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Breakers to face fines over CJ/ Boucher signings?

Not sure what you mean Isaac, please explain. I don't think NZ has broken any rules when you consider these 2 players belonged to no club at all until a new buyer was found. A new buyer was not inevitable, it was just a possibility. What was CJ & Boucher supposed to wait for, or any other player for that matter. It was already past the 2 weeks since Finals, the clubs were all actively seeking free agents and they were supposed to just wait there and make themselves available for a club that may have folded. Trying to keep them to the their contracts was only for the benefit of finding a new buyer because it was more attractive for them to buy a team with a package of top Australian players. It made no consideration at all for what might have become of the players if there was no sale.

You would think that if these players were still under contract, the amount they are to be paid would have formed part of the original contract they signed and would see them through to the end of the contract. With the new owners offering less money, then that is a breach of contract. However, if the "unofficial" contract was above the salary cap and not the one reported to the NBL, then there is a problem. I think the club has got more to lose than the players because if the players fought it hard enough, they could use that information to implicate the Bullets. The Bullets should let them go, and start with a clean slate and build from there. After all, the sale of the club and the introduction of the new owners have changed the conditions under which these players signed whether it complied with NBL rules or not.