FOUR club chairmen have stormed out of a fiery meeting with NRL bosses after a breakdown in negotiations over future funding which threatens the worst split in the game since Super League.
Canterbury’s Ray Dib, Cronulla’s Damian Keogh, Melbourne Storm’s Bart Campbell and the Cowboys’ Laurence Lancini all walked out after 15 minutes.
They met at a nearby hotel to discuss their next move.
Those club bosses also have the support of Roosters boss Nick Politis, who is overseas but left them with his proxy vote.
Seven chairmen from other clubs remained in the room.
In a dramatic day at the NRL’s Moore Park headquarters, chief executive Todd Greenberg and commission chairman John Grant reneged on a deal done last year to fund the clubs 30 per cent more than the salary cap each year.
They told the chairmen that all previous agreements had been scrapped and they were now working on a new strategic plan on how to spend the $1.8 billion TV deal.
There was talk after the meeting that clubs would now issue a vote of no confidence in Grant as chairman of the commission.
The chairmen met recently with the NRL and could not agree on any of the 12 points on the agenda.
All 16 clubs end their participation agreements with the NRL next year, which has led to talks of a rebel breakaway group.
The NRL will shortly release a statement on the meeting.
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breakaway....
bears --> in
tigers --> out
Seriously, you just have to take a close look at Grant and Greenburgh and it becomes pretty obvious that things are destined to head straight down the shitter.
What credentials do either of these two really have to run this business?
The commission has been a huge lame duck from the outset.
Bit disappointed we weren't one of the four to storm out, although I was impressed with the fact that the storm stormed out :)
LEt's see if old teflon todd can dig himself out of this one.
Stupid of the NRL to agree to giving clubs 30% above the grant they were getting without getting their sums correct first.
Always undersell, then if there are more funds to go around the clubs think they are getting a bonus rather than getting screwed out of funds.
The only reason they did this Hamish was so Grant could keep his job, the fuckwits rushed through the TV deal last year just so the Muppet could keep his job. They had a 3 week holiday and then come back to renege on a deal. Unbelievable how useless these pricks really are.
Both these clowns Grant and Greenburg need to go, all the clubs need to get together and put in a vote of no confidence for these bumbling imbeciles.
The imbosilles running this comp are no different to Eels board that were removed because of the mess they had our great club in. These dickheads should be replaced as soon a possible, preferably before the 2017 season kicks off. What a bunch of Turds.
After the witch hunt we endured and the crazy statements that no one else is doing it, the sand has shifted under Teflon. Be interesting to see if his media lovies can now see the woods for the trees in his tenure
What a dumb financial agreement they must have put forward last year, imebiciles the pair of them
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