Quote: unknownlegend "Cooke was under legal contract the moment he accepted wages from the club (no signature required), He received a six month ban for renaging on the contract from the RFL. The club felt the legal costs outwayed any advantage of taking him to court. No problem with him leaving, just should have done it at the right time i.e. end of season.
As for him taking flak from us, how do you feel about Watts & Taylor or am I hearing things when they play against you???'"
Oh, go on then, for old time's sake.
He was under contract, but the conditions of that contract were not defined. Hull were probably entitled to some sort of notice period, but the rumours have always been that they 'waived it'. That's one potential point of interest in the book.
The RFL banned him for approaching Rovers while [iregistered[/i with Hull. Not for reneging on his contract.
The costs of pursuing him through the courts potentially included the significant embarrassment of a probable loss. IMO.
No strong feelings about the sale of Watts and Taylor, or them personally. It was years ago anyway. Taylor made a bit of a hash of it, but that he wanted to move to Hull was his choice (some people are Hull fans, I'm over it. Or you just offered better prospects, whatever), and he got there eventualily, picking up a double along the way. Watts seems to have grown up, which is nice.