Cam McCarthy goes home

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Cam McCarthy goes home

Personally, I just feel for the kid. And he's a kid. He's obviously struggling with something and that should be the end of it. Naval gazing at what Cam or GWS did or didn't do in a critical sense is just irrelevant and borderline insensitive. First and foremost he's a human struggling with something big enough to stop him from doing his dream job. Creating and/or apportioning blame is a futile act in this instance as it was with Mitch Clark requesting a trade. I hope the kid bounces back and reaches his potential, because he's got a heap of it.

[GVGjr]

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He is like any other person who needs to handle the challenges life presents. He has been given time to address whatever challenge he has. I wish him well but on face value homesickness isn't a massive problem when you are at home.

[F'scary]

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McCarthy must be really homesick, he has just walked away from a number preceded by $ sign and followed by 5 zeros.

[Twodogs]

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I genuinely hope all their players have reason to head home soon.

GWS can pack up and bugger off as far as I am concerned. A complete waste of time and money.

[ledge]

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I don't get homesickness .. It's only 3 years and can set you up for life. At 21 you could own a house, let the contract run out and let your manager sort out a deal in your last year to go to what state you want.
It's not like its forever 3 years is not much.

[Greystache]

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He is like any other person who needs to handle the challenges life presents. He has been given time to address whatever challenge he has. I wish him well but on face value homesickness isn't a massive problem when you are at home.

I imagine he'll expect to be paid while not training or playing as well.

[bulldogtragic]

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I don't get homesickness .. It's only 3 years and can set you up for life. At 21 you could own a house, let the contract run out and let your manager sort out a deal in your last year to go to what state you want.
It's not like its forever 3 years is not much.

I don't get it either, but I think that's the point, we don't understand it. I still remember two seperate cases, one my uncle and another a former brother in law. They both saved mega bucks to have the ultimate holidays one in America 20 years ago, the other Europe about 10 years ago and both for about a month or so. They both came home after about less than half the trip, despite everything being non refundable and doing the stuff they'd been dreaming of for a long, long time. They couldn't really explain the emotions or why the impulse and frantic need to get home was going against money sense, life experience sense etc, suffice to say it was causing real mental harm they were trying to stop, but could only really describe it as home sickness.

I can only guess there's something upsetting his balance and well being as that's what the media are reporting. There's so many logical reasons put up in the thread, but sometimes apparent reasoning is not enough if you're unwell.

[bulldogtragic]

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I imagine he'll expect to be paid while not training or playing as well.

Is he entitled to sick leave and/or annual leave until it is used up? Serious question as I assume footballers are entitled to it, but I've no idea.

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Is he entitled to sick leave and/or annual leave until it is used up? Serious question as I assume footballers are entitled to it, but I've no idea.

Having never read an AFL player's contract I have absolutely no idea but one would assume that once any annual leave entitlements were used up any further leave would be without pay.

[bulldogtragic]

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Having never read an AFL player's contract I have absolutely no idea but one would assume that once any annual leave entitlements were used up any further leave would be without pay.

Or discretionary. Larger EBAs like police, fire and ambos allow for discretionary additional sick leave. Without reading the AFLPAs EBA I'd guess that might be in there. Mind you if I was GWS, I'd probably extend it if I thought there was a chance the compassion might be repaid in kind.

[Greystache]

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Is he entitled to sick leave and/or annual leave until it is used up? Serious question as I assume footballers are entitled to it, but I've no idea.

Given they've just come back from 8 weeks leave I don't see how he could have any available. As for sick leave, assuming they're generous, he would get perhaps 2 weeks paid until that ran out.

I'm wondering if he just expects to be paid regardless of whether he lives up to his end of his contract, following which he'll just walk to the club of his choice for more money again? Seems like a lot of these young players feel like they're owed a living regardless of what they give back.

[Twodogs]

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Work over payments maybe! It's his employment far from home that has caused his acute Homesickness necessitating his return to WA and his inability to continue his employment.

[bulldogtragic]

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Work over payments maybe! It's his employment far from home that has caused his acute Homesickness necessitating his return to WA and his inability to continue his employment.

I was actually going to say that but I don't know much of the NSW system and didn't want to pour petrol on the thread. But he could do a lot worse than pay an expert personal injury lawyer to submit a work cover claim and see how he goes.

[1eyedog]

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Sunshine will be playing for a W.A team next year no two ways about it. Whether and for how long he plays at GWS this season is anyone's guess.

[jeemak]

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It was a point lamented by AFL House. The early draft picks were supposed to be balanced between trades and drafting, but they were weighted towards the latter.

I still don't get how AFL clubs set up and controlled by the AFL could ride rough shod over that process and leave the expansion teams in such a mess.

But that's the AFL I guess. Small town and hick thinking is how they role.