weloveyouwakefield2 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREPOSTEROUS Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Don't get the complaint, if he hasn't signed a contract he can change his mind, and if he doesn't want to come there is no point forcing the issue. Not everyone believes a verbal agreement is as good as a contract signed. Move on to more understrength areas of the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, weloveyouwakefield2 said: Does that mean Catalans owe Wakefield a transfer fee now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREPOSTEROUS Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Just now, Spidey said: Does that mean Catalans owe Wakefield a transfer fee now? Who knows, it's unclear whether or not a contract was actually signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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arcticchris Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 To be fair I think sacking the coach after a player has agreed to join a club gives the player a legitimate option to back out of the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Trinity Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 hours ago, arcticchris said: To be fair I think sacking the coach after a player has agreed to join a club gives the player a legitimate option to back out of the move. The devil is in your detail 'agreed' under contract law is deemed as a contract however as has been stated on this thread its probably not worth trying to enforce it without the paper contract, why? player doesn't want to play for the club so enforce it and have a unhappy player, the route is to lodge a formal complaint and raise the issue, obviously to enforce it may also involve going to a Civil Court again probably not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Probably saw the state of Belle Vue and thought, ‘nah, I will stick to Perpignan’. Noting against Wakefield as a city, but their ground is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, Mark S said: Probably saw the state of Belle Vue and thought, ‘nah, I will stick to Perpignan’. Noting against Wakefield as a city, but their ground is a joke. The caveat was he wanted to be coached by Chris Chester. Now that has been taken away all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, Scubby said: The caveat was he wanted to be coached by Chris Chester. Now that has been taken away all bets are off. The fact that he wanted to be coached by Chris Chester means that he might be able to plead that he was mentally insane when he signed the contract, which would make the contract null and void Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean de Bordeaux Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Last year Shaun Edwards had a handshake with Wigan boss... and 3 months later signed a contract with french RU .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 If my memory serves me correctly, I can recall only 1 occasion when a verbal agreement was enforced after a player changed his mind. When Paul Cooke decided to leave Hull FC for HKR he claimed he was out of contract and free to do so. Hull FC claimed he had agreed a new contract and crucially, even though no paper contract was signed, he had played games under the terms of that new contract. Legally by playing and accepting remunerations outlined in the verbal agreement he was deemed to have accepted the contract and was now bound by it. I will stand being corrected on this but it’s how I recall the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Wakefield in the wind and rain or the south of France in the sunshine. Tricky one that like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davet Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Maybe he saw Carter's last line in the Chester sacking and thought..... "if i don't sign and play for them, maybe he will still pay me and then I can stay at Catalan and be paid there too" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Forever Trinity said: The devil is in your detail 'agreed' under contract law is deemed as a contract however as has been stated on this thread its probably not worth trying to enforce it without the paper contract, why? player doesn't want to play for the club so enforce it and have a unhappy player, the route is to lodge a formal complaint and raise the issue, obviously to enforce it may also involve going to a Civil Court again probably not worth it. It’s not as simple as that. You can have an oral contract but it must have the requisite parts of a contract to make it binding - often oral agreements don’t. Written contracts record exactly what the deal is and usually ensure the requisite constituent parts are in place. Sometimes written contracts fall short on this, but that’s usually on the poor drafting. Agree with you though there’s no point forcing a player to join you if he doesn’t want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadera78 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 hours ago, OMEGA said: If my memory serves me correctly, I can recall only 1 occasion when a verbal agreement was enforced after a player changed his mind. When Paul Cooke decided to leave Hull FC for HKR he claimed he was out of contract and free to do so. Hull FC claimed he had agreed a new contract and crucially, even though no paper contract was signed, he had played games under the terms of that new contract. Legally by playing and accepting remunerations outlined in the verbal agreement he was deemed to have accepted the contract and was now bound by it. I will stand being corrected on this but it’s how I recall the events. I don't know the Cooke incident, but the bit highlighted essentially sums up acceptance by performance. Contract formed. "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wollo Wollo Wayoo Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Mark S said: Probably saw the state of Belle Vue and thought, ‘nah, I will stick to Perpignan’. Noting against Wakefield as a city, but their ground is a joke. 7 hours ago, Dallas Mead said: Wakefield in the wind and rain or the south of France in the sunshine. Tricky one that like 6 hours ago, ShropshireBull said: With a duff ground, with a relegation battle versus a club who are now an established big 6 side. Get that ground sorted then players might be more attracted. Have any of you actually read the report before posting this irrelevant drivel? All these issues were there when he agreed the transfer whilst Chester was in charge. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me. Wakefield Trinity RLFC 2012 - 2014 "The wasted years" 2013, 2014 & 2015 Official Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's left foot. 2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance 2019 - The Return of the Prodigal Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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