2 ▁team . ▁Martin ▁also ▁recorded ▁his ▁best ▁Brown low ▁Medal ▁performance ▁to ▁date ▁( 1 6 ▁votes ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁highest - y et ▁finish ▁at ▁the ▁club ' s ▁best ▁and ▁fair est , ▁se cur ing ▁the ▁Jack ▁Tit us ▁medal ▁for ▁second ▁place . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁Richmond ' s ▁season , ▁Martin ▁began ▁a ▁highly ▁public ised ▁test ▁of ▁the ▁market ▁for ▁his ▁playing ▁services ▁as ▁he ▁came ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁second ▁A FL ▁contract . ▁To ▁that ▁stage ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁rejected ▁all ▁of ▁Richmond ' s ▁early ▁contract ▁offers . ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁September , ▁Richmond ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁announ cing ▁Martin ▁would ▁be ▁purs uing ▁contract ▁offers ▁from ▁other ▁clubs . ▁Six ▁days ▁later ▁Martin ▁was ▁fil med ▁by ▁news ▁media ▁as ▁he ▁met ▁with ▁ ▁officials ▁and ▁tou red ▁the ▁club ' s ▁training ▁and ▁administration ▁facilities . ▁The ▁Gi ants ▁ruled ▁themselves ▁out ▁of ▁purs uit ▁of ▁Martin ▁the ▁very ▁next ▁day ▁however , ▁leaving ▁him ▁with ▁very ▁few ▁options ▁other ▁than ▁Richmond . ▁, ▁the ▁other ▁front - runner ▁to ▁secure ▁him , ▁had ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁the ▁day ▁prior . ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁time ▁media ▁reports ▁emer ged ▁suggesting ▁the ▁issue ▁was ▁primarily ▁mon et ary , ▁with ▁Martin ▁and ▁his ▁management ▁reject ing ▁Richmond ' s ▁offer ▁of ▁roughly ▁$ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁season ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁a ▁deal ▁around ▁six ▁hundred ▁thousand ▁at ▁another ▁club . ▁The