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this guy needs a good belting. he must really hate the roosters. fuk u rothfield ur farken pathetic.. brain waldron has more crediability then u..
Skeletons in Bondi's boardroom cupboard
NEW Attitude and New Beginning. It was the motto the Sydney Roosters used to launch their 2010 premiership campaign after a year of turmoil that involved a nightclub assault, domestic violence, urinating in public and high-range drink-driving among other atrocities. The major sponsor quit, contracts were torn up and the coach was shown the door.
The team ran last and it couldn't possibly have got any worse. Or could it?
While the players, including repeat offenders Todd Carney and Jake Friend, have done a remarkable job to turn their lives and careers around, the same can't be said for certain Roosters officials.
Because right now the club has a board member, Mark McInnes, accused of sexual misconduct and a recruitment officer, Peter O'Sullivan, implicated in the salary cap scandal from his previous job with Melbourne Storm.
Not that their chairman, the car dealer Nick Politis, seems overly concerned about the double standards.
Neither he or anyone else at the Roosters has issued a statement on either man's position. Which raises the obvious question: If a footy club can't set the right example at the top, what message is it sending to the players?
Is it OK for the disgraced former David Jones boss Mark McInnes to remain on the board despite facing sexual harassment charges while Willie Mason gets his marching orders for urinating on a Double Bay street?
Is it OK to threaten to sack players for other offences yet turn a blind eye to employing a recruitment officer who has been caught up in Australia's biggest sporting scam?
No wonder so many people are asking how the Roosters could possibly sign boom centre Kane Linnett so cheaply last year when the Dragons junior had an offer from the far more successful Storm.
The Roosters' greatest coach Jack Gibson used to say winning premierships started in the front office.
Try telling that to the "front office" at the Roosters. CEO Steve Noyce said yesterday O'Sullivan's employment would continue.
"Peter came to see me a couple of months ago and provided me with information in relation to his previous employment in Melbourne," Noyce said.
"I've accepted that information and I've asked if anyone else has details to come forward with them. But I haven't had any information that would place his employment in danger at this stage."
O'Sullivan refused to be interviewed by investigators from forensic accountants Deloitte over the Storm scandal after his name was found on emails explicitly relating to circumventing the salary cap.
And Mark McInnes ...
"He is still on the board," Noyce said. "That's a decision for the board and Nick to make."
Nick Politis didn't return our text messages or phone calls yesterday.
It's impossible to defend the indefensible.
Skeletons in Bondi's boardroom cupboard
NEW Attitude and New Beginning. It was the motto the Sydney Roosters used to launch their 2010 premiership campaign after a year of turmoil that involved a nightclub assault, domestic violence, urinating in public and high-range drink-driving among other atrocities. The major sponsor quit, contracts were torn up and the coach was shown the door.
The team ran last and it couldn't possibly have got any worse. Or could it?
While the players, including repeat offenders Todd Carney and Jake Friend, have done a remarkable job to turn their lives and careers around, the same can't be said for certain Roosters officials.
Because right now the club has a board member, Mark McInnes, accused of sexual misconduct and a recruitment officer, Peter O'Sullivan, implicated in the salary cap scandal from his previous job with Melbourne Storm.
Not that their chairman, the car dealer Nick Politis, seems overly concerned about the double standards.
Neither he or anyone else at the Roosters has issued a statement on either man's position. Which raises the obvious question: If a footy club can't set the right example at the top, what message is it sending to the players?
Is it OK for the disgraced former David Jones boss Mark McInnes to remain on the board despite facing sexual harassment charges while Willie Mason gets his marching orders for urinating on a Double Bay street?
Is it OK to threaten to sack players for other offences yet turn a blind eye to employing a recruitment officer who has been caught up in Australia's biggest sporting scam?
No wonder so many people are asking how the Roosters could possibly sign boom centre Kane Linnett so cheaply last year when the Dragons junior had an offer from the far more successful Storm.
The Roosters' greatest coach Jack Gibson used to say winning premierships started in the front office.
Try telling that to the "front office" at the Roosters. CEO Steve Noyce said yesterday O'Sullivan's employment would continue.
"Peter came to see me a couple of months ago and provided me with information in relation to his previous employment in Melbourne," Noyce said.
"I've accepted that information and I've asked if anyone else has details to come forward with them. But I haven't had any information that would place his employment in danger at this stage."
O'Sullivan refused to be interviewed by investigators from forensic accountants Deloitte over the Storm scandal after his name was found on emails explicitly relating to circumventing the salary cap.
And Mark McInnes ...
"He is still on the board," Noyce said. "That's a decision for the board and Nick to make."
Nick Politis didn't return our text messages or phone calls yesterday.
It's impossible to defend the indefensible.
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