On Jackson, are you sure money didn't play even a small part?
How much were we offering? Perhaps 700k or 750k, given the limited cap space we had at the time.
Meanwhile Freo comes and offers 1 million a year to a 3rd year player.
He had the choice to become the heir to Max Gawn but said, nah I'll take the money please.
He could have made a similar amount of money with us, if he was willing to wait for his time in 2 or 3 years down the road.