🚀 go-pugleaf

Leigh Gillespie writes:

> 	Looking at this in isolation (ie. forgetting alleged finanical
> inducements not to play)

Suggesting that the players pulled out for any reason other than to protect
their superleague contracts is like saying that the ARL didn't choose
superleague players last year for any other reason than that they were
superleague players--it's naive.

> I suppose the players thought "Well we took them
> to court to get a fair go in selection room, won the case and still were
> not selected so why should we do anything for them now? They obviously
> don't need us so stuff `em." or words to that effect. Seems pretty logical
> to me. This is all a pay back for still not selecting them (for the World
> Cup) even after winning the court case. All's fair in love and war.

Then why have they jumped at the chance to play SOO? Surely when picked for
that they would also have said stuff 'em.

Jim
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