player. But the way this has happened, I'm disappointed, Not only does he have a Sharks contract, he has an NRL contract. Now the NRL are always on about the integrity of the game, I don't see how this is good for the integrity of the game. A bloke breaking a contract with one year to go and just walking out on a club and the game. I think it's got to be a minimum two-years out of the game, if not out forever". Gallen's comments faced a negative reaction by former players such as Chris Walker and Mat Rogers. Rogers spoke to the media saying “I think Gal's overreacted,” Rogers told AAP. “For someone who goes and cops money for fighting while he's contracted, it's unbelievable that he'd come out and say something so stupid. Oh mate, Gal, keep your mouth shut mate". Walker attacked Gallen on social media claiming Gallen was pushing negativity into the NRL. Gallen responded to Walker's tweet saying "Yesterday's news from yesterday's hero, clubs moved on Chris you should try. The game hasn't left the papers since GF cause of issues like this & coaches they say any publicity is good publicity maybe that's why you keep involving yourself in something that doesn't concern you. Jog on". 2019 On 10 March Gallen rebuked Melbourne Player Cameron Smith and his calls for Melbourne's 2007 and 2009 premierships to be reinstated after Smith accused the NRL over double standards in relation to Cronulla's salary cap breaches. Smith was upset that Melbourne had been stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships yet Cronulla were allowed to keep their premiership. Gallen responded by saying "We went in and self reported a $50,000 discrepancy, which the CEO thought was all it was. It turned out it was a $700,000 discrepancy. You maybe don't want the NRL going back and searching those books, particularly when they (Melbourne) were found to be $3.7 million over the salary cap over five years. Three of those years they were a million over the cap. Compared to the Sharks we were 750k over in intended third-party payments, the NRL found they were intended to be paid. Not all were paid". Gallen then went on to say "If we got it taken off us, I would throw my ring away and I would quit the club immediately. It wouldn't sit well with me, The fact