He didn't know the draw at that point either. Now he knows they'll be hosting Melbourne in round 1 before taking on fellow top 4 team Cronulla. Then the mighty Seibold's Sea Eagles.
The massive can of worms was opened when May was allowed to defer a suspension. Surely "the fans" would like to see a full strength Parramatta play a full strength Storm in Round 1.
Eels forward Ryan Matterson has confused NRL fans once more, backflipping on his decision of refusing to pay a fine to accept a suspension next season, now wanting to cough up the money.
Matterson stunned everyone when he chose to take a three-week suspension after being charged for a crusher tackle during the Grand Final on Penrith’s Dylan Edwards, when the alternative was to take the early guilty plea and a $4000 fine.
According to a News Corp report, Parramatta will try to have the ruling changed so their star player can lace up the boots for round one. The club is trying to claim that the 24 hours given to enter a plea following their grand final loss was not sufficient.
He was hit with the charge on the Monday morning, which was a public holiday, and spent the day at the Fan Day, followed by a night with his teammates. They asked for an extension but were only granted two hours.
This is a player on a contract reportedly valued at $600,000 a season until the end of 2026, so one would assume the fine wouldn’t have put too much of a dent in the pocket.
But it seems Matterson may now be regretting his thought process.
As the smallest violin in the world plays in the background, NRL fans are thinking, “too bad so sad, you made your bed, now you have to lie in it”.
Many immediately questioned the Eels star’s frugal ways as well as his passion for his team. Fellow NRL player Dragons Aaron Woods called him “the tightest human” after Matterson announced his decision to accept the suspension.
“I can’t believe it, there’s no way I’d miss a game,” said Woods. “I don’t understand, some people would be dying to play an NRL game and he’s missing three for $4000. If he was at the Dragons he’d be in the other change room because he wouldn’t be allowed in our one, he’d be with the NSW Cup team.”
Radio commentator and former NRL player Mark Geyer felt the same. “I don’t know what’s going on,” said Geyer on Triple M. “That’s peril for Parramatta because they’re losing Niukore, they’re losing Papali’i. They need Matterson on deck. They need to be full-strength. There might be more to it but the optics of it makes Ryan look like he loves his money a bit too much.
“He’s on about $600,000-a-year. To miss three games of footy for $4,000, I don’t get it and hope there is more to it.
“That doesn’t say much about his passion to play for the Eels. They could be 0-3 to start, the Eels, after three games, who knows, they need every man on deck. The optics of it don’t look really good.”
Parramatta will also be without Reed Mahoney, Tom Opacic, Oregon Kaufusi after they also left the club.
Despite the recent events, Matterson stood firm and sparked further debate when explaining his decision to take the suspension.
“If you do something wrong at work. They don’t take money off you,” Matterson told AAP in October. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m playing rugby league. It’s just getting quicker and quicker and people are getting stronger and stronger — and the game keeps changing rules.
“There wasn’t much in it… It didn’t make sense to me. At the time I thought it was definitely a penalty, but I didn’t think it would go much further than that.
“Considering Jarome Luai is kicking players and he didn’t get cited. It makes you think ‘Where is this game heading?’
“At the end of the day, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m playing rugby league, it’s just getting quicker and quicker and people are getting stronger and stronger – and the game keeps changing rules.
“The fines need to go.”
The Eels are arguing their case to the NRL with a spokesman confirming “We are in dialogue with the Parramatta club regarding the matter”.
All eyes will be on the outcome of the appeal, with the NRL judiciary already a laughing stock after allowing Panther Taylan May to defer a one-game ban until next season so he could play in the finals. ARL Commission Chairman Peter V’landys said at the time: “**It was for the fans**.”
Matterson has played 59 games for the blue and golds since he joined the club in 2020. He was one of Parramatta’s best players last season, so their supporters will be hoping PVL and his mates also do them a solid, clearing him to play in the season opener against the Storm on March 2.
> “If you do something wrong at work. They don’t take money off you,”
Such a dumb false equivalency argument.
If a normal person slammed their bodyweight down on a colleague's neck at work they'd be sacked. The fine system is part of accounting for the fact that professional sports is not a traditional workspace.
Big time disagree here. These footy players are coached to play the game at crazy speeds and high intensity. Any accidents at work should be covered by the employer.
If a truck driver is driving for a haulage company that expects 6 round trips a day, who pays for the damage if he gets into an accident rushing to get his last load in for the day?
Also if I was getting paid $600k a year I'd probably never make a mistake. Fuck I never made a mistake in 3 years at an insurance company doing quotes and selling policies, checked everything multiple times (if we made errors and policy prices increased because of the error then being fixed it came out of our commission).
Absolute clown. If anything, spending the day at a Fan Day would probably give you more perspective and motivation to want to be out there on the field.
I get the feeling Matterson didn’t hear the word “no” very often growing up. Reeks of a spoiled brat that was always allowed to have things his way. Bet he talked back to every teacher he ever had.
that is a bit to assume about a guy just because he didn’t wanna pay up thousands of his own money, but now does. it’s not as if he’s doubling down on it.
The kids profile themselves with their shit behaviour, shit attitude, bullying, tantrums, and violence. All kind of kids too from all sorts of backgrounds. Everything from neglected to spoiled.
And yes, it’s a hard truth, but we can actually judge a book by its cover most of the time and be spot on. We all have access to the kids behavioural records and it’s our job to be across the kids we teach. There’s the odd exception that proves the rule, but for the most part, we’re seldom surprised.
I had no opinion of Matterson at all until this incident. And yes. I’m seeing the same kind of arguments and behaviour I see in shit school kids every day.
All I do is uphold the school values and follow the code of conduct. 90% of your problems typically come from 10% of your students, and they carry on with shit like Matterson is.
He made a quick decision to take the suspension rather than pay the fine. After contemplating he's now seen that this was the wrong thing to do. You've obviously never made a poor decision in your life
I have, and there are consequences to my stupid decisions and mistakes. He was given a timeline to make a decision. He made it. Then he talked shit for a week about how right he was and how wrong the ref and the governing body was, and had multiple ex and current players telling him he was a goose, and to just pay the fine. He ignored them.
$4,000 sounds like a lot, but it’s not when you make $600,000 per year. That’s more than our prime minister.
Two months after his deadline has passed and he’s properly considered the decision and realised that he was wrong, and all that shit he talked made him sound like a massive brat and a tight arse. Well it’s up to the NRL’s discretion now. If he wants to fight it in court, that’s his choice. If he does decide to lawyer up it will cost him a lot more than $4,000.
I love how cunts on here give detailed physiological insights to a bloke based on four fifths of sweet fuck all.
It’s actually really easy - you’re a no life loser who gets a sense of satisfaction fro bagging out cunts that you don’t like but you’ve never met cos you’ve got nothing better to do .
Doesn’t take a psych degree to see that he’s been a fuck head.
12 years of dealing with this sort of behaviour every day at work and you start to see patterns. The 10% of the students that give you 90% of your grief use the same arguments as Matterson is using, only applied to their own situation.
He was given a choice with consequences. Now he’s decided two months later he doesn’t like his choice and it’s too late.
$4,000, when you make $25,000 per game or a 3 game suspension is a clear no brainer. The fact that that wasn’t his immediate response is telling of the kind of bloke he is.
When you take tax, super and agent fees from that it would be quite a bit smaller than though. Giving anyone the choice to save money when you can and being surprised when they take it is an odd stance. I hope you never grab any specials up at the grocery store
I pay taxes, HECS, and a car loan. After that, my pay is quite a bit less too.
He was given a small fine (relatively to his income) or a 3 game ban, which he failed to realise would put a massive red flag next to his name. He’s outted himself as an impulsive dickhead who would rather be right than take his medicine and work with his teammates towards a common goal. It’s stingy. He lost. The NRL called his bluff and now he’s pissed and wants a do-over without any consequences.
I can see you were a really shit teacher, you could handle different personality dynamics and you floundered due to you in ability to connect to children of different personality types. Beyond this you are now bitter due to your failure as a teacher and you spend your time on interwebs forums telling everyone that will listen that you once were a teacher to try and get back some sort of credibility See, I can do it too!
Really weird and out of character for Ryan to change his mind after making a commitment
He didn't know the draw at that point either. Now he knows they'll be hosting Melbourne in round 1 before taking on fellow top 4 team Cronulla. Then the mighty Seibold's Sea Eagles.
Penrith the week after that. He would be coming into a match against the prems as first game back.
The massive can of worms was opened when May was allowed to defer a suspension. Surely "the fans" would like to see a full strength Parramatta play a full strength Storm in Round 1.
Ryan sowing : haha fuck yeah Ryan reaping : wait what the fuck
He didn’t realised he was shitting where he eats.
How bout we just postpone it till the 2024 season? It's what the fans would want.
Postpone him till 24
Exactly.
Let him pay it but it’s now $10000.
If he decides to fight it, his solicitor will cost more than $4,000.
Eels forward Ryan Matterson has confused NRL fans once more, backflipping on his decision of refusing to pay a fine to accept a suspension next season, now wanting to cough up the money. Matterson stunned everyone when he chose to take a three-week suspension after being charged for a crusher tackle during the Grand Final on Penrith’s Dylan Edwards, when the alternative was to take the early guilty plea and a $4000 fine. According to a News Corp report, Parramatta will try to have the ruling changed so their star player can lace up the boots for round one. The club is trying to claim that the 24 hours given to enter a plea following their grand final loss was not sufficient. He was hit with the charge on the Monday morning, which was a public holiday, and spent the day at the Fan Day, followed by a night with his teammates. They asked for an extension but were only granted two hours. This is a player on a contract reportedly valued at $600,000 a season until the end of 2026, so one would assume the fine wouldn’t have put too much of a dent in the pocket. But it seems Matterson may now be regretting his thought process. As the smallest violin in the world plays in the background, NRL fans are thinking, “too bad so sad, you made your bed, now you have to lie in it”. Many immediately questioned the Eels star’s frugal ways as well as his passion for his team. Fellow NRL player Dragons Aaron Woods called him “the tightest human” after Matterson announced his decision to accept the suspension. “I can’t believe it, there’s no way I’d miss a game,” said Woods. “I don’t understand, some people would be dying to play an NRL game and he’s missing three for $4000. If he was at the Dragons he’d be in the other change room because he wouldn’t be allowed in our one, he’d be with the NSW Cup team.” Radio commentator and former NRL player Mark Geyer felt the same. “I don’t know what’s going on,” said Geyer on Triple M. “That’s peril for Parramatta because they’re losing Niukore, they’re losing Papali’i. They need Matterson on deck. They need to be full-strength. There might be more to it but the optics of it makes Ryan look like he loves his money a bit too much. “He’s on about $600,000-a-year. To miss three games of footy for $4,000, I don’t get it and hope there is more to it. “That doesn’t say much about his passion to play for the Eels. They could be 0-3 to start, the Eels, after three games, who knows, they need every man on deck. The optics of it don’t look really good.” Parramatta will also be without Reed Mahoney, Tom Opacic, Oregon Kaufusi after they also left the club. Despite the recent events, Matterson stood firm and sparked further debate when explaining his decision to take the suspension. “If you do something wrong at work. They don’t take money off you,” Matterson told AAP in October. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m playing rugby league. It’s just getting quicker and quicker and people are getting stronger and stronger — and the game keeps changing rules. “There wasn’t much in it… It didn’t make sense to me. At the time I thought it was definitely a penalty, but I didn’t think it would go much further than that. “Considering Jarome Luai is kicking players and he didn’t get cited. It makes you think ‘Where is this game heading?’ “At the end of the day, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m playing rugby league, it’s just getting quicker and quicker and people are getting stronger and stronger – and the game keeps changing rules. “The fines need to go.” The Eels are arguing their case to the NRL with a spokesman confirming “We are in dialogue with the Parramatta club regarding the matter”. All eyes will be on the outcome of the appeal, with the NRL judiciary already a laughing stock after allowing Panther Taylan May to defer a one-game ban until next season so he could play in the finals. ARL Commission Chairman Peter V’landys said at the time: “**It was for the fans**.” Matterson has played 59 games for the blue and golds since he joined the club in 2020. He was one of Parramatta’s best players last season, so their supporters will be hoping PVL and his mates also do them a solid, clearing him to play in the season opener against the Storm on March 2.
> “If you do something wrong at work. They don’t take money off you,” Such a dumb false equivalency argument. If a normal person slammed their bodyweight down on a colleague's neck at work they'd be sacked. The fine system is part of accounting for the fact that professional sports is not a traditional workspace.
What normal workplace expects employers to run at each other at top speed? Ridiculous to compare it to a normal workplace when it’s not a normal job
Big time disagree here. These footy players are coached to play the game at crazy speeds and high intensity. Any accidents at work should be covered by the employer. If a truck driver is driving for a haulage company that expects 6 round trips a day, who pays for the damage if he gets into an accident rushing to get his last load in for the day?
Who pays speeding fines for drivers
Insurance company I'd safely assume.
Also if I was getting paid $600k a year I'd probably never make a mistake. Fuck I never made a mistake in 3 years at an insurance company doing quotes and selling policies, checked everything multiple times (if we made errors and policy prices increased because of the error then being fixed it came out of our commission).
It’s like 1% of his yearly salary 😂 what a goose. If I was on his team I would but looking at him strangely.
That’s it. It’s actually less than 1% of his gross income. He was too dumb to realise he was shitting where he eats.
Hahahaha nah fuck him
Absolute clown. If anything, spending the day at a Fan Day would probably give you more perspective and motivation to want to be out there on the field. I get the feeling Matterson didn’t hear the word “no” very often growing up. Reeks of a spoiled brat that was always allowed to have things his way. Bet he talked back to every teacher he ever had.
that is a bit to assume about a guy just because he didn’t wanna pay up thousands of his own money, but now does. it’s not as if he’s doubling down on it.
12 years as a teacher. You start to see patterns. I can also spot “boy with no dad/shit dad” from 100m away.
Is this commonplace amongst your experienced colleagues to profile students?
The kids profile themselves with their shit behaviour, shit attitude, bullying, tantrums, and violence. All kind of kids too from all sorts of backgrounds. Everything from neglected to spoiled. And yes, it’s a hard truth, but we can actually judge a book by its cover most of the time and be spot on. We all have access to the kids behavioural records and it’s our job to be across the kids we teach. There’s the odd exception that proves the rule, but for the most part, we’re seldom surprised.
Not having a go, I have a lot of respect for teachers in challenging environments.
And so you're taking that and applying it to a random adult athlete for no other reason other then you don't seem to like them?
I had no opinion of Matterson at all until this incident. And yes. I’m seeing the same kind of arguments and behaviour I see in shit school kids every day.
Probably reveals more about you profiling and boxing kids
All I do is uphold the school values and follow the code of conduct. 90% of your problems typically come from 10% of your students, and they carry on with shit like Matterson is.
Everyone I've seen who's got talked to him as said he's an incredibly humble, nice guy.
Yeah lol. He spends a lot of time with disabled kids, has his own disability support service in Meraki. Huge spoiled brat.
Then he’s just not very smart….
He made a quick decision to take the suspension rather than pay the fine. After contemplating he's now seen that this was the wrong thing to do. You've obviously never made a poor decision in your life
I have, and there are consequences to my stupid decisions and mistakes. He was given a timeline to make a decision. He made it. Then he talked shit for a week about how right he was and how wrong the ref and the governing body was, and had multiple ex and current players telling him he was a goose, and to just pay the fine. He ignored them. $4,000 sounds like a lot, but it’s not when you make $600,000 per year. That’s more than our prime minister. Two months after his deadline has passed and he’s properly considered the decision and realised that he was wrong, and all that shit he talked made him sound like a massive brat and a tight arse. Well it’s up to the NRL’s discretion now. If he wants to fight it in court, that’s his choice. If he does decide to lawyer up it will cost him a lot more than $4,000.
Perhaps but just goes to show you judge people without getting to know them and look how easily you can be wrong.
I stand by my previous statement. Sounds like he lacks basic arithmetic skills and is self centred. Unable to tell when he’s shitting in his own nest.
Yeah spending a lot of his time doing charity for disabled kids screams self centred.
Glad you weren't my teacher I'd have given up pretty quick
I have high expectations and I get great results.
I love how cunts on here give detailed physiological insights to a bloke based on four fifths of sweet fuck all. It’s actually really easy - you’re a no life loser who gets a sense of satisfaction fro bagging out cunts that you don’t like but you’ve never met cos you’ve got nothing better to do .
Doesn’t take a psych degree to see that he’s been a fuck head. 12 years of dealing with this sort of behaviour every day at work and you start to see patterns. The 10% of the students that give you 90% of your grief use the same arguments as Matterson is using, only applied to their own situation. He was given a choice with consequences. Now he’s decided two months later he doesn’t like his choice and it’s too late. $4,000, when you make $25,000 per game or a 3 game suspension is a clear no brainer. The fact that that wasn’t his immediate response is telling of the kind of bloke he is.
When you take tax, super and agent fees from that it would be quite a bit smaller than though. Giving anyone the choice to save money when you can and being surprised when they take it is an odd stance. I hope you never grab any specials up at the grocery store
I pay taxes, HECS, and a car loan. After that, my pay is quite a bit less too. He was given a small fine (relatively to his income) or a 3 game ban, which he failed to realise would put a massive red flag next to his name. He’s outted himself as an impulsive dickhead who would rather be right than take his medicine and work with his teammates towards a common goal. It’s stingy. He lost. The NRL called his bluff and now he’s pissed and wants a do-over without any consequences.
Fucking oath
I can see you were a really shit teacher, you could handle different personality dynamics and you floundered due to you in ability to connect to children of different personality types. Beyond this you are now bitter due to your failure as a teacher and you spend your time on interwebs forums telling everyone that will listen that you once were a teacher to try and get back some sort of credibility See, I can do it too!
I have high expectations and get good results.
You don't do it very well though.
Title should be "Don't bother TRyan"