A five year contract with stipulations.

Nice Summary from the Forumrl

In answer to a couple of questions/comments above: IL said that the kit manufacturer will be decided tomorrow; he said we'd like to keep Hoff but realistically he may wish to go back to the NRL - nothing definite yet though; IL did not say he was a Latics fan (according to what I heard/remember) he just said he didn't want to crow over their misfortunes and wanted them to stay up, not least for the financial reasons outlined elsewhere.

Am I reading this right? Is this a rule that is going to be put in place?

I agree with Ian Lenagan with regards to the salary cap. Let's hope we can at least see it rise with inflation. I'd like to see third party payments like - sponsorships etc be allowed too.

What's this with our scouting system? Is it not up to scratch at the moment and we're looking to improve it? It's one area we should be investing VERY heavily in.

Whats the wrong message here? He made a mistake and payed for it by being banned for 2 years, in that 2 years he has shown that he knows hes done wrong, hes had regular drug tests and proved that he has changed, he has kept himself fit out of his own pocket and shown his loyalty to the Wigan club by signing a 5 year contract, on what will be very small wages. He could have easily said 'no i want to sign a years contract show SL what I can do for a year then sign for the highest bidder after that'. You're just annoyed as an opposition fan because you know what a class player Wigan have on their hands for the next five years.

was surprised to hear Lockers counts as ZERO on our salary cap for time served with the club. (thanks to an IL initiative the RFL have taken on board) along with the union players initiative.

very positive tonight future's looking bright.

I understand that, a couple of weeks back at the club and he gets a 5 year contract,would have liked Wigan to let him earn it over the rest of the season. Anyway good luck to the lad, hope he kicks on and im sure he will be soon back in the national team.

That's what was intimated.

The scouting system will be one in which there WILL be EVEN more investment.

In reality the club sound like they have made him earn it over the last 2 years.

correct not been published yet by the RFL but on the way very soon thanks in no small part to IL and Kris

That if you work hard and pay your dues you will be rewarded? Awful message to send out that. Should throw him on the scrap heap and let him end up the same way as his mate Terry, eh?

Massive f you to hull fans then nice one Ian!

Absolutely fantastic news.

was just about to type exactly the same !

Complaint was lodged about the Willie Mason debacle- especially as Wigan had a similar request turned down to deregister Pat when he was injured. Wigan tried to de-register Pat not to bring in but in worries over going over the cap whilst we sorted loan deals for Kids.

Is this true?