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"Ben Crooks, now that is a name. Then you have Lee Mossop who came here to have a shoulder reco then piss off back to England as NRL was too physical as the comp f***ed his shoulder again. Also his mrs apparently hated living in Sydney also."
"Not much to do in prison than working out."
"Actually been closer to 12 years since the joke started."
"Enough already, it's been 20 years ffs...is this still funny???"
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''An exhaustive investigation will begin into parramattas compliance with the cap''
''if there have been, they will be dealt with''
There already seems to be plenty of evidence, i recon theres a very good chance we could lose points here and this year will be all over.
I really hope thats not the case.
Snake, the question to me still comes out & has not been answered is how come both PCW the clubs auditors as well as the appointed ones that did the governance review missed this stuff, likewise the NRL's previous Salary Cap guru in Ian Schubert also would have cleared all of the books. Under the provisions of what both were supposed to carry out, all books would have been provided.
The only thing that may have been missed is if there were missing docuements, & perhaps the ones that have now shown up in the hands of journo's.
For mine, if the NRL is saying the Eels board has answers to give, they should also be looking into how the leaks have occured, likewise who took internal docuements from the club & gave to the media? They are answers that the club, NRL & supporters also need to know & have answers for.
In some of the media reports, the issue about the tickets to matches was brought up, but seems also that much of these TPA's are not all at arms length as its common across all clubs for their sponsors etc to provide such items, illegal as it is.
I also notice this morning the NRL is examining the whole issue of TPA's & how to better manage it, restricting to 5 main players per club. I'm sure that will work also, just as much as the current system with no rorts going on.
What exactly would the kids get out of that Fongy?
And what subject would they be shown the documentary in?
What age should they see it?
Would they need parental permission to view it?
Would you let your kids watch it?
If you want to be a success in life kids, don't be this guy
As for age 13 any younger and they'll be scared for life but any older and it might be too late for some of them
I'd make my kids watch it, multiple times until they got the message.
Fair Dinkum Every problem that exists in this club is now having to be shouldered by Sharp?
Who can tell me that this never went on in the past, IIRC, some of the big issues that cost the emperor in his final years (including his new clothes) was how the club was found to have been over the cap, using modern language, rorting it.
The eels were headlines back then with all the moves for some years to be rid of him, & hasn't that worked? Then we get the pro's elected, business men of all (in the end ill) repute, & weren't they such great examples, as they sponsored players, but that was legal wasn't it.
The big thing is, that the campaigns against the eels, no doubt leaves others alone, the leagues club is doing well as against a basket case in the past & making good profits, yet we still cop this from the media. Broncs have just posted a $40M profit, a picture shows Bennett smiling, probably signed a new contract for at least 10% of the profit being his annual salary. Ahhh the sunshine state..
In the end its all about control, & everyone wants their own say & way to control the eels, but even when that happens, still wont be good enough as they will find traitor employees who will be stawked & hounded by the media to sell us out for a few pieces of silver.
and that is why all the factions should be removed
Sharp, Issa and co
Fitzy and his mates
and Roy and his boys
When they wanted Fitzy out of power they found the dirt and released it to the media
When they wanted Roy out of power they found the dirt and released in to the media
Now they want Sharp out of power and are releasing the dirt to the media
IMO, Sharp through either naivety or stupidity seems to have a lot more dirt then Fitzy or even Roy had at least in terms of pure club related stuff.
The signed by Sharp and the board, minutes of the meeting where looking into ways to get around the TPA is an example of this.
While I'm sure this sort of stuff was discussed by both Roy with his board and when Fitzy was in charge, just like it's discussed at the Roosters, Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Warriors etc, I doubt it would have been documented in the same way, it would have been discussed in private.
I do feel sorry for Sharp in a way a combination of him getting in way over his head and not knowing how to run a club board, combined with some shady people on his board and on top of that a vendetta against not him personally per say but anyone not tied to one of the other factions in the club even if Sterlo was chairman instead of Sharp I have no doubts that there would be someone looking to take him down, if that is Fitzy, Roy or another party is irrelevant and likely to be all of them.
Until the factions are removed crap like this will continue regardless of who gets elected. I may not agree with a lot of what Josh Massoud says but he was on Triple M yesterday and made a great point until everyone is 6 feet under in a pine box this will continue the hatred between the various factions runs too deep.
The NRL needs to step in and take over the board and not give control back until every single associate of Dennis Fitzgerald, Roy Spagnolo and Steve Sharp (as well as whatever other factions are around) are well away from the club. Because the last few years has proven that Parramatta can't take care of the problem themselves.
Dave. I agree with all you say, & especially the aspects relating to every club having the same issues but they can keep it quiet, or is it just the eels are the easy target & best for the 3 tent media circus's out there?
We now have an appointed CEO, who does have some experience in business as well as sports admin, he therefore needs to be at arms length in some of this stuff, he also & so should all CEO's associated with NRL clubs have to make a public statement & send the NRL a profile of what & any business dealings they currently had/have, something along the lines of polititians have to dislose.
No doubt in my mind that Sharp came in with good intentions, & believe he has delivered some things for the club, but the constant water boarding by former & likely current board members has taken its toll, & no matter who came in same would happen, & I shudder at the thought of Fitzegerald returning.
Another aspect about these bank statements & leaks, lets not forget that both the emperor & Ben Smith still have cases before the courts regarding items affecting them & the club, how could either of them be contemplated to have any unbias against the club anyway? & do they stand to gain anything from these releases as far as enhancing their cases?
The problem at the Eels is too many people ready to do anything to get in power even if it destroys the club.
Don't forget NONE of the major salary cap scandals were discovered by the NRL auditors.
In the Bulldogs, Storm and now Parramatta cases it was documents leaked to the media by some disgruntled party be it a sponsor, former employee or ex-board member and then the NRL using those documents to find out what was going on.
The other clubs either keep it quieter and they have people willing to take one for the team and keep the NRL happy (Gee at the Broncos) had Parramatta had that 1 club pulling in 1 direction mentality then a lot of this would have been avoided.
Sure it may have cost Sharp, Issa, Seward or whoever their job as they were the people in charge at the time but due to the factions all pulling in different directions trying to get as much of the pie for themselves as possible we are now where we are.
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