Which 5 year deal for Hall are we talking about here because he's signed a few, like the guy himself said news on his last one.....

"I have always signed long-term contracts with the club," the 26-year-old told the Rhinos website.

"I never had any intention of going anywhere, but it is nice to feel that the club want me."

Seems plausible and goes some way towards explaining why Ryan Hall has signed several five year deals and usually within a year or two of the previous one.

RL is a very short career (unless you're on steroids and such) and five year contracts are way too inhibiting career wise, particularly so when arranged by you know who, when they know the meaning and implications of certain words but cannot spell them, even when coHerSing others into signing away their freedoms

Which one do you think?

Duh!

I was quite clear to say "when he had the world at his feet". Did he have that in 2014? I would say he had lost the same opportunities at that time, hence going for security.

This is the advice his agent has given to new youngsters. I am therefore presuming the regret is felt by both parties, him and Hall. It was never meant as a dig.

Compared to double that living in Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne - no wonder he is having regrets

So Hall regretted his decision so much in 2012 that he 'regretted every year since', and his response was to do the same thing 2 years later. What an odd thing to do.

It seems even stranger when you remember that Halls contract didnt expire in 2012, he was already contracted for another 2years at that point. In fact prior to the expiry of the 4 year contract Hall signed in 2010, he signed 2 new 5 year contracts.

Im not sure where the opportunity cost comes in here. He wouldnt have been able to move between 2012 and 2014 anyway. He was contracted for those season before he signed either of his 5 year deals.

Oh it'll definitely be felt by his agent who would love his client to be making big and more money elsewhere. That'll be why he'll go around telling young players not to sign up for too long.

Yes he could, and with big money, hence the regret. Not because he wanted to leave Leeds, which he didn't and chose not.

Instead of looking at his contract and why signed, flip it and look at why did Leeds offer an extended contract when he was already under one.

I don't think I ever said elsewhere. I just said his advice is don't sign long term until it is one of your last. Mid to late twenties he was saying. I believe Ablett is with the same guy, and he actually took that vet advice and got bigger money on the lon germ one he did.

I also never said I agree with the advice either, hence whi wasn't saying it has a dig. However, those guys would kniw a damn more than me with those sort of deals.

Not when he had the world at his feet. Not sure why that bit keeps getting missed.