Quote: Jukesays "I'm not going to cut and snip as I'm no good at it but I think it is that simple.
It's obvious someones been sniffing, Wigan wouldn't go to ST and say lets rip up your contract and double your money!
At this point Wigan have a couple of options
Tell him to get stuffed which one way or another is going to suit no-one in RL (Unhappy player, affects Wigan and more importanly affect Eng/GB rugby and bet your life this didn't happen last week! This happened 3/4 months ago the exposure RL has had with the help of his performances has justified the RL thinking about this rule change over the last few months). All those that think they made this rule up last week at the drop of a hat to suit Wigan are living in cloud cuckoo land!
Give him the money he/his agent wants and not sign any replacements for the other players. I'm pretty sure Wigan wouldn't have done that as it's a recipe for disaster.
Speak to the RFL about the rules for Home grown players which benefits mostly all clubs who produce Youth players for England and helps all clubs keep Home grown players and also benefits clubs that produce & keep these players in British RL.
I'm having a slight guess here that they did the latter, and only once the details of the rule changes were sorted did they give ST a wage increase & announce the signing of the New players. If it hadn't been agreed option 1 or 2 would have happened.
SURELY NO-ONE CAN ARGUE THIS ISN'T A GOOD THING?'"
Ok, I'll keep this brief. It IS a GOOD THING that ST remains in the sport. It is also a GOOD THING that this rule exists BUT, and this is my gripe, when you look at the Ins/Outs on the Wigan playing roster, you wonder why they needed this ruling at all?
Also, Wigan continue to persue (sign/announce) players despite already having a squad of players for next year and a fantastic youth set-up waiting in the wings. It just smacks of being totally unfair on the rest of SL. Even you must see that?
