When will Gary tell us he is going to The Suns?

[Mr Crow!]

The Sky News story is 2hrs more recent that the HUN.

 

[Marns]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ablett-torn-about-move-north/story-e6frf8w6-1225925787601

I wouldn't trust Pickers as far as I could throw him.

 

[Altum Volantes]

"I'm taking my talents to the Gold Coast"

I think "I'm taking my talents to Southport" works better.

 

[shoe]

Agreed. Wikipedia defines 'Aussies Rules' as: a variant of football played outdoors between two teams of 18 players, plus four interchange players, on large oval-shaped grass fields (often modified cricket fields), with a ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid.The game is commonly referred to as football, Aussie rules or (colloquially) as footy.

Clearly, the actions being taken by Gary Ablett Jr and his management are indeed "not footy". They seem to be much more 'like contract negotiations'. Wisegeek.com defines 'contract negotiations' as: "any discussion, either in person or through electronic means, that has as its primary goal to come to a written agreement concerning a business matter...the term most often applies to labor contracts"

One famous example of contract negotiation in football was in 2002, when Essendon player Aaron Henneman had a long negotiation process in a bid to get a higher wage. AFL players will often use contract negotiations to get a higher wage due to the relative short-time one spends playing professional football. In Henneman's case his negotiation process, while taking several weeks, did indeed lead to a wage increase.

Gary Ablett's motivations for his long contract negotiation process may be similar, but other factors are involved in a contract negotiation, such as lifestyle and success.

Ohhh much love for this post

 

[Smokeyr67]

Nah, he wants Oakshott to do it for him

Christ no - It'll take him forty minutes of whining about how hard the decision was before he reaches the "and the winner is" stage

 

[gbatman]

if he wasn't going he would have announced it ages ago. He's waited as not to effect Geelong's season adn perhaps he's waiting as not to effect the AFL season. Will probably announce he is going to the GC next week IMO. I believe it's a good thing for the Cats as they are on the decline, have to rebuild and when you allow a player to retire at your club you get nothing for them and Geelong might get a couple of good kids out of this to get their rebuild started.