There is some garbage being posted on here.

This has not set a legal precedent. It was settled by agreement and the claim against the Defendants is stayed. Nobody has won/lost.

Cas haven't bottled anything. They have clearly assessed the risks of being successful in a trial and did not believe they would receive a higher amount given the litigation risk.

I am not sure on the specifics, but say if Sale's legal team put forward the offer of settlement, if Cas failed to recieve a judgment as advantageous or more as the offer of settlement they would be penalised in costs as they should have accepted the offer of settlement.

Personally, I think Cas have done well to get what they have given the risks.

It was never about setting a precedent. It was about enforcing a precedent already set. The precedent that a fee has to be paid to sign a player under contract.

The £400k is easily enough to put off any other union club trying the same thing. That is a lot of money for a player unproven in your sport, especially one Sale thought they could initially get for £50k.

I was interested to read the comments on the BBC website from the RL and RU analysts. The RU one did not mention the rights and wrongs of what Sale did, which just about sums up the problem. He just focused on how Sale's owners are determined to make them a force.

Personally I'd say Sale come out of this looking like a bunch of immoral idiots, and Cas as an organisation with integrity (and a wad of cash). I don't know where the criticism of Cas is coming from.

Exactly. We need to keep highlighting what amoral scum there are in RU - the fascists code of choice.

Quote Erik the not red="Erik the not red"Exactly. We need to keep highlighting what amoral scum there are in RU - the fascists code of choice.'" Listen to this - I'll guarantee it will make your blood literally boil:- https://audioboom.com/posts/6034084-the ... y-solomona

Quote Erik the not red="Erik the not red"Exactly. We need to keep highlighting what amoral scum there are in RU - the fascists code of choice.'" Listen to this - I'll guarantee it will make your blood literally boil:- https://audioboom.com/posts/6034084-the ... y-solomona

Quote Tigerade="Tigerade"Listen to this - I'll guarantee it will make your blood literally boil:- https://audioboom.com/posts/6034084-the ... y-solomona'" What a pair of cretins. Did they actually offer 200k at any point before Cas took legal action then?

Quote Tigerade="Tigerade"Listen to this - I'll guarantee it will make your blood literally boil:- https://audioboom.com/posts/6034084-the ... y-solomona'" What a pair of cretins. Did they actually offer 200k at any point before Cas took legal action then?

They might have offered that as the original transfer offer but they withdrew it and said 50k take it or leave it because by that point them & Clark had already done the move without permission.

It's quite remarkable to contrast the way Cas just released a very professional statement as soon as an agreement had been reached to those two gobsh**es.

Reprehensible set of s, honestly they sound like the aggressor in an abusive relationship "we did nothing wrong."

They're right of course - no precedent has been set; and a settlement means that nobody has 'won' - so it's SOP for both sides to claim that they have.

They do however, sound like a pair of arrogant pricks.

Whilst no legal precedent has been set, they've set the tone for how they should be dealt with by anyone, and IMO only the most one-eyed Sale fans won't have slight misgivings about the way they make their club and code look.