If you think that he was on $250,000 a year in the NRL then it is obvious that it is you who are the fool.

I was talking pounds. He was on around $500k, he is now on 500k pounds. He has doubled his salary, that is why he has gone to union.

if it was about money Sam would've earnt more in France, he joined an English club because he wants to play for England RU. International RL can't service his ambitions.

Neither will international RU.

It was the lure of that quality home ground he is now playing in. How could Sydney Olympic stadium compete lol.

Wow this is a long thread. Was his debut 61 pages good?

I think those saying he has solely gone for the money are a bit wide of the mark, for you as an individual that might be the case but how can you honestly say without doubt that that is the case for Burgess?
have you thought that actually people like challenges, to have new experiences when those chances come along, to better yourself (not in a pure rugby sense because that just isn't happening).
Not only does he get a nice big salary he surely knew that the toll on his body wasn't going to be anything like that in RL as many have said it'll be a good rest for him by comparison.
And one of the big perks is being able to see family members & friends whom are UK based a darn sight easier than being in Oz for 10 months of the year, certainly not a deal breaker but it's another small aspect that adds to the reasoning on the plus side.
Whatever his reasons those being critical is reflective of them as a person, you don't need to understand his motives because frankly it isn't any of your business. I watch a bit of union to catch the scores, see who's doing anything special but can't manage more than the edited highlights because for the most part it's w'nk to watch, if Burgess is playing union so what, good luck to him.

I'm not sure. I think it needs more discussion.

If only someone could divert the discussion to a completely different argument, perhaps accompanied by a couple of ridiculous and selective maps along with paragraphs of irrelevant bluster and strings of emoticons.
That should put an end to the thread.

With unnecessary personal insults for anyone who shows the slightest dissent?

That's the one! It's a sure-fire way to end decent discussion even if the thread continues.

Where is Gutterfax when you need him, to divert it to an attendance discussion.

his talent was diminshed but his gut certainly wasnt. Signing Harris ultimatley led to the demise of bradford, it was a disaster finacially and srom a sporting perspective

I'm not sure, Henry Paul was pretty gash, as was Del Sailor.

Actually it is Important to know, so the NRL and SL can decide if they need to do something about it in the future.i suspect the prospect of taking his annual earning from $500k to $1million was the major factor.im sure the World Cup and possible Olympics was probably the carrot they dangled to get the deal over the line but without the significant salary increase would he have gone? Very unlikely. So why is it important to know this? Well if the nrl wants to keep its star attractions and continue to raise it's profile the media darlings like burgess are critical. If it is just about money the nrl has truck loads of it ($50mill profit last year) and can decide if it wants to invest some of that in keeping stars in the competition.

Yes he has gone but should we care? Too right we should, Rl is the poorer for it.

Actually no it isn't except maybe to potentential employers and their sports' organisations, to fans on here it is totally irrelevant and my point was the apparent critisism/finger pointing at Burgess re his decisions is unjustified 'talk' with no basis of fact unless forum members have spoken to Burgess direct and asked him for an honest opinion as to why. Some on here seem keen to roject that he has gone to RU purely for the cash, even if he has it's none of their business.

Henry Paul was class when he played at London.

Gutterfax got banned for swearing unnecessarily at someone once too often. He came back as Enigmatic, same old tosh he spouts though.

Looks like he's gone on holiday with his mate Galiant. Weird how they've both done one at the same time.

I last posted on Sunday, 5 days must be a long time in your world

Eh? Who said it was a long time.

GF or E-nigma or whatever he calls himself these days also posted last about 5 days ago. It's a funny old world intit.

Has this thread passed the Hitler stage yet???/

If the regularity of my posting humours you, you really should get out more.

burgess (anyone remember him?) was taken off after 55 mins tonight in what looks like a dreadful game against sale. he'll be back in league next season





deepest apologies for getting the thread back on track - it won't happen again

No one really cares