Official Cronulla Sharks Board + Management

[BackRowMadness]

I have not heard anyone I know who knows more about the club's inner workings than I do claim we're in any kind of danger ever since the earliest days of the investigation.

For the record, my problem with the new board is simply that they've consistently broken promises and strung us along. I don't really care about Mooney/Noakes/Givney/Schultz, but they promised to re-hire those guys and haven't. That's a red flag to me.

They also made it sound like they had sponsors in the pipeline - I remember hearing we would have a major jersey or stadium sponsor by the Canberra game. Of course this wasn't a promise per se, but it goes to show they're pretty full of it.

They promised to review the decisions. They are doing that and obvious issues of due diligence will arise here.

According to a few people in the know we have a new sponsor coming on board very soon. Unfortunately the new board has had to deal
with a massive **** storm and media pressure of the ASADA investigation, whilst trying to negotiate a large sponsorship deal, with the whole
world against us. They never said it would be easy, but they are making progress and none of the problems the club is facing is due to the behaviours
or decisions of the new board.

 

[JimBob]

If it's the person I'm thinking of, I haven't heard it, but you talk to him more than I do so I'll believe it.

My question to JimBob still applies. What have the new board done to make sure we won't get booted once the investigation ends?

There would be nothing the new board or the old board could do to stop us getting the boot if several players are found guilty.

 

[SharkLabelSociety]

none of the problems the club is facing is due to the behaviours
or decisions of the new board.

Didn't say they were. I'm saying that they made themselves out to be saviours, and so far we haven't seen anything.

If we get jersey and stadium sponsors by the end of the year I'm happy to be wrong.

 

[BackRowMadness]

If it's the person I'm thinking of, I haven't heard it, but you talk to him more than I do so I'll believe it.

My question to JimBob still applies. What have the new board done to make sure we won't get booted once the investigation ends?

Geez mate I'm am sure they are doing everything they can to stop this happening, but like Snowman said what can they do?
They can't go back in time and make it go away?

 

[snowman]

If it's the person I'm thinking of, I haven't heard it, but you talk to him more than I do so I'll believe it.

My question to JimBob still applies. What have the new board done to make sure we won't get booted once the investigation ends?

well that questiong is ****ing retarded... what would u like them to do?

 

[snowman]

Didn't say they were. I'm saying that they made themselves out to be saviours, and so far we haven't seen anything.

If we get jersey and stadium sponsors by the end of the year I'm happy to be wrong.

just because it isnt in the papers doesnt mean nothing is happening.

we play against damian keoghs son on a wednesday, go down and speak to him, and ask him how much time his dad is spending away from his family trying to get a resolution to this amongst other things

 

[slide rule]

The new board originally seemed to take the head in the sand approach to ASADA. Egged on by Alan Jones and the like.

They were critical of the Kavanagh report and critical of the sackings, despite not knowing the details. Now they have seen the report, they seem less keen to reinstate.

Since then, we have heard... nothing. I don't think that it is necessarily the wrong response, but it is contrary to the bravado they displayed throughout their campaign to appease the masses. I don't think they have done what they claimed they would. But people have forgotten about it, for now.

Front and centre for me will be the financial management of the club over the next 2 years. We heard a lot about how we weren't run "like a business". Well, we are now spending a truck load on administrative staff, so I expect that our revenues should reflect this increase in expenditure to justify the change. Without a major sponsor or stadium sponsor, it’s going to be a push.

I hope they can raise revenues, but if they can't I hope the membership wake up before we are back in 12mil debt again. If we go down that path again, there won’t be any way back.

 

[gando2230]

just because it isnt in the papers doesnt mean nothing is happening.

we play against damian keoghs son on a wednesday, go down and speak to him, and ask him how much time his dad is spending away from his family trying to get a resolution to this amongst other things

like how many movie cinemas he can fit into the new sharks development?

 

[Bundy Shark]

What am I missing Gando with the above comment?

 

[snowman]

the ceo of val morgan is our chairman... they do all the advertising for the cinemas

 

[bluey]

How Can Asada Have a club dissolved because of individuals??? Bluey not understand,For some reason i had a big sip last night so type slowly for today.

 

[snowman]

not asada, wada... 2 people found guilty of doping, the club can be suspended for 2 years

 

[Frenzy]

How Can Asada Have a club dissolved because of individuals??? Bluey not understand,For some reason i had a big sip last night so type slowly for today.

http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/W...DP-The-Code/WADA_Anti-Doping_CODE_2009_EN.pdf

ARTICLE 11: CONSEQUENCES TO TEAMS
11.1 Testing of Team Sports
Where more than one member of a team in a Team Sport has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation under Article 7 in connection with an Event, the ruling body for the Event shall conduct appropriate Target Testing of the team during the Event Period.
11.2 Consequences for Team Sports
If more than two members of a team in a Team Sport are found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during an Event Period, the ruling body of the Event shall impose an appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification from a Competition or Event, or other sanction) in addition to any Consequences imposed upon the individual Athletes committing the anti-doping rule violation.
11.3 Event Ruling Body May Establish Stricter Consequences for Team Sports
The ruling body for an Event may elect to establish rules for the Event which impose Consequences for Team Sports stricter than those in Article 11.2 for purposes of the Event.
[Comment to Article 11.3: For example, the International Olympic Committee could establish rules which would require Disqualification of a team from the Games of the
Olympiad based on a lesser number of anti-doping rule violations
during the period of the Games
of the Olympiad.]

 

[hamsy44]

The above is true but has never been used outside of Olympic competition I believe.

 

[josh11223344]

Nit picking but it has to be 3 or more if i'm reading that right...

 

[Frenzy]

The above is true but has never been used outside of Olympic competition I believe.

May be true and that's a good thing. A sports governing body still has to apply any ASADA/WADA recommended sanctions. It's hard to see a big money, professional sport kick any team out holus bolus when there are media contracts, sponsorship deals and whatever other revenue streams at stake and dependent on a "full" competition.

 

[slide rule]

May be true and that's a good thing. A sports governing body still has to apply any ASADA/WADA recommended sanctions. It's hard to see a big money, professional sport kick any team out holus bolus when there are media contracts, sponsorship deals and whatever other revenue streams at stake and dependent on a "full" competition.

Unfortunately, the people who would really suffer from such a sanction would be the fans. It would be difficult for any sports club to come back after such a suspension. However, it would be relatively easy for a player who was deliberately cheating the system to re-establish themselves somewhere else after a 2 year ban. Once again, society finds a way to punish the innocent bystander.They should just ban players, officials and staff implicated. I don't see how this would serve anyones interests.

 

[fitz]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/sports/soccer/fifa-bans-north-korea-from-2015-womens-cup.html?_r=0

 

[hamsy44]

Ha I stand corrected.

 

[fitz]

The over-arching power that WADA has is huge.

To very broadly summarise, if ASADA doesn't enforce the WADA Code, WADA is entitled to enforce sanctions on ALL Australian sports.

The extreme position WADA could adopt is that NO Australian athlete or team, in ANY sport would be allowed to compete in ANY international sporting competition nor can Australia host ANY international sporting competition.

Scary stuff!