Quote Originally Posted by Jetmaster View Post
Go back to the actual changeover. We had 13 players on contract who were moved across without being paid or getting super for some weeks. Ethically, do you really think we should/could have offloaded anyone?

Miller came in and only had a guaranteed job for 3 months don't forget....it was the reason Rudes said no with a new owner sounding certain back then.

Wholesale changes when debts were being cleared and wages being fixed up would have been ridiculously complicated and the PFA may have caused a stink too.

We had no club just before the season started and we are where most sensible people thought we would be.
The CBA dictates that a new entity taking ownership (in our case the FFA) must offer like for like contracts to players currently contracted to the old entity.... So all the players not yet sacked stubbins and tinkler (like reefs) were required to be offered contracts exactly the same as they had.

They couldn't be cut loose unless paid out, or another club wanted them and a mutual termination could be agreed on... Like Neville going to WSW.