I think Karmichael is reputedly on $650k and some say could be $750k in either case $30k after tax is not a huge amount. They could have torn his contract up and then he would have been a whole world of financial pain if he couldn't fly overseas.
Maybe the ARU and Reds really wanted his skill set, apparently was one of the best schoolboy rugby players when he was at school.
I saw his cousin Stephano hunt play at u17 & schoolboy level maybe 5,6, or 7 years back and he was sensational, one commentator said to tackle him was like trying to tackle smoke, must be something in the Hunt genes.
