page_title: Tim Moltzen
section_title: 2011 contract controversy
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Moltzen / 2011 contract controversy
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Moltzen playing for Wests Tigers NSW Cup team
context_page_description: Tim Moltzen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He mostly played at fullback, halfback and five-eighth, but could also fill in at centre.
context_section_description: Newspapers were reporting that Moltzen had been given permission to negotiate with other clubs partway through 2011. Moltzen denied he wished to leave the Wests Tigers in May, saying, "I'm definitely committed to the Tigers and I love the Tigers and all the boys at the club so I'm not looking to go anywhere."
  The St George Illawarra Dragons announced the signing of Moltzen to a 3-year contract midway through the 2011 season, commencing from 2012. Controversially, Wests Tigers CEO Stephen Humphreys claimed the club had not yet officially released Moltzen from the last year of his contract, labelling the actions, "arrogant and disrespectful."
  On 7 October 2011, it was reported that Moltzen did not want to honour his contract with the Dragons, with the Wests Tigers club stating that Moltzen had never been formally released from his contact. Humphreys said of the contract dispute, "Tim is contracted to us for 2012. We have the only contract of his that is registered by the NRL." Three days later, Wests Tigers appeared to do a backflip with CEO Humphreys stating "The way that it is likely to play out is that he will be going to the Dragons, We will have a conversation with them in the next few days about it, but we have been working on the assumption that he won't be here next season." Another two days on, St George Dragons referred the matter to the NRL after Wests Tigers announced Moltzen would be staying at the club.
  On 3 November it was announced that St. George Illawarra would not be seeking registration of Moltzen's contract, and he would remain with the Wests Tigers.
caption: Moltzen, 2014
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