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I think this is fair. When I was in the corporate world, I was paid an extra $10K because I was based in a large metro area and the cost-of-living was higher.

How about the realities of business? These guys were playing for a franchise that was millions of dollars in debt. Treated like shit? They have another year worth of income guaranteed, that's a shit-load better than most people who get made redundant. These guys knew from the start of the...

Who really will be missing opportunities now that the Rebels are gone? Players who aren't ready and aren't good enough for Super Rugby - that's who. The reality is that it would be more disastrous if all the Rebels training squad were accommodated. The bulk of that training squad were able to...

That sucks. I wonder how many top level games are ever abandoned due to rain every year?

As ethically wrong as choosing to play club rugby instead of Super Rugby where needed and where expected. The amount of money they are being paid is probably linked to the expectation that they would be playing Super Rugby - not club level. As I said, playing club rugby may fulfill legal obligations but it's not...

Are Uelese and Kemeny still being paid by RA? Playing club rugby may technically fulfill their contractual obligations but it's not the job RA needs them to do. If no Super Rugby franchise wants them then fine - play club. But if the player is opting not to play Super Rugby then cool.... play club rugby but...

Uelese and Kemeny aren't still on the RA dime are they? And Rodda still continued to play Super Rugby right? I don't have an issue with players going somewhere else and getting contract elsewhere. But if they choose not to play Super Rugby and instead play club rugby, that is a big difference. I would be...

So a player doesn't have to honor the contract - they can play whenever they like - but RA does and are bound to keep paying them? If their contract is with the Rebels and not RA, then why is RA on the hook for the payments? Even if RA can't stop them from being released, it should be clear...

Sure - again, let them see what a year off playing top level rugby by choice does for their market value. It will have to be overseas though because I would never offer them an Australian gig again. It might work out well for some...

Which is why I haven't said anything like that.

Again, if they have offers now and don't want to be considered for the Wallabies, let them go. If they are hoping to refuse to work AND get an early release when an offer comes in, no way. Not without reimbursement of wages paid. See what the market is for a player who, by their own choice...

Yeah sure...once the contract is over, it's over. But again....a lot of those guys can't afford to not be playing top level rugby and getting the best deal overseas....

Ah right.... This is what I would be telling players before they make their choice. If you refuse to play Super Rugby, we won't release you from the contract with the reimbursement of wages paid. See how that affects their market value as they shop themselves around while refusing to work.

The notion that Taniela Tupou, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Rob Leota, Isaac Kailea, David Feluiai and Pone Fa’amausili are going to tie their futures to Darby Lancaster, Matt Gibbon, Lachie Anderson, Ethan Dobbins and Lukas Ripley so they can give RA and the middle finger and go to the US on a...

The notion that Taniela Tupou, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Rob Leota, Isaac Kailea, David Feluiai and Pone Fa’amausili are going to tie their futures to Darby Lancaster, Matt Gibbon, Lachie Anderson, Ethan Dobbins and Lukas Ripley so they can give RA and the middle finger and go to the US on a...

If I was RA, the only way I would allow this was if there was no Super Rugby franchise who wanted that player and that's why they are playing club. If the player is playing club rugby by their own decision, I wouldn't let them out of their contract to go anywhere else. Unless there was an agreement to...

The only anywhere close to QC (Quade Cooper) is Tupou. Not playing for a year would definitely hurt most of them. None of them have been standout players or contributed to a successful team. Tupou is the only one who has that kind of leverage.

For most of those players,I would give them an option to take a voluntary redundancy package if the refuse to go to Sydney. Again, for most of these guys, I think that would be around 8 - 10 weeks of wages. If they refuse that option and they want to play club rugby with full pay/entitlements...

No player is bigger than the jersey. If a player doesn't want to put themselves in contention for a Wallaby jersey and would rather play club footy, so be it. Being a Wallaby and a current international player is just as good for the player as it is for the Wallabies. Out of that 11, only 1...

Why the fuck wouldn't I care? I love rugby, all my kids play and I coach - why shouldn't I care?