Re: Round 1 vs Rabbits
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:22 pm
Smith says it isn't true.six rings wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:26 am
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 3f3e9460cf
Melbourne star Brandon Smith is reportedly prepared to “buy his way out” of his contract with the Storm in order to join an NRL rival that is prepared to let him play starting hooker.
The Sydney Morning Herald says Smith’s agent Stan Martin has approached the Victorian club with the radical proposal, that is thought to be the first of its kind in rugby league.
Smith is contracted to Melbourne until the end of 2022 but could pay the Storm as much as $200,000 to get a release at the end of this season.
The Herald says Smith is earning about half a million dollars next year from the Storm, but the club would want to replace him with an elite lock-forward which could cost them as much as $700,000.
So Smith and his management could pay the club the difference to compensate for letting him walk away.
Smith wants to own a No.9 jersey but he is stuck behind rising star Harry Grant for the Storm role, after the retirement of champion hooker Cameron Smith.
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