When Wayne Bennett returned to the Brisbane Broncos in 2015, one of the first things he did was get rid of Ben Barba.
Now, according to Fairfax Media and Channel 9 reporter Danny Weidler, there's more to the story.
Weidler revealed the story he was told was Bennett informing Barba he was worth big money on his 2012 Bulldogs form when he won the Dally M medal - not what he had shown at Brisbane the previous season.
Now here's the best part, apocryphal or not.