trail wrote:
echappist wrote:
Agents usually take a cut of transfer fees. One wonders if that’s what motivated F Cancellara (Hirschi’s agent).
Maybe. But the way those articles are worded, it sounds like it was a straight contract termination, not a buy-out or transfer.
It could be possible there's some sort of non-disclosure agreement for some time period, I guess, though.
what I don't understand is why DSM would want terms of the buy-out to be subject to a NDA. Right now, with how things are phrased, it makes DSM look like a patsy. Disgruntled rider wants to leave, and team grants his wishes. That would moot the whole purpose of a contract.
And it's not like DSM doesn't hold leverage in this. Were DSM not receptive to this, Hirschi would need to stay another year. Of course, Hirschi could tank his performance while still getting paid, but he's also tanking his own market value in the process.