Lovett Settled..all finished

saintsRrising · Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:39pm

Matter settled.

Just announced on SEN that confidential agreement has been reached.
Great news. All parties can now move on.

saintsRrising · Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:40pm

The club can now move on

saintsRrising · Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:42pm

AFL were involved in brokering the deal.

Given the legal fees raked up one can guess that it must haveen appreciable.

rodgerfox · Post: # 940204Post **rodgerfox** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:45pm

Why is this good?

For Lovett it's probably good. Not sure how it's good for the club.

Solar · Post: # 940207Post **Solar** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:48pm

agree with RF, would be very upset if the guy got a good payout from the coffers... I'm hoping the AFL help with this as it's bulls***. The AFLPA and lovett have screwed us over big time IMO

Dr Spaceman · Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:48pm

Lovett played as many games for St. Kilda as I did!

Stop calling him a former saint!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/f ... 5878541301

realdeal · Post: # 940212Post **realdeal** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:51pm

The only reason its good for us is that he can now F%&# off.

I was really excited when he joined us and we could still use him in our team but he shouldn't be walking away with anything more than a year salary paid to him... and be lucky he's getting that.

rodgerfox · Post: # 940215Post **rodgerfox** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:52pm

realdeal wrote:The only reason its good for us is that he can now F%&# off.

I was really excited when he joined us and we could still use him in our team but he shouldn't be walking away with anything more than a year salary paid to him... and be lucky he's getting that.

Who's 'we'?

The only people with any interest in Lovett in regards to the Saints, would surely be the lawyers.

saintsRrising · Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:53pm

Solar wrote:agree with RF, would be very upset if the guy got a good payout from the coffers... I'm hoping the AFL help with this as it's bulls***. The AFLPA and lovett have screwed us over big time IMO

Sometimes you just have to cut your losses.

It "good" because it is resolved and so both parties can move on.

Look at all the marriages that end in divorce and where both parties refuse to move on.
Yes this will have cost $$$$$$$$$$$. But it would have continued to have cost $$$$ in legal fees even if we had fought it out and not had to pay anything more directly to Lovett.

We can now move on...and remember that Lovett is most likely to be in a rape trial. While this will still most likely involve St Kilda players it will be for the prosecution.

Very fortunately as it turn out he did mnot play 1 game for the club and so Westaway does not have to present him with a commemorative jumper!!!!!!!

Hopefully too the media will move to calling him an ex-Essendon player...

saintbrat · Post: # 940219Post **saintbrat** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:56pm

http://www.saints.com.au/season2010/new ... fault.aspx
St Kilda Media Statement
4:13 PM Fri 11 June, 2010

St Kilda Football Club and Andrew Lovett can confirm that they have reached a confidential settlement of the disputes relating to Andrewâ€™s employment with St Kilda and all associated legal proceedings.

This now ends all matters between St Kilda Football Club and Andrew Lovett. This settlement has been welcomed by the AFL and the AFLPA, who both assisted the parties to reach this resolution and the parties thank them for their involvement.

Given that the terms of the settlement are confidential, no party is legally permitted to make any further comment and accordingly none of the parties will be answering questions or commenting on this matter.for saints.com.au

Saint Bev · Post: # 940220Post **Saint Bev** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:56pm

Thats good news, thank goodness its over. Hope he stayes in WA as far away from us as possible.

Quixote · Post: # 940226Post **Quixote** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 6:04pm

I would have thought it were Lovett's camp pushing for the resolution. His legal fees were killing him. We were quite happy drawing it out. Helps the Vice Prez was on the case.

Thank bloody God let's never think about or talk about that ever again.

kosifantutti23 · Fri 11 Jun 2010 6:11pm

rodgerfox wrote:Why is this good?

For Lovett it's probably good. Not sure how it's good for the club.

It would be much better if this could drag on for another year

Enrico_Misso · Fri 11 Jun 2010 6:25pm

I would be very disappointed if we have paid this prick any more than a fraction of the first year salary he was going to be paid.
(Should have paid him pro-rate up to Xmas eve - no more).

GOOD RIDDANCE

suss · Post: # 940246Post **suss** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 6:33pm

It's not quite over yet for some players, but it's good to see the commercial side of it done.

I wonder what will be done with the gap left under the salary cap. Will we use the dough to retain players or chase new talent come trade time? It could be interesting, given he was on big coin.

desertsaint · Fri 11 Jun 2010 6:53pm

our mistake - mistakes cost money - now we've cleaned up the mess we can leave it in the past.

markp · Post: # 940263Post **markp** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:12pm

Good... and if it's any consolation to anyone, he probably wont have a penny left when all this is done and dusted.

dcstkfc · Post: # 940264Post **dcstkfc** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:13pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:Lovett played as many games for St. Kilda as I did!

Stop calling him a former saint!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/f ... 5878541301

I was sure I remembered you playing on the half-back flank one day at Waverely...

starsign · Post: # 940265Post **starsign** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:15pm

Just guessing , but my take is ...
I recon we would have come out of it not too badly considering our blunder in signing him in the first place ( though our due diligence seems to have been hoodwinked by the Bummers in the washup)
We possibly wouldn't have been in as great a hurry to resolve it c/f Lovett
and i would think he took our basic offer of G300 in desperation
fool if he didn't 'cos we were holding the cards and the longer it dragged on he seemed to have more to lose than us

anyway good on the club for again taking a hard line
and yes for hell's sake.... he really can't go down in any history/record /whatever as a St Kilda PLAYER as such other than we signed him ( like quite a few others no doubt who never pulled on our jumper)

doggerel · Post: # 940269Post **doggerel** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:22pm

I doubt Lovett would have settled for $300k at this stage. My guess is $500k. At that price both parties could walk away and think they could have done worse.

starsign · Post: # 940272Post **starsign** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:36pm

doggerel wrote:I doubt Lovett would have settled for $300k at this stage. My guess is $500k. At that price both parties could walk away and think they could have done worse.

Yeah you probably right and I'm only guessing with a bit of wishful thinking and I'd be peedoff if the club settled for more than that to the plick!

saintspremiers · Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:41pm

markp wrote:Good... and if it's any consolation to anyone, he probably wont have a penny left when all this is done and dusted.

Yep, he's a d**khead who may well end up in Jail, hardly worth the effort!

SainterK · Post: # 940277Post **SainterK** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:52pm

Do the players still have to give evidence at the trial though? It's not really 'over' for the club until that is completed...

BelfastSaint · Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:56pm

Was listenening to the radio on the way home tonight and it was mentioned the settlement figure was believed to be between 200 - 300 000 dollars ....
Was also mentioned that this episode is far from finished as there could be a hearing around finals time where up to 5 Saints could be called to the witness stand re the rape charge ......

Saintsfan · Post: # 940279Post **Saintsfan** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 7:59pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:Lovett played as many games for St. Kilda as I did!

Stop calling him a former saint!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/f ... 5878541301

Don't worry, there is still time