Waynesaurus
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I think the Storm are more concerned about him leaking their secrets.
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Couple of interesting comments from Brent Read in the Australian story about the Storm's impending legal action against the Broncos (over the non compete clause).
He says:
"Smith won’t be back at Melbourne this season" and "Broncos are growing increasingly pessimistic about their chances of luring Bellamy back to the club"
He says:
"Smith won’t be back at Melbourne this season" and "Broncos are growing increasingly pessimistic about their chances of luring Bellamy back to the club"
The Strapper
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Good. I don't want either of those two anywhere near the club.
McHunt
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Smith's headed for TV. That's my tip.
The Strapper
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As long as it's not BroncosTV I don't care.
Gaz
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The ones that may incriminate them.
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WASSHHH
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At least in the last 15 years, the Storm have had a better football team than us. A better coaching team. A better recruitment team. A better medical team.
We should be worried, there’s a strong chance they also have a better legal team and ours have ballsed this up somehow.
We should be worried, there’s a strong chance they also have a better legal team and ours have ballsed this up somehow.
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pagey
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And half of that came from the broncos , including coaches and recruiting
lynx000
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If Donaghy is in breach of his contract - and they can make out an allegation that we have caused him to do so, there is a cause of action for inducing a breach of contract.
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nopatience101
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I think that would be difficult to argue considering he was off contract & would have every right to sound out other employment options.
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They made me do it is not a defence
lynx000
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Not so much signing with us though, but the timing of when he starts. If he is in breach of a non-compete clause by signing with us, they would still have a cause of action.
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theshed
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would it be against us or against Donaghy? The broncos wouldn’t have any reason to honour the employee contract of a separate business?
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WASSHHH
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Which is even more frustrating, as it says to me that, as an organisation we’ve obviously been far too arrogant to recognise / appreciate the contributions those assets have made, thinking we would just continue the success and domination we’d enjoyed for so long.
What the last 15 years shows is that it seems the Storm are better at being the Broncos than the Broncos are.
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nopatience101
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Probably why they haven't provided a start date. Whether he starts in march or may, its not that big of deal for Brisbane. If melbourne want to go down this path they are only lining lawyers pockets. It's ego, pure and simple.
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Yep, I agree. It is a fairly obscure cause of action in any event.
Kimlo
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Non competes are bullshit
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WASSHHH
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**** - someone must have put the same clause into all our players contracts for the 2020 season.
It all makes sense now.
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