Quote: Sal Paradise "As an employer you have a duty of care to your employees - these are young immature people in a unique working environment. If you look at the performances of some our props that have been selected before Burgess it could be seen as constructive dismissal. Given the relative quality of their performances Burgess has every right to a reasoned explanation as to why the likes of Kirke/Bailey/Kylie are getting selected before him - and he has every justification to be agreived.
On Cross - his treatment is simply embarassing for a top club. You cannot sign someone on a 3 year contract, fly them and their family half way round the world and then after 3 months discard them. He hasn't done a Wendall or a Mullins or behaved in any way that doesn't bring credit to the club. This is bad for business - what message does this send out to other NRL players, why would they come here?
I expect the likes of Kylie and Peacock to get a contract extension - this is simply madness.
This is yet another example of CEO who looks increasingly out of his depth - the shambles that is the RU, the scaling back of the southstand, falling crowds and a team in free fall!! It is time for change at the top.'"
Excellent post.
The bigger picture is the message this shambles is sending out far and wide, not just to players in the NRL, but also possible targets within super-league, current rhinos players including the academy lads.
