it in T&A today. Apparently RFL are leaving us and Sheffield to sort it out amongst ourselves. Easy this being a governing body lark innit!
Yes, at the risk of sounding like a poster on the T and A board, how hard can it be for the RFL to just say yes or no? Maybe Big Nige still has Easter eggs to get through.
Sheffield Star reporting that RFL have informed the Eagles that he is a Sheffield regsitered player in their eyes and Sheff claiming that we have made an illegal approach...
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amberavenger wrote:Sheffield Star reporting that RFL have informed the Eagles that he is a Sheffield regsitered player in their eyes and Sheff claiming that we have made an illegal approach...
League Express reported the same when it was released last night.
Think its a case of Sheffield throwing a spanner in the works... They is no doubt he was sacked by them, but its in their best interest to upset the apple cart for us..
I don't think its the RFL's job to sort the mess, we will not be paying Sheffield out, so in all honesty I can see him never playing for us, embarrassing really given we released pictures of him in a Bulls shirt at Odsal.
Once again no word from the club and I don't expect them to make a press release either, seems we like making announcements of things that aren't happening like Toovey, Phoenix and Chissy... very frustrating.
bowlingboy wrote:Think its a case of Sheffield throwing a spanner in the works... They is no doubt he was sacked by them, but its in their best interest to upset the apple cart for us..
I don't think its the RFL's job to sort the mess, we will not be paying Sheffield out, so in all honesty I can see him never playing for us, embarrassing really given we released pictures of him in a Bulls shirt at Odsal.
Once again no word from the club and I don't expect them to make a press release either, seems we like making announcements of things that aren't happening like Toovey, Phoenix and Chissy... very frustrating.
And this is where you are completely wrong, and why the RFL won't get involved, as if they did, it would be open season on player contracts.
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Sheffield seem to be stating that, whilst he was subject to disciplinary measures, he hasn't actually been sacked. If he had, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on and wouldn't have made this statement.
Bulls' best best is to pin this on the player and/or his agent, saying that they were informed by the agent that he was free to sign. Now that they're aware he isn't, that they will of course not be signing him until he becomes free. Alternatively agree a transfer fee, but I can't see that option happening.
To me is screams of the player or his agent being the one in the wrong. Even Bulls surely wouldn't be stupid enough to know he was still under contract at Sheffield and sign him anyway (I appreciate they have shown examples of similar stupidity in the past). Whether it's down to Sheffield telling the player he was released and it not being the case, or whether it's the player/agent jumping the gun, will remain unclear. Either way, the worst Bradford will have done is not ask for proof that he had been released, and taken it on the word of the player/agent.
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