Quote: Sweaty Betty's "It's plain and simply down to money and I don't blame them for taking it. If JH was offered twice as much to stay at HKR than what the Aussies were offering do you seriously think that he would go?'"
Yes I do. There are more conflicting arguments in that situation, but simply anyone whose "ambitious" would still choose the NRL - it's like asking a kid out of uni if he'd like to work at an investment bank for terrible pay working with the best and brightest minds in their field, and all the benefits that come for working for a world renowned company - or for double the pay work in Aldi stock checking. Of course there are some who would just take the money and a cushy life, but many of "the best" wouldn't.
Throwing money at the situation is too simplistic a view personally, there aren't the easy fixes like that as some would have you believe.