Quote: Jrrhino "The deal was knowhere near what other academy players were offered and was given a better offer by Doncaster with more guarantee of open age rugby. And how can you say the player will never grace super league when there career has just started end of day the player took the better offer in terms of development and money so how can you blame them.'"
How do you know what other Academy players were offered, you’ll clearly believe whatever anyone tells you. A player is worth only what a club will pay them, if Trinity are the only SL club interested then he’s worth only what they are willing to pay, basic supply and demand.
Wakefield has a reputation as a launching pad for great careers, tell me Doncaster’s last super star.
If you truly rate yourself as a player you want a chance in the top division as soon as possible, if nothing else it’s a shop window.
A lot of great players have started at Wakefield on very low wages and within a few years are on big bucks, weather that be at Wakefield or elsewhere.
If you know this player then talk him around because he’s made a huge error in my opinion, it may seem a lot of money now but it’s nothing long term.
Put simply he’s made gaining a full time SL deal ten times more difficult. You get noticed at Trinity, you rarely do at Donny. Let’s hope he’s as good as you think because he will need to play every game and be MOM in most of them to get back into SL. If he doesn’t the contract he now won’t improve dramatically for the rest of his career. Sorry but I’ve seen it so many times before.
Having said that I still wish him well and if he’s in SL in a few years then well done him. I’m all for second chances and backing yourself but as I say the cards are now stacked.
