Dustin Martin

[taztiger4]

Depends if the paperwork for retirement has been submitted to the AFL.

Expect he is still on Richmond's books and Richmond possibly may still have final payments to be paid Martin.

regardless, he is on our list until list lodgement submisions whenever the 1st one is

 

[Smoking Aces]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834450597250302386

 

[mb64]

im giving up footy if this comes to fruition,

which I can't see how it possibly can

It can happen very easily, Dusty is a free agent

 

[rioli82]

Have to play hard ball on Rioli now. Dimma can GAGF

 

[Leysy Days]

this is extraordinary, cynical at best, bullcrap.

read Daniel Lloyd Brisbane MSD. you can't retire and play the following year. the year after yes.

if you could retire and walk and play for whoever you wanted, the whole system falls apart.

you have to sit out a full year

every journo who propagates this story in any form, without referring to it being against AFL rules,

is a useless, cynical, incompetent *smile*

and its dusty reputation.

*smile* them

To Leysy's thinking The retirement clause would only come into effect once the player was delisted (due to retirement).

They could then un-retire themselves and be available in one of the drafts - national, mid-season etc. Which like Lloyd, the AFL has blocked.

As that timeline hasn't occurred yet and until Oct 31 he is still contracted to Richmond, that doesn't come into effect.

Ergo - He can sign with another club as a free agent. Same as anyone else.

 

[mad_tiggy911]

I think we can all start penning our apologies to Schwatter.

 

[eZyT]

Sounds like none of them know the rule

even if they dont know the rule,

wouldn't they just run a headline below saying

'$hai Bolton retires effective immediately'

then run

"$hai Bolton in talks with Fremantle'

this simply can't happen, or the game is actually finished

 

[Teckor]

even if they dont know the rule,

wouldn't they just run a headline below saying

'$hai Bolton retires effective immediately'

then run

"$hai Bolton in talks with Fremantle'

this simply can't happen, or the game is actually finished

But Martin is OOC as of October 31.

 

[eZyT]

To Leysy's thinking The retirement clause would only come into effect once the player was delisted (due to retirement).

They could then un-retire themselves and be available in one of the drafts - national, mid-season etc. Which like Lloyd, the AFL has blocked.

As that timeline hasn't occurred yet and until Oct 31 he is still contracted to Richmond, that doesn't come into effect.

Ergo - He can sign with another club as a free agent. Same as anyone else.

maybe.

but if that happens, it would be the shittest thing ive ever seen,

and im finding a new pastime

 

[zgod]

After the exit and what was said etc. this would be a dagger to the heart

 

[Scoop]

2 or 3 flags were enough achievement for the relevant players. Nothing more to gain. Look elsewhere. Only the kids will build with a new coach now. Loyalty doesn't exist anymore except for a very few like Broad and Dion.

You cannot brush off what is happening now, our next generation of leaders and our best player (Shai not Dusty)all cleared out.

Putting your head in the sand doesn't make it ok. If it was a corporate business having this amount of top level staff leaving there would be conversations as to why and that's what we need to do.

 

[Ridley]

I think we can all start penning our apologies to Schwatter.

He will be grinning like a Cheshire cat.

 

[eZyT]

But Martin is OOC as of October 31.

even so, its simply too utterly *smile* to be true.

this is dusty.

as if he would cry and say he loves us, and double back and play for those *smile*?

nuh

 

[Redford]

To Leysy's thinking The retirement clause would only come into effect once the player was delisted (due to retirement).

They could then un-retire themselves and be available in one of the drafts - national, mid-season etc. Which like Lloyd, the AFL has blocked.

As that timeline hasn't occurred yet and until Oct 31 he is still contracted to Richmond, that doesn't come into effect.

Ergo - He can sign with another club as a free agent. Same as anyone else.

Yeah. And you'd have to think that Merkin and Martin would know the rules.

 

[Ridley]

even so, its simply too utterly *smile* to be true.

this is dusty.

as if he would cry and say he loves us, and double back and play for those *smile*?

nuh

I don't have that much faith in human nature. I hope Dusty remains true to his word and stops my faith falling either further.

 

[Leysy Days]

He will be grinning like a Cheshire cat.

Yep. Schwarz was right all along.

 

[eZyT]

After the exit and what was said etc. this would be a dagger to the heart

yes, and as if dusty would do that?

he will have either had a coffee with dimma his mate,

or they are talking about him being like cotchys gig at Brisbane

and these parasite *smile* 'journos' who are on the tit and dont give a *smile* about the game

are pretending otherwise to sell whatever the *smile* it is they sell

a curse on them all and all their families

 

[nqtiger]

Hardwick should have been sacked after the 2020 flag that’s my take on this

 

[Leysy Days]

Whether he plays or not. He wants to, or is at least considering it.

This one hurts.

 

[eZyT]

Yep. Schwarz was right all along.

no *smile* way.