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You totally miss the position...
You keep talking about the contract and was it signed or not and who held the licence that's what the PFA kept arguing... it was found the Mariners contract was valid at law... and to have any other conclusions would [if you are honest] be contrite to how these things are handled world wide across most sports.. and the abuse FFA coped from the PFA was huge ...
The actions and methods used by the PFA where more aligned to a corporate lawyer trying to exploit a loophole they may have found. Then run as much as you can tho the media as well..
The PFA have blamed everybody but themselves and have painted both the player and themselves as some kinda of victim..
Its simple the player had a valid contract, on any ethical stance he should have come back... please tell me being loaned out with no fee on the guarantee to come back and we get a fee for his transfer or he returns .... then maybe I can get out ... then tell the club he has no faith in the coach ... then tell me this is the action of a pure and snow driven innocent nay victim of FFA and Mariners ..
If and business is business OK lets be fair .. however next time a player gets it up the A from his club .. just remember it's things like this that harden club management.
IMO the PFA have not done anything for their membership ... they have if anything harden how clubs will treat players.
I don't know but my guess is the contract buy out could have been quite a bit ... and tis also my guess someone else is paying it out. ...
Also the contract buy out option was offered at the start by the Mariners which was rejected out of hand by both the PFA and Nix's management. ... So six moths ago it could have been sorted the offer which was made has in effect finally been accepted..