To ensure the integrity of both the current Parramatta Eels investigation and that of the NRL we have been reluctant to make running commentary on speculation which has been appearing in media reports in recent days.
In this instance it is necessary to respond to this morning’s reports to provide further context for Members and fans.
Last night the club forwarded the full minutes of the January 2014 Board meeting to the NRL to ensure the documents can be read in their full context.
We believe the minutes demonstrate a willingness to deal appropriately with the complex issues of sponsorship, registration of third-party payments and compliance with the salary cap.
They clearly indicate that the Head of Football Operations advised that it was important for any third-party agreements to be registered with the NRL as per the guidelines.
It also noted that the Board emphasised that there must be a clear difference between corporate partners and third-party providers.
They also discussed opportunities for legitimate options to identify third-party agreements and marquee player agreements as per the NRL’s guidelines.
It’s important to emphasis also that third party arrangements are legitimate when constructed in accordance with the NRL’s rules.
It is also important that the club and NRL investigation proceeds thoroughly and reaches its conclusions in due course.
The club looks forward to discussing this matter with the NRL as part of their investigation, and also including it as part of its own investigation.
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It will be very very very interesting to see how the NRL receives the FULL Set of minutes of the leaked meeting docuements, as said above, will put the leak back into its right perspective.
At which point, there needs to be an investigation into how the docuements were prcured & subsequently released I would think there are legal ramifications for those involved. Media wont like the suck eggs aspect either or so one would think.
- Full minutes given to NRL. The extracts that were published gave a misleading view.
After all the dt did conduct their own in depth investigation.
Doubt however, that the dt would be slinging this much mud unless they had something solid. Surely?
The leaked minutes likely point to TPA's & whatever the other approved type had been & fallen short. The fact that they were discussed, means they were not trying to hide anything as is being suggested.
Any issues with the cap, should have been found, especially with PWC being the clubs auditors during normal process in a year, as per their requirements. Schubert being then employed & accepted by the NRL to go over the books as welll, should have picked up any irregularities as well.
As such I think its been a witch hunt by releasing possibly tainted minutes, or more so minutes by themselves without any of the co-relating items that dealt with the minutes as a matter of the meetings business.
IIRC, during the changeover period to Sharp & the current boards election, also with the previous ones election, there had been several changes in the general staff at both the Football club as well as the Leagues club. I say changes as I am unsure if they were sacked, asked to leave or did so in their own free will, any one of those could have "seen" docuements that could be of use to someone at a later or appropriate time.
None better when an AGM is due, etc etc etc. Just need to bide time until its right.
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