Quote: XBrettKennyX "And that plan involved selling Sam and investing in "development" did it? Give over!
You still haven't answered the question. How exactly do you intend to measure the relative benefits to ensure the "best" achieved.
You cannot. It was a nothing comment, just like "the money has gone into development"'"
We produce far more Super League-level players than we can use, and more NRL-level players than we can keep hold of long term. I'd be amazed if selling some of these players, and using some of the revenue to fund scouting, training facilities, coaches etc didn't form part of Leneghan's business structure. With Sam it is a choice between:
- keeping an NRL level player for 7 seasons, 2 of which he'll spend sulking, then letting him go for nothing and definitely never getting him back further down the line
- keeping an NRL level player for 5 seasons, getting a massive fee for him which we can invest in various avenues, then probably getting 3 seasons out of him at the end of his career, or longer if things don't work out in the NRL.
I'd take the second choice.