Dermie asked that question on Fox footy. Why would a player affectively agree to halve his salary, and then/if given that he is happy to do that, why not do it with the Suns. (Ralphy garbled something about more opportunity but how can a guy get a game at Geelong but not at the Suns).
Makes no sense.
Haven't read anything on it, but Leysy would be confident it has gone as such:
Bowes wants out. He's rotting in the twos so makes sense.
He tells GC trade me out or I will stay on $800k and collect my money.
But he is open to re negotiating his contract with other teams so he can hopefully further his career (just not with GC)
Essentially he has GC over a gun, hence why they so keen to get him off the books.
That's what can happen when you backend deals, especially for average players.