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Cheslin "My Lani" Kolbe Snubs Stormers R55 million offer

Started by kingcorn8 REPLIES1,579 VIEWS· 21 Aug 2022, 20:20
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KI
kingcornPro3,695 posts
21 Aug 2022, 20:20
#1
21 Aug 2022, 20:20#1

So Cheslin turned the biggest contract in South African history. Well what I know of. Sighting that Cape Town is to dangerous and his fearing for his family safety, but his family still lives in Kraaifontein. 


I'm from the Cape and Kraaifontein doesn't come close to grassy park or Mitchels plain. Kraaifontein is actually a really nice as I had some cousins that lived there. 


He would have gotten R11 mil a season for 5 years  Probably halve what is getting right now, but not sure how long. 


FYI, my Lani is a cape coloured term for white people. 


Howzit my Lani , meaning you are rich . 



TH
TheTraditionalistPro4,003 posts
21 Aug 2022, 20:41
#2
21 Aug 2022, 20:41#2

Greed.

SA rugby players have no love for their country. They are mercenaries.

This rugby player is a SA rugby player and therefore greedy as greedy can be.

He has already a history of chasing the buck. He forced a release from his previous club to get a fatter check pay on preposterous grounds like rugby players' careers are short and he had to make money and money.

This lack of argument would not have worked in empoverished SA. They would quickly notice that this contract offer alone is worth several  lifetime work.

The safety concern is nothing but a story.

Guy gets a fat check, SA rugby clubs can not compete. He has no backbone telling he prefers a fat check rather than playing for one of his country's clubs.

End.



CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
21 Aug 2022, 22:01
#3
21 Aug 2022, 22:01#3

There is no such thing as loyalty between an employer and his employee. 

Why should an employee show loyalty to those who would discard him without a second thought once they were done with him?

This is an professional sport. The players have a limited time to make as much money as they can to secure their future.

Anyone who doesn't take it is a fool.

It has nothing to do with greed. 

Good luck to Kolbe and his family.



AJ
AJHPro3,183 posts
22 Aug 2022, 00:19
#4
22 Aug 2022, 00:19#4

Agree.

I think he had concerns about the WP Rugby being able to pay him that amount of money for the full term of his contract.

Anyway both he and his family are far better of financially and personally overseas.

Cannot blame the man.

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,227 posts
22 Aug 2022, 01:03
#5
22 Aug 2022, 01:03#5
I read that he might play for the Sharks after the world cup in 2024.
Although nowadays, Durban is probably less safe than Capetown?
The same company that acquired the Sharks did not feel they could trust the Stormers as most of the back office staff were stealing the team's salaries.
KI
kingcornPro3,695 posts
22 Aug 2022, 12:57
#6
22 Aug 2022, 12:57#6

Ja, their are rumours that ROC nation is behind the move. That said, I'm conflicted because I would love to have all our global stars playing for the Stormers but when they were with us the Stormers didn't accomplish anything. That said, the were youngsters. 

But the Stormers won the URC with no name players and discards. Libok, Roos, Dyamani. Even 37 year old Brock Harris was able to contribute. 

Think next year will be tougher with 4 European games added and not to mention the run to the finals.

Leinster left points on the table, they were also drained from playing finals rugby. 

TH
TheTraditionalistPro4,003 posts
22 Aug 2022, 19:19
#7
22 Aug 2022, 19:19#7

There is no such thing as loyalty between an employer and his employee.

The new kind of breed, so called patriots who desperately try to sell the  idea that loyalty goes to the highest of the bidders.

A contract though is binding first and foremost to oneself. It is a written evidence of a commitment taken to oneself and not only to another party.

There is no difference in this regard between an employer and an employee. Their loyalty is measured the same.

Loyalty always is measured in cost: loyalty is a cost that one is ready to endure to remain an entire human being.

This SA rugby player is a SA rugby player through and through. He is duplicious.

He is greedy and does not accept himself as greedy.

He could have told in both cases that he loved the money and could not be bothered in his choice for lucrative offers.

Nope, in both cases, he failed to be loyal to himself, he had to spin tales, invent stories.

The anthem tells a lot: Other teams's players  ooze respect, passion, pride, love for their country.

Nothing like that from SA rugby players: it may even be felt they wished they could have been born in another country.

They are guns for hire, sellswords, mercenaries... The product of a country that have been set the path of selling out for decades, if not a century.

SA rugby players lack the natural attachment that exists between people and their land.

They are a product of globalistic schemes, with no roots, no heart, no soul. Only greed to govern them, always to prone to sell themselves out to the first who pays one cent more.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
22 Aug 2022, 21:50
#8
22 Aug 2022, 21:50#8

Waffle Waffle BS Bad ...ja, ja we get it...you're a hate filled bigot...

TH
TheTraditionalistPro4,003 posts
23 Aug 2022, 12:57
#9
23 Aug 2022, 12:57#9

The hate thing, again.

Nothing in store.

Kolmanskop incoming. Depleters deplete.

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