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Wayne Bennett has ruled out legal action against the Broncos after learning of his sacking on social media.
News Corporation can reveal Bennett will receive an estimated payout of $300,000 related to his image rights, but he will not be paid a cent of his actual Broncos football deal due to a series of alleged contract breaches.
Broncos lawyers spent hours on Sunday navigating through the legal minefield of Bennett’s termination following explosive revelations the Brisbane super coach was contacting players at his future employer, South Sydney.
It is understood Bennett’s Broncos salary had two components — his football contract and an intellectual-property component related to his worth for the club in Brisbane’s marketing and corporate spheres.
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The Bennett era has finally come to an end for Brisbane. AAP Image/Dave Hunt.
The terms of Bennett’s settlement are confidential but the 68-year-old will leave Red Hill with a major six-figure payout ahead of what shapes as the final contract of his NRL career at the Rabbitohs.
While the straight swap will be formalised today when Anthony Seibold starts at Brisbane, Bennett will not be at Redfern. He remains in Brisbane today but plans to be at South Sydney later in the week.
Despite months of turbulence amid the most toxic coaching saga in Brisbane’s 30-year history, Bennett did not see his sacking coming.
Incredibly, he learnt of his termination via Twitter.
Convinced there would be no bombshell developments, Bennett left his mobile phone at home as he headed to Southbank to spend the day with his disabled son Justin.
While Bennett was lunching with his family, his phone went unanswered as Brisbane chief executive Paul White — whom he has known for 34 years — made several attempts to ring the super coach, finally leaving a voice message.
Bennett arrived home around 4pm — still unaware of his sacking and an impending press conference involving White and chairman Karl Morris to publicly announce his departure.
Upon walking in the door, Bennett’s partner checked social media and informed the seven-time premiership-winner of breaking news reports of his sacking.
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Bennett will not seek a payout from the Broncos. AAP Image/Dave Hunt.
By 6pm, Bennett was in pyjamas and in a deflated but pragmatic mood, admitting on Friday there was a possibility he could be sacked after he called a press conference to declare he was staying at Red Hill.
After six months of explosive claims and counterclaims, Bennett will leave quietly.
Despite the potential stain to his reputation over the sad and bitter exit, Bennett has no intention of suing the Broncos. He is reluctant to go through the mental anguish of a protracted legal battle with the Broncos club he served for 25 seasons and just wants to focus on a fresh start at South Sydney.
“I’m really pleased it’s all resolved and that I can join this great club with a free mind, knowing I did the right thing by the fans, staff and players,” he said in a Souths statement.
“I’m really looking forward to being at South Sydney and working with the players, staff, board and all of the members.
“It’s a wonderful club, South Sydney, and I feel privileged to have the chance to coach this team.”
 
Phil Rothfield of all people gives us a chance of winning the comp next year and is waxing lyrical about how good Seibold is. Bodes well for our future media coverage.
 
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Bennett won’t launch legal action

DECEMBER 02, 2018

Wayne Bennett has ruled out legal action against the Broncos after learning of his sacking on social media.
News Corporation can reveal Bennett will receive an estimated payout of $300,000 related to his image rights, but he will not be paid a cent of his actual Broncos football deal due to a series of alleged contract breaches.
Broncos lawyers spent hours on Sunday navigating through the legal minefield of Bennett’s termination following explosive revelations the Brisbane super coach was contacting players at his future employer, South Sydney.
It is understood Bennett’s Broncos salary had two components — his football contract and an intellectual-property component related to his worth for the club in Brisbane’s marketing and corporate spheres.
The terms of Bennett’s settlement are confidential but the 68-year-old will leave Red Hill with a major six-figure payout ahead of what shapes as the final contract of his NRL career at the Rabbitohs.
While the straight swap will be formalised today when Anthony Seibold starts at Brisbane, Bennett will not be at Redfern. He remains in Brisbane today but plans to be at South Sydney later in the week.
Despite months of turbulence amid the most toxic coaching saga in Brisbane’s 30-year history, Bennett did not see his sacking coming.
Incredibly, he learnt of his termination via Twitter.
Convinced there would be no bombshell developments, Bennett left his mobile phone at home as he headed to Southbank to spend the day with his disabled son Justin.
While Bennett was lunching with his family, his phone went unanswered as Brisbane chief executive Paul White — whom he has known for 34 years — made several attempts to ring the super coach, finally leaving a voice message.
Bennett arrived home around 4pm — still unaware of his sacking and an impending press conference involving White and chairman Karl Morris to publicly announce his departure.
Upon walking in the door, Bennett’s partner checked social media and informed the seven-time premiership-winner of breaking news reports of his sacking.
By 6pm, Bennett was in pyjamas and in a deflated but pragmatic mood, admitting on Friday there was a possibility he could be sacked after he called a press conference to declare he was staying at Red Hill.
After six months of explosive claims and counterclaims, Bennett will leave quietly.
Despite the potential stain to his reputation over the sad and bitter exit, Bennett has no intention of suing the Broncos. He is reluctant to go through the mental anguish of a protracted legal battle with the Broncos club he served for 25 seasons and just wants to focus on a fresh start at South Sydney.
“I’m really pleased it’s all resolved and that I can join this great club with a free mind, knowing I did the right thing by the fans, staff and players,” he said in a Souths statement.
“I’m really looking forward to being at South Sydney and working with the players, staff, board and all of the members.
“It’s a wonderful club, South Sydney, and I feel privileged to have the chance to coach this team.”
 
Of course he isn't going to sue.

This is what he wanted. He wanted the board to sack him and for them to be the bad guy, but I don't think he counted on them finding out what he was doing behind the scenes.
 
Unbreakable said:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...2ecbd9f9e9d4d6ec-1543793619&memtype=anonymous

Bennett won’t launch legal action

DECEMBER 02, 2018

Wayne Bennett has ruled out legal action against the Broncos after learning of his sacking on social media.
News Corporation can reveal Bennett will receive an estimated payout of $300,000 related to his image rights, but he will not be paid a cent of his actual Broncos football deal due to a series of alleged contract breaches.
Broncos lawyers spent hours on Sunday navigating through the legal minefield of Bennett’s termination following explosive revelations the Brisbane super coach was contacting players at his future employer, South Sydney.
It is understood Bennett’s Broncos salary had two components — his football contract and an intellectual-property component related to his worth for the club in Brisbane’s marketing and corporate spheres.
The terms of Bennett’s settlement are confidential but the 68-year-old will leave Red Hill with a major six-figure payout ahead of what shapes as the final contract of his NRL career at the Rabbitohs.
While the straight swap will be formalised today when Anthony Seibold starts at Brisbane, Bennett will not be at Redfern. He remains in Brisbane today but plans to be at South Sydney later in the week.
Despite months of turbulence amid the most toxic coaching saga in Brisbane’s 30-year history, Bennett did not see his sacking coming.
Incredibly, he learnt of his termination via Twitter.
Convinced there would be no bombshell developments, Bennett left his mobile phone at home as he headed to Southbank to spend the day with his disabled son Justin.
While Bennett was lunching with his family, his phone went unanswered as Brisbane chief executive Paul White — whom he has known for 34 years — made several attempts to ring the super coach, finally leaving a voice message.
Bennett arrived home around 4pm — still unaware of his sacking and an impending press conference involving White and chairman Karl Morris to publicly announce his departure.
Upon walking in the door, Bennett’s partner checked social media and informed the seven-time premiership-winner of breaking news reports of his sacking.
By 6pm, Bennett was in pyjamas and in a deflated but pragmatic mood, admitting on Friday there was a possibility he could be sacked after he called a press conference to declare he was staying at Red Hill.
After six months of explosive claims and counterclaims, Bennett will leave quietly.
Despite the potential stain to his reputation over the sad and bitter exit, Bennett has no intention of suing the Broncos. He is reluctant to go through the mental anguish of a protracted legal battle with the Broncos club he served for 25 seasons and just wants to focus on a fresh start at South Sydney.
“I’m really pleased it’s all resolved and that I can join this great club with a free mind, knowing I did the right thing by the fans, staff and players,” he said in a Souths statement.
“I’m really looking forward to being at South Sydney and working with the players, staff, board and all of the members.
“It’s a wonderful club, South Sydney, and I feel privileged to have the chance to coach this team.”
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Battler said:
Phil Rothfield of all people gives us a chance of winning the comp next year and is waxing lyrical about how good Seibold is. Bodes well for our future media coverage.
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It's a good thing for the future, but I wonder the Broncos blinked first and sold out.

Hypothetical here, and I'm sure I'll get painted as a Bennett apologist but when has that stopped me from throwing a theory on the table.

As late as Friday, the Broncos were on board with Bennett being our coach for 2019 (if they genuinely wanted the swap done ASAP, they had the grounds to sack him far earlier). Leading up to that point, with the negotiations for a swap going on in the background, you can understand why Bennett would have thought his days were numbered and had been working with Souths. But nothing was ever official, and when the Broncos once again asked Bennett on Friday morning what his choice was, Bennett was in his rights to decide to stay, as not only did he promise the players he'd be here, but had a contract to do so.

So what changed? I wonder if the tense words between White & Bennett was about the press conference. Bennett wanted to stick it to the media, but White knew that it would only make things worse for the Broncos vs Media relationship. And, of course, it did. The media went harder than ever against Bennett. So the Broncos (well, News Limited, as is being reported) blinked.

Another season of constant media bashing would be extremely difficult to overcome. The team may have galvanised under Bennett, but with so many young players, not used to the constant pressure and attention, it would have been hard to keep their minds on the job. So the Broncos relented. They gave the media what they wanted, which was a headline of The Brisbane Broncos Sack Wayne Bennett.
 
Morkel said:
It's a good thing for the future, but I wonder the Broncos blinked first and sold out.

Hypothetical here, and I'm sure I'll get painted as a Bennett apologist but when has that stopped me from throwing a theory on the table.

As late as Friday, the Broncos were on board with Bennett being our coach for 2019 (if they genuinely wanted the swap done ASAP, they had the grounds to sack him far earlier). Leading up to that point, with the negotiations for a swap going on in the background, you can understand why Bennett would have thought his days were numbered and had been working with Souths. But nothing was ever official, and when the Broncos once again asked Bennett on Friday morning what his choice was, Bennett was in his rights to decide to stay, as not only did he promise the players he'd be here, but had a contract to do so.

So what changed? I wonder if the tense words between White & Bennett was about the press conference. Bennett wanted to stick it to the media, but White knew that it would only make things worse for the Broncos vs Media relationship. And, of course, it did. The media went harder than ever against Bennett. So the Broncos (well, News Limited, as is being reported) blinked.

Another season of constant media bashing would be extremely difficult to overcome. The team may have galvanised under Bennett, but with so many young players, not used to the constant pressure and attention, it would have been hard to keep their minds on the job. So the Broncos relented. They gave the media what they wanted, which was a headline of The Brisbane Broncos Sack Wayne Bennett.
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I think it was always a case of public vs private stances. On the facts, it appears as though Wayne knew this and tried to twist the situation to his advantage and it didn't pay off partly because of the leaks.

EDIT: If you look at this whole thing objectively and with all the details Wayne looks bad. However, most of the general public will just read that he was sacked and melt down at the Broncos, so who really knows if his strategy paid off.
 
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What's the talking points from the press conference?
 
If anyone manages to find a link to the full press conference, hook a brother up
 
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Battler said:
I think it was always a case of public vs private stances. On the facts, it appears as though Wayne knew this and tried to twist the situation to his advantage and it didn't pay off partly because of the leaks.

EDIT: If you look at this whole thing objectively and with all the details Wayne looks bad. However, most of the general public will just read that he was sacked and melt down at the Broncos, so who really knows if his strategy paid off.
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I'm more hypothesising that Bennett was *somewhat* in his rights to be talking to Souths, seeing as so much was being done behind the scenes to facilitate an immediate move. He was never going to step down, that was clear from Day 1, but there was always going to be the option to sack him, and I'm sure that this is what he always expected. However, that all changed when they asked him whether he was going to stay, and he said yes.

Maybe it was the Broncos' final attempt to get him to walk. Maybe they always had planned to fire him if he refused to do so. So yeah, of course they'd be pissed by Wayne calling the press conference. But it is also possible they indeed planned to keep him on, and it was only when News Ltd came over the top that the decision was made to cut him.
 
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