Being pissed is is what started it all. The face of the game getting hammered in a club function - and that's Gallops fault? If Manly and Snake had some brains to start with none of this would have happened.
Carrying on after 2 years - f*ck what a bunch of spoilt brats. Typical yuppies who never had their toy Ken doll confiscated for not feeding the cat.
And the Gallop haters - lol. Any thread like this flushes out the grubs from under the log.
I guess we are lucky the NRL CEO is not Leo Wanka.........
In all seriousness, can you list for me what Gallop has done that warrants such fierce protection of his honour?
Completely irrespective of the whole Stewart situation (where both parties need to move on) I'd like to know what other people see in this blokes administering of the game that I don't.
I honestly find him incomptenent for the most part. If he was the CEO in a company I owned shares in I'd be selling out real fast. Unfortunately given he runs the game I love I don't have that luxury. I won't stop watching the sport because of him.
But a few examples of his (in my opinion) incompetence are:
1. In his time in charge of the NRL has there ever been a document released that shows perhaps a 5 year plan or at least gives a general outline of where his administration sees the game going and where he wants it to go? Nothing. IN this day and age where a game like the NRL is worth millions if not billions of dollars this sort of thing is truly ridiculous. Its not like the NRL is chook raffles and pie drives for God's sake.
2. I guess adding to the above point, he still has no idea where or even IF there will be more teams introduced into the NRL in 2013. This is despite the biggest TV deal in rugby league history being negotiated in the next 6 to 9 months. How the hell can he not know where new teams will be to pitch to TV networks the relative dollar value of the new teams to advertising (dependant on location)??
3. His complete inaction on getting answers from the Melbourne Storm players for the rampant rorting that went on down there. Sure the administrators were found out, but please. Does anyone seriously think the players involved at the highest levels of the rorting didn't have any idea what was going on. At a minimum they should have had their testimony on the record. It has left a bad taste in a lot of supporters mouths.
4. Letting this Independent Commission process drag on like a wet week. Yeah yeah there are a number of administrations involved in nutting out the finer details. But his silence on the whole issue has been bloody defeaning. Guess he figures he's got a job lined up either way, so what does he care?
I could get into the nitty gritty of how poorly he has handled certain individual situations also but won't as it jsut leads to more stupid posts from people. But for a person in charge of one of the biggest sporting bodies in Australia his management and leadership skills are woeful if you ask me.
This is nothign to do with personal club allegiences either. This is from someone who loves Rugby League and wants it to be the number 1 sport in the country. WIth Gallop in charge I do no see that happening.
