Taken from a blog on the BBc Website.

2.5million in admin costs = Compo to Leeds Rhinos.

Indeed. Same as most folk never got it that the loss of profit to Leeds because Harris did not return to them was £3.2m, according to their legal action. That would have made Leeds far far and away the most profitable club the game had ever known, I guess, hade Harris actually returned to them. Must have been some absolutely unvelievable sponsorship deals on the table...

But the RFL as then constituted seemed to have no qualms about one SL club seeking to blast another into oblivion. Presumably it could happen again?

I suspect they were already viewing the antics of BBH, and that chubby little welshman with distaste, and were perfectly happy for you to receive a legal handbagging....

[i"The case presented a classic conflict between player and club. Its main interest lies in the restraint of trade findings. Did the law require this star player to be protected against a restriction accepted with professional advice? The judge saw it as a fair deal from which Harris had benefited considerably. Leeds had waived a valuable contract with 2 years to run, giving the player the chance of better pay at Cardiff (£200K pa plus bonuses) and membership of the national union team. If he was required to go back to Leeds the contract guaranteed that Harris would be no worse off than if he had stayed at Cardiff."[/i

£3.2m plus costs is hardly "Handbagging", any more than blasting someone with a bazooka at point-blank range is likely to lead to just some bad bruising for the recipient.

Think I'll stick with "Blasting another club into oblivion", if its all the same to you.

Maybe the RFL was as unhappy with Caisley as Caddick was, and so were entirely at ease with seeing one club totally destroy another?

And you'll get no bonus points on here for quoting reasons why Caisley seemingly got it so badly wrong; most of us came to realise that ages ago, which is one of the reasons why he is not being universally welcomed as a white knight riding to the rescue.

Indeed. In fact, has Caisley ever uttered a single word of regret or any syllable of acceptance that he did actually get the Harris thing at all wrong? I can't readily recall one, so presumably his position is still that there was nothing wrong with the signing.

I have my doubts that the Kaiser has uttered a single word of regret on any matter ever.