You see there are a number of things that made $BW's dog walk-out even more bad than just face value.
November 2007: Willie Mason leaves the Bulldogs after mutual agreement. Mason and SBW were both the cult heroes at Belmore and both were out marquee players. We shred a lot of player to allow us to keep both of them at Belmore.
What a lot of people don't know is that Sonny-Bill Williams said to the club there wasn't enough room in Belmore for both him and Mason and have the clb the ultimatum. Once Mason left, $BW demanded more money for his services, and essentially asked the club to top-up his salary with what was remaining from Mason's contact. The club told him no.
February 2008: $BW has interviews with multiple outlets expressing his views on the Willie Mason saga. He said that Willie turned his back on the club, however did not go on to say that $BW himself was advocating for Mason to go so he could get more money. He also says that his respect for Mason had diminished.
July 2008: $BW does the dirty on us all because he did not get paid Willie Mason's salary on top of his own.
August 2008: $BW has an interview with Danny Weedler and says that Folkes treats players like sheep, and says players such as Kane Cleal, who were 1 game short of receiving a bonus, missed out on a lot of money. $BW conveniently leaves out mentioning the fact that KC did not fulfil a contract obligation of playing the number of games outlined in his contract.
Steve Folkes fires back saying "Do sheep get paid $500,000 per year?" (on ya Folkesey)!
March 2013: The ultimate betrayal is complete with $BW signing for the Roosters simply to get back at the Bulldogs.
