Quote HXSparky="HXSparky"Unfortunately he can't play next weekend (a condition stipulate by TW when we signed him), but he's a certainly a class above.'"
This happened with Gareth Hock when he played for Leigh against Salford, and it turned out that the clause was either not allowed or not enforcable and he was cleared to play.
[urlhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/17/leigh-gareth-hock-legal-threat-salford-rugby-league-challenge-cup[/url
That said, if we have made a "gentlemans agreement" not to play him then Id rather we stick to it and conduct ourselves in a better way than Marwan and Derek!
Also, this clause is definetly illegal in football, as is shown here...
[urlhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/11/newsstory.sport8[/url