PARRAMATTA’S embattled ‘Gang of Five’ officials have been suspended for a second time after the court injunction they filed last week against the NRL was today lifted.
Eels chairman Steve Sharp, chief executive John Boulous, head of football Daniel Anderson, deputy chairman Tom Issa and director Peter Serrao returned to the NSW Supreme Court as they challenged the legality of the suspensions handed down to them by the NRL.
The quintet had decided to continue to challenge their suspensions as club officials imposed by the NRL as part of its provisional sanctions imposed upon the Eels for alleged salary cap indisrections.
Parramatta Eels chairman Steve Sharp has had his suspension reinstated. Source: News Corp AustraliaThe five have been suspended by the NRL as part of its breach notice served to the club on Tuesday.
Other aspects of the breach notice included a provisional docking of 12 competition points and a proposed $1 million fine.
But the injunction imposed on the NRL’s decision to suspend the officials was dropped today.
The officials want to continue in their capacities with the club as they prepare a response to the NRL’s allegations.
That response to those allegations is due on June 3.
The NRL is expected to hand down its final decision around two weeks later.
Today’s court results mean the Eels have until Friday to get under the salary cap without the people who engaged in alleged cap breaches at the helm of the club
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A clean slate and a fresh start is what's needed.
Sayonara Sharpie.
All the board need to go chief, theres no fresh starts until they do.
They can't be involved in anything that requires an NRL registration (in this instance being on the board of an NRL team and helping with the salary cap allegations in an official capacity)
They will now need to fight the suspension decision in court at a later date if they want to ever be registered again.
So this means the 5 are suspended until the final decision is handed down by the NRL and can take no part in the running of the club? Step aside and let someone else represent the club to come to some conclusion with the NRL.
The negative is that out of anyone who knows what happened, it would be them.
The positive is we can now move forward to getting some kind of fresh start with new board members
Today’s court results mean the Eels have until Friday to get under the salary cap without the people who engaged in alleged cap breaches at the helm of the club
I think the biggest problem we now face is that out of anyone who knows what happened and can help fight the allegations, it would be them.
So now I think we won't fight the decision about TPA's, side payments etc. It will just be the nuances of how much we are over.
The new board will have nothing to lose, and will actually have more to lose by standing up for previous board members.
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