I'm not sure that's true. If memory serves, Footy Classified said we had a draft of the press release, which could indicate over-confidence rather than a deal being close.
Knowing what we know about Ben Williams, it seems out of character for him to be negotiating a deal before Jason's first game. I can see a scenario where we've gone "hey Ben, we want to meet about extending Jason's contract", and he goes "nah, not yet". To think that he would negotiate an extension for Jason before Logan McDonald's was done just seems odd.
Also, remember that leaks were coming thick and fast from a person within the club (and who may or may not be still working there), and leaks typically come from people with an axe to grind. If you were (hypothetically, of course) a list manager who was in dispute with certain sections of the club, you'd drop things to the media to put pressure on, and if it took adding a bit of mayo to a story to do that, then so be it.
I know it's not all rainbows and unicorns down there, but that in itself means we should take everything with a grain of salt.
a young person (I’m taking a risk and going to nominate ‘her’) goes to a lot of trouble to play entirely inappropriate songs that are too loud and too bass heavy . ‘Her’ is obviously doing her best swaying to the beats making eye contact with the members and making encouraging noises yet no one not one person gets up for a dance. It’s disgraceful and I’m over it, I want everyone from big footy who is in the victory room at half time at our next home game to get on the dance floor with me and bust a move!!! Come on peeps let’s do our bit to lift staff spirits at NMFC 
