Can Moltzen Be Trusted?

So the latest saga in the Tim Moltzen case is he has said he will sit out the 2012 season if he is forced to play with the St George Dragons.

Moltzen might have to get used to being lonely

There are that many holes in Tim Moltzen's case it is hard to believe anything that comes out of his mouth now.  He says he does not want to play with St George yet they have a contract with his name signed at the bottom.   Hardly something you would do if you did not want to play the Dragons.  Moltzen knowingly signed this contract whilst being still under contract worth the Tigers and obviously thought the Tigers would release him once he signed with another club.  Looks like he got that one wrong. I also find it hard that his agent is standing up for Moltzen and saying he should be able to honour his current contract with the Tigers, but isn't it the agent that would have organised his contract with the Dragons?  Surely something in this whole saga is not quite right.  Maybe the agent should be looked into in regards to what payments he has received from either party in relation to the two contracts.

This issue is something that is not new to league and will happen again but everytime it happens a firm stance needs to be taken.  In this case maybe a fair outcome is that Moltzen is punished for his actions and made to sit out a suspension.  I am not talking a whole season but maybe a few weeks on the sideline will make him ensure his next deal is more above board.

In the past we have seen Gordon Tallis sit out a whole year when St George would not release him so he could  sign with the Brisbane Broncos.  That was during the Super League era and is a whole other talking point but Tallis had offered to buy out the final year of the contract, when the court ruled he had to stay with St George he did what he felt he had to do.  Recently we have seen Steve Turner sign a contract with Gold Coast only to decide later that he didn't really want to leave Melbourne and refused to go.  In the end this cost Melbourne two players in order to keep him.  Wonder how those two players feel about that now? 

Why do players think that they can just do what they want and later think they can change their mind?  It is time players and managers/agents alike were held accountable.  Can the Tigers really think they are going to get loyal service from Moltzen over the last twelve months of his career.  There is no giarantee he will stay with them.  If he signs a contract will he ever be believed that he will go through an honour it.  Tim Moltzen has made a fool of himself and now the NRL should make an example of him.