NEWS Wayne Bennett hits Brisbane Broncos with $400k claim

[Gaz]

Wayne Bennett hits Brisbane Broncos with $400k claim

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Source: Courier-Mail.

 

[big k]

He's not out of pocket. 800k from Souths contract, 385k from Broncos. Was he on more than 1.2mil? Doubt it.

But but it's not about money... sure looks like a money grab to me.

Funny thing is if we just go **** it and pay, Souths are up for 200k of that bill.

Would b e even funnier if Brisbane went fu cck off took it to court and Bennett had to pay the Broncos legal costs.

 

[Jedhead]

He's a Soufs muppet now, piss him off!

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

If i was a souths fan i would be pissed off hearing this. Brisbane is a massive business with the ability to take bennett to court and hold off for years on payment just to make life difficult. His head will be in more then one place next year BIG TIME.

 

[kluppy]

If i was a souths fan i would be pissed off hearing this. Brisbane is a massive business with the ability to take bennett to court and hold off for years on payment just to make life difficult. His head will be in more then one place next year BIG TIME.

his big head or his little head?

 

[Eta Carinae]

I was among his harshest critics and copped a lot of vitriol for it. Now I feel vindicated.

 

[Kimlo]

Even if it is about the money, good on him. If he is owed a dollar, I hope he gets it.

Employees have rights, and if he has legal ground, I hope he does get every dollar owed. That's only fair.

 

[Eta Carinae]

If i was a souths fan i would be pissed off hearing this. Brisbane is a massive business with the ability to take bennett to court and hold off for years on payment just to make life difficult. His head will be in more then one place next year BIG TIME.

Doubt it. He will simply leave it in the hands of lawyers.

 

[Eta Carinae]

Even if it is about the money, good on him. If he is owed a dollar, I hope he gets it.

Employees have rights, and if he has legal ground, I hope he does get every dollar owed. That's only fair.

Absolutely! Is 300k while he is getting paid 800k at another club not enough? He needs another 400k on top of that?

 

[Kimlo]

Absolutely! Is 300k while he is getting paid 800k at another club not enough? He needs another 400k on top of that?

Who gives a shit what the actual figures are?

If he is owed a dollar, I hope he gets it. I don't care if he's a billionaire already, if his employer promised him a salary, and sacked him unfairly (the courts will decide), then I hope he gets every single cent owed.

 

[Kimlo]

Let's not forget his former employer who sacked him, are News LTD, the same guys who are now writing articles about his claims.

There's a serious conflict of interest and no way would I take anything a News LTD journo says about the Bennett situation seriously.

 

[Eta Carinae]

Who gives a shit what the actual figures are?

If he is owed a dollar, I hope he gets it. I don't care if he's a billionaire already, if his employer promised him a salary, and sacked him unfairly (the courts will decide), then I hope he gets every single cent owed.

Lets agree to disagree. He already left on bad terms. Should have collected his 300k and been happy with that. If he was only on 30k a year I would agree with you 100%.

 

[Eta Carinae]

Let's not forget his former employer who sacked him, are News LTD, the same guys who are now writing articles about his claims.

There's a serious conflict of interest and no way would I take anything a News LTD journo says about the Bennett situation seriously.

That's true. Corporate media isn't to be trusted about anything but in the absence of any kind of denial from Bennett, hard not to believe it.

 

[Kimlo]

Lets agree to disagree. He already left on bad terms. Should have collected his 300k and been happy with that. If he was only on 30k a year I would agree with you 100%.

Agree to disagree we will. The club is not a charitable venture, they're a for profit commercial entity and when they sign employees, I expect them to honour their legal commitments. Even if he was on a 6 million a year salary, and they short changed him 10k, I'd encourage him to go after it. Business is business.

 

[Kimlo]

That's true. Corporate media isn't to be trusted about anything but in the absence of any kind of denial from Bennett, hard not to believe it.

When he got sacked the club said the terms of the termination are "confidential", so if Bennett takes that to court it'll all have to be public. I'm sure Bennett would have a top class legal team and if he's challenging News LTD in court, he'd have to have a pretty strong case because their legal funds are practically unlimited. More than likely, they'd just settle out of court anyway. If he can nab a few hundred K from News LTD, power to him.

 

[Nashy]

Absolutely! Is 300k while he is getting paid 800k at another club not enough? He needs another 400k on top of that?

Remind me to never, ever work for you. It doesn't matter if he's paid $1million a minute. If the law states he is entitled for another $5.00. He should be handed it.

Imagine a world where you ask for your holiday pay, and being told "Nah, you have been paid a really good wage all year, you don't need your legal entitlements, don't be greedy"

 

[Foordy]

Employees have rights

so do employers ... and one of those rights, is that your employees are not permitted to work with your competition, while under contract to you.

if he, as as been widely reported (and not just by news ltd) that he talked to Souths players about 2019 ... then he breached his contract and is not entitled to one cent.

 

[Morepudding]

Now can we all openly hate this lying piece of shit? Complete fucking knob. It's always been about the money and I hope that he has burnt every possible bridge and is never allowed back anywhere near the Broncos.