Eels

[Addy]

alright lets list it off:

1 salary cap scandal
2 norman drugs
3 radradra domestic violence incident
4 Norman cash in car park
5 norman sex tape
have i missed any thing... all in all that is a shocker of a year does seem like some1 is picking on them

Just an unknown player called Foran

 

[thedarkshark]

oh yeah , foran forgot about him

 

[19ninety9]

When's Gordon Tallis and the median in general gonna start talking about relocating them, if this was the Sharks we'd of been closed down by now.

 

[SharksMichael]

When's Gordon Tallis and the median in general gonna start talking about relocating them, if this was the Sharks we'd of been closed down by now.

Western Sydney is a protected species when it comes to relocation.

 

[ben]

Go parra

 

[thedarkshark]

cartwright is having a shocker... i don't think 6 is his best possie

 

[ben]

I agree. Edge back rower is his position.

 

[sharks2010]

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/07/16/nsw-government-poised-sack-eels-board


I don't know how I feel about the government getting involved. I feel like it's a bit of a stretch of their powers at this stage. I don't know what the exact breach of the Act that the government are going after them for. I think the board have the right to go through the appeal process, at least.

I'd feel more comfortable if the members ****ed them off, rather than the government.

what's it say about the nrl and our fearless leaders if the nsw government have to step in to fix this mess.

As far as I know there are measures in place now by the members to try and oust the existing board. I think they are struggling to get signatures and decent people to run for the board

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

what's it say about the nrl and our fearless leaders if the nsw government have to step in to fix this mess.

As far as I know there are measures in place now by the members to try and oust the existing board. I think they are struggling to get signatures and decent people to run for the board

dont forget its not just an NRL team. Clubs (not just the football side of it) go well beyond the NRL's area of expertise. Remember the GC dont have that to worry about (as far as i know) and Newcastle are linked to club wests. These clubs are very well connected to state government things with protocols and legislations etc. To get the NSW government to come and over throw the board and bring in new blood is actually a very good move for Parra and the NRL. Parras board has been a result of bribery and cheating at the ballots and all the rest of it. The agenda those blokes had will be gone and there wont be some vested interest like there was previously (not denying dodginess in politics though).

In fact i think its a fair call for the NRL to not be getting involved too deeply

 

[Born&bred]

Well it's happened:

NSW Government steps in to sack Parramatta Eels board

. Parramatta Leagues Club board will be sacked by the state government
. ILGA decided today to install Max Donnelly as administrator
. Mr Donnelly will remain in place until ILGA decides otherwise
. The move follows plans by the Eels to appeal the salary cap sanctions

THE Parramatta Leagues Club board will be sacked and a temporary administrator installed after the state government today intervened in a bid to return stability to the embattled club.

A Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority meeting today decided it had enough evidence to remove the board and empower Deputy Premier Troy Grant to appoint an administrator.

Max Donnelly, of Ferrier Hodgson, will take control of the club. The timing of when Mr Donnelly will take over is not yet clear and he is expected to remain in place until all investigations into the club’s dealings are finalised.

The club’s board had “ceased to be effective as a governing body” according to the state authority.

The decision by the government follows the club’s moves last week to appeal some of the penalties for salary cap breaches handed down by the NRL as well as a decision to block an extraordinary general meeting — on legal grounds — that was proposing to overthrow the board.

Mr Grant said today’s decision was the right one.

“This decision is not one that would have been taken lightly, however it now means Mr Donnelly can immediately begin the process of cleaning up and restoring the Parramatta Eels to a functional and effective club for its members and fans,” Mr Grant said.

“It is in the best interest of the club, the league and the fans of Parramatta Eels to draw a line under this saga and restore confidence in the club’s administration.

“The authority’s decision enables a new start for Parramatta Leagues and I congratulate its fans who have continued to support the club through this period.”

The Eels on Friday announced plans to fight some of the sanctions, including a $1 million fine and loss of 12 competition points.

Chairman Steve Sharp, deputy chairman Tom Issa, director Peter Serrao and executives Daniel Anderson and John Boulous, the so-called ‘Gang of Five’ were also deregistered as part of the sanctions.

All of this follows four months of investigations by the Daily Telegraph.

Government moves to sack the board were backed by ClubsNSW.

“Unfortunately, in recent years the (Eels) club has been beset by instability, caused by governance failure, and there is a clear and urgent need for this situation to be rectified,” a ClubsNSW statement read.

“ClubsNSW shares the concerns of the NSW Government, the football community and Parramatta Leagues members and believes there is a strong case for the appointment of an administrator under Section 41A of the Registered Clubs Act.

“Such an appointment would ensure the club is placed on a sound governance footing, thereby allowing for a future board to be democratically elected by the Club’s members.”

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg also welcomed moves by the government to clean up the Eels.

“The Parramatta players and fans have put up with years of adversity and it’s time they got a fair go,” he said.

Last week, turmoil at the Eels continued when Sharp offered to fall on his sword and resign ahead of today’s decision by the government.

He issued a public letter stating: “Regrettably I will not be a part of that future but I trust that the State of NSW will be able to do what myself and the board were unable to do and overcome the political, constitutional and organisational challenges that need to be addressed at the club before handing it back to the members and a revamped, constitutionally elected board.”

The Eels were found to have engaged in $3 million worth of systemic salary cap breaches since 2013 through the use of illegal third party deals, issuing false invoices and under-the-table player payments.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...d/news-story/9182def6d55f989e7caff42dc6603a26

 

[slide rule]

The untold story of the sacking of the Parramatta Eels board

Tanya Gadiel

Published: August 1, 2016 - 9:06AM

Standing up for myself and other former Parramatta board members might not be popular. My efforts so far have been met with appalling vilification on social media.

I've been called a whore mouth, brothel keeper and it has been suggested that condoms with my face on them be sold at Pirtek stadium on one website.

The NRL claims to want more female board directors, and I wish them luck.

I have been dragged into NRL and NSW government investigations and, to my knowledge, I have not been found guilty of anything. I was also asked to stand aside from an area health board I served for five years.

All of this happened despite there being no findings against me and no suggestion of any impropriety at all.

Indeed, I am yet to face an allegation of any kind.

Yet here we are – elected board members effectively sacked, though we have not breached rules or been subjected to any negative findings.

It seems mine is guilt by association with the so called "gang of five". Five men who were determined guilty and pilloried publicly before being able to answer the charges against them.

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg occupies a powerful position: he is judge, jury, executioner, media commentator and now it seems a political lobbyist who can take out boards he is not happy with. He was also a personal referee for former Eels employee Scott Seward, whose as-yet untested statement was the prime evidence used against his former employers.

The untold story is that of a potentially unreliable witness, less than due process, a decision to ignore all of the governance reform work undertaken by the board and a public flogging.
There is a truckload of evidence to support this proposition.

Full evidence of the extent of the alleged fraud at the Eels was not revealed to the board until the NRL preliminary breach notice was issued and access granted to some of the incriminating statements and transcripts gathered by the NRL.

It was upon seeing this that the board itself duly referred the matter to the NSW Police.

There was a text message provided to the Eels in which a senior staff member of the NRL suggested the NRL integrity unit had breached confidentiality, resulting in a leak to the media while the investigation was under way.

This revelation wrecked the relationship between the club and the NRL.

The club continually asked for procedural fairness and was denied.

Worse still, directors who hadn't breached the rules were subject to a scathing public commentary from Green*berg.

So what, some may say. It's a tough game and that's the way the world works. I disagree. People's reputations and livelihoods are at stake. So is the great Parramatta brand. And who's to say who the NRL will next decide to take aim at?

The Eels board was also not given any credit for implementing more than 100 recommendations for improving governance from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Nor for the fact that the administrator has inherited a financially sound club with a blueprint for reform that's already under way.

The board also hired Australia's foremost salary cap expert Ian Schubert, who told the board that the breaches in the cap were nowhere near the scale suggested by the NRL.

Engaging independent auditors and experts and making referrals to police are hardly the acts of people not committed to good governance.

These efforts were ignored. Instead, people who were reforming the club were given the option of resigning or being sacked.

The board is still to see all of the evidence the NRL had gathered in its investigation into the club. There are several transcripts from former Eels employees which the NRL refused to provide. It is not known why that is.

The state government, in responding to the shrill cries of some media and the NRL, has taken the unprecedented step of appointing an administrator to a financially secure club.

In the final week of the board's existence numerous indirect approaches were made about dropping the appeal.

Surely now, the right thing to do is allow the NRL appeals committee chairman Ian Callinan to review the Greenberg decision.

Allow the former High Court justice to investigate the concerns about Greenberg's relationship with Seward and his choice not to recuse himself from the investigation.
Allow the NRL's own process to take its course.

There should also be a formal independent review of the NRL's decision

The administrator must support this to demonstrate that he has the club's best interests at heart.

Since the great game is built on fairness and respect, the administration of the game and the clubs within it must have the very same foundation.
My experience indicates the NRL has a very long way to go in achieving this.

Tanya Gadiel was a short-term Parramatta Eels board member and a former state MP and deputy speaker.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-u...he-parramatta-eels-board-20160730-gqhfyb.html