robranisgod wrote:From the official NAFC website :
Regretfully we wish to confirm that James Allan has decided to continue his SANFL career at another club. We had offered terms to James several weeks ago at his request, pending us fulfilling some recruiting needs. Our original offer has remained firm, but unfortunately we cannot meet the additional remuneration requirements now requested by James due to salary cap reasons.
Be assured we have worked hard to try and bring James back to the Roosters and thought we had done that until last week.
We wish James every success at his new club, and whilst this is disappointing, he will always remain a champion Rooster and club favourite.
What a disappointing situation. One does wonder how the Bays are going to stay under the salary cap given their recruits and the amount of money that Jimmy was allegedly asking for from North. Surely something could have been worked out between North and JImmy.
Shocking comments from the NAFC. Shows a real lack of respect for Allan, a bloke who gave them pretty good service in his previous time in the SANFL. Despite the stories of him bieng "signed" clearly he never was and nowhere does it even suggest he agreed to those terms (which appear at best tentative). Why are clubs now feeling the need to make bitchy comments about blokes who don't sign with them? How about sucking it up and leaving the press releases to the club he's actually signed for?
