nopatience101
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Paul White is a family friend of the Barba's.
[OFFICIAL] Barba to Broncos
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I knew it would be around 1 million. The question though remains as to whether that 300k the Dogs want goes towards our cap.
I knew it would be around 1 million. The question though remains as to whether that 300k the Dogs want goes towards our cap.
broncos4life
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Thats already been covered and no, it doesn't
Mister Wright
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The Today Show mentioned the Bulldogs could put a clause in Barba's contract with the Broncos that he can't play against the dogs until after 2015. All very well in good, but what if the Broncos & Bulldogs meet in a finals match or even the GF. I can't see the NRL allowing that to happen.
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It can happen, and probably will, the Dogs are really butthurt and will try and get as many advantages out of this as they can.
coreyh88
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the dogs fans are not the dogs themselves. If such a thing was agreed to both clubs and the nrl would be a laughing stock. It's ridiculous
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The NRL have already said it's doable, and they'll be happy to do it if both parties agree, it's similar to what the Dogs did to SBW with his contract not allowing him to play for any other NRL club, this is a slightly more mild version of that.
broncos4life
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Yeah I agree with this. TBH I could see a clause being put in that Barba can't play against the dogs until 2016 during the regular season.
There is no way I could see the NRL allowing that clause to apply to any of the final series, as that truly would make them a laughing stock
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Mister Wright
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Imagine the uproar in the lead up to GF day if Barba wasn't able to play. It just isn't feasible.
Waynesaurus
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I think it will just come back to dollars:-
a) How much we pay Barba.
b) How much we pay the Dogs to release Barba.
I guess also possibly:-
c) Who the Dogs find to replace Barba at the fullback. eg. Beale
a) How much we pay Barba.
b) How much we pay the Dogs to release Barba.
I guess also possibly:-
c) Who the Dogs find to replace Barba at the fullback. eg. Beale
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Would work if worded as below. Still funny though. "We don't want big bad Ben playing against us" Way to show faith in your squad...
nopatience101
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it's all just part of negotiations, no club would agree to such a clause and the bulldogs know that, they're just playing a bit of hardball to try and remind the Broncos who has the leverage in discussions and to ensure they get as much compensation out of the Broncos as they can. It's hardly in the Bulldogs interest anyway, the first game in Sydney against the Broncos with Barba in the side would equate to at least an extra 10k on the gate.
Nearly all the Broncos' staff including White worked with Aaron at Redcliffe and helped him out and the family.
broncos4life
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So whats the deal with Aaron Barba? all I have heard is that he is bad news etc. but what actually happened?
Far out, it reminds me of Oztag when a team I was playing for was short and rather than forfeit we got a bunch of Australian reps who were just sitting around waiting for their game to fill in. That was allowed by the referee and opposition captain, so long as they didn't score tries.... *
That kind of thing is fine for an amateur social sport. This is professional sport. The notion of such a clause is laughable.
* Result was they made a break every time they got the ball, and just waited until one of us caught up to give us the pass to score... opposition complained at the end of the game when we won like 21-0 that it wasn't fair. And it wasn't. But the captain agreed to it so he had to suck it up.
That kind of thing is fine for an amateur social sport. This is professional sport. The notion of such a clause is laughable.
* Result was they made a break every time they got the ball, and just waited until one of us caught up to give us the pass to score... opposition complained at the end of the game when we won like 21-0 that it wasn't fair. And it wasn't. But the captain agreed to it so he had to suck it up.
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Did that captain go on to coach manly?
