Yeah, I've heard from numerous sources that the club are planning to keep him employed.

I've not a clue what kind of role they have ready for him though.

Keep him.

You know whats going to happen if we dont ? St Helens or Wire will sign him in 2 years and he will come back to haunt us.

Maybe he could be a sniffer dog?

Well looking at those poll results, a few of you (or possibly the saints and wire trolls) are going to be disappointed...

There all pray wigan sack him so in 2 years time they can try sign him

does anyone really think that he will be seen within pro RL ever again, he will go further of the rails as he is a tool of the highest order, he will get more involved with the world that seems to gravetate towards and we will be seeing more and more Dale Laughton style storys in the papers, he is a lost cause let him go.

Best news i've heard in regards to Hock in weeks.

Wigan would be stupid to let him go and not have any sort of document which says we either get A-first refusal on him or B-we get compo if he signs for someone else.

People can moan all they want about how he’s a drug cheat etc but at the end of the day other clubs won’t think twice about picking him up in two years time and with the considerable on field talents he posses it only means it’s us who lose out in the long run.

If we stick by him and in two years time he’s washed up so be it let him go then but we’d be stupid not to take that first look at him.

Exactly my feelings also

Mine as well.

Now, im no employment expert, but I very much doubt you could sack someone with conditions such as a first option should he return to rugby league in 2 years.

It's a simple issue of holding a registration.

You can end someone’s contract but still hold their registration to play RL –look at Pryce and Harris for examples of this. We should at the minimum hold his registration meaning we get first refusal or a compo.

Why can't we also sign a pre contract agreement with him 2?

We could state in the pre contract that we can terminate that he gets regular drug test and that we can terminate the contract at any time should he fail those drug test or should he return after his two year ban in a unfit state to play RL.