Been sitting quietly watching all the messages flow, and maybe...

Been sitting quietly watching all the messages flow, and maybe time to comment on this stock. A question; why would a director, who should know where a company is heading, take his pay by shares? Shares issued at market rate. Maybe there is some truth in all the rumours. If the company was a dog as some maintain, then if I was a director of that company I would take cash, not shares.