NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg put forward his case to remain at the helm of the sport at a private meeting with members of the ARL Commission on Tuesday night.
The Sydney Morning Herald has been told that Greenberg met with the sub-committee entrusted with
putting forward a recommendation to the full commission on whether he should be awarded a new contract. The commission meeting will be held next Thursday.
The three-man sub-committee, which is comprised of ARLC chairman Peter V'landys and commissioners Dr Gary Weiss and Wayne Pearce, met with Greenberg after weeks of speculation surrounding his future.
While Greenberg, who is off contract later this year, is in danger of losing his job, the meeting was essentially his final performance review before next week's decisive meeting.
The fact the meeting took place refutes suggestions Greenberg and V'landys are no longer on speaking terms despite the pair not seeing eye to eye over the dealings surrounding the CEO's contract.
The meeting also came on the same day as commissioner Amanda Laing
resigned from her position with the ARLC, with some of the opinion it will swing numbers favourably if V'landys decides against renewing his chief executive's tenure.
Despite V'landys previously stating he didn't believe it was a conflict to have Laing on the board due to her position as Foxtel's chief commercial officer, she stood down citing a potential conflict of interest ahead of upcoming broadcast rights negotiations.
There are now two vacancies on the commission, with Mark Coyne having resigned last year after he was detained in Singapore following his
arrest for verbally abusing a policeman while drunk.
It is unlikely that replacements for Coyne or Laing will be determined at the next board meeting.
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