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Daniel Anderson eyes court action
Phil Rothfield & Rebecca Wilson
From: The Sunday Telegraph
November 07, 2010 12:01AM
DUMPED coach Daniel Anderson is threatening to take legal action against the Parramatta Eels over a payout dispute.
Five weeks after his dismissal, Anderson has not been paid one cent of his entitlements because his manager Jim Banaghan and Eels CEO Paul Osborne cannot agree on a figure.
Anderson was under contract for a further 12 months when the Eels board replaced him with Kiwi Test coach Steve Kearney after a review of the football club operations. "I'm disappointed it's dragged on for so long given the public assurances from Parramatta that all would be fine," Banaghan said. "As a result, I've had no option but to pass it on to our lawyers to get it settled."
Eels boss Osborne confirmed he was now dealing with Anderson's legal firm and had been doing so for some time. "There are a couple of issues we're trying to resolve with Daniel's solicitor," Osborne said. "Other than that, I'm not going to inflame the situation by commenting on it."
We're told Parramatta have given Anderson his company car and mobile telephone, but the dispute is over the cash settlement. Despite all the off-field controversy, we're told Parramatta fans have rallied behind Kearney and the revamped coaching staff. Club membership numbers and sponsorship dollars are way up on the same time last season despite the fact the team failed to make the semi-finals.
WHEN the respected boss of the Men of League organisation speaks, it's time to stop and listen. Ron Coote is one of the most admired men in the game because he's a straight-shooter. Coote is concerned about how the NRL's independent commission is being set up and has spoken out about the quality of people the game needs.
"There seems to be a veil of secrecy," he says. "To me it is like the secret service, very little has been announced of how it will work or who will select the commissioners. There's been an announcement that the commissioners will be announced in December, yet at this stage no one has mentioned the names of John Fahey or John Quayle. No one would have better credentials than these two gentlemen. Both have extensive careers in rugby league, as players and officials.
"Both have been successful businessmen. John Fahey has a law degree, played rugby league with the Bulldogs in the '60s and is still their patron. He has had an extensive career in politics; he rose to the level of Premier of NSW before graduating to federal parliament, where he became Finance Minister as part of the Howard government. He is currently the president of the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) - that rates him in the top 20 sports administrators in the world. He has not been asked if he would be interested in being a commissioner.
"John Quayle has presided over the game's most successful era. He was an outstanding administrator. Who could forget 'Simply the Best' with Tina Turner which, thanks to John Quayle, opened rugby league to a whole new market? It's been said the new commission shall not contain any of the existing NRL board members. One great loss will be Katie Page, who has been a brilliant contributor to the game, bringing her marketing skill to attract female interest in rugby league."
CONFIDENCE is something boxing glamour girl Lauryn Eagle has in bucketloads.But the former water-skiing champion is denying rumours she had $1000 on herself at $1.85 to beat New Zealander Christina Tai in her bout last weekend at Homebush. "That's not right," Eagle told us. "Write something about my fight or that I'm going to fight for a world title next year."
IT'S good to see the NSW police force out and about on Melbourne Cup day looking after our sporting celebrities. Fast bowler Brett Lee and his mates left Randwick races after the Cup and jumped straight into the back of a policee four-wheel drive while thousands of others waited in long queues for buses and taxis. Lee's mates were boasting to anyone who cared to listen that they were getting dropped off at Kings Cross. And we thought the days of special favours out of the Golden Mile ended when Chook Fowler and his cohorts were run out of town by the Wood royal Commission.
Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...yes-court-action/story-e6freye0-1225948830874
Phil Rothfield & Rebecca Wilson
From: The Sunday Telegraph
November 07, 2010 12:01AM
DUMPED coach Daniel Anderson is threatening to take legal action against the Parramatta Eels over a payout dispute.
Five weeks after his dismissal, Anderson has not been paid one cent of his entitlements because his manager Jim Banaghan and Eels CEO Paul Osborne cannot agree on a figure.
Anderson was under contract for a further 12 months when the Eels board replaced him with Kiwi Test coach Steve Kearney after a review of the football club operations. "I'm disappointed it's dragged on for so long given the public assurances from Parramatta that all would be fine," Banaghan said. "As a result, I've had no option but to pass it on to our lawyers to get it settled."
Eels boss Osborne confirmed he was now dealing with Anderson's legal firm and had been doing so for some time. "There are a couple of issues we're trying to resolve with Daniel's solicitor," Osborne said. "Other than that, I'm not going to inflame the situation by commenting on it."
We're told Parramatta have given Anderson his company car and mobile telephone, but the dispute is over the cash settlement. Despite all the off-field controversy, we're told Parramatta fans have rallied behind Kearney and the revamped coaching staff. Club membership numbers and sponsorship dollars are way up on the same time last season despite the fact the team failed to make the semi-finals.
WHEN the respected boss of the Men of League organisation speaks, it's time to stop and listen. Ron Coote is one of the most admired men in the game because he's a straight-shooter. Coote is concerned about how the NRL's independent commission is being set up and has spoken out about the quality of people the game needs.
"There seems to be a veil of secrecy," he says. "To me it is like the secret service, very little has been announced of how it will work or who will select the commissioners. There's been an announcement that the commissioners will be announced in December, yet at this stage no one has mentioned the names of John Fahey or John Quayle. No one would have better credentials than these two gentlemen. Both have extensive careers in rugby league, as players and officials.
"Both have been successful businessmen. John Fahey has a law degree, played rugby league with the Bulldogs in the '60s and is still their patron. He has had an extensive career in politics; he rose to the level of Premier of NSW before graduating to federal parliament, where he became Finance Minister as part of the Howard government. He is currently the president of the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) - that rates him in the top 20 sports administrators in the world. He has not been asked if he would be interested in being a commissioner.
"John Quayle has presided over the game's most successful era. He was an outstanding administrator. Who could forget 'Simply the Best' with Tina Turner which, thanks to John Quayle, opened rugby league to a whole new market? It's been said the new commission shall not contain any of the existing NRL board members. One great loss will be Katie Page, who has been a brilliant contributor to the game, bringing her marketing skill to attract female interest in rugby league."
CONFIDENCE is something boxing glamour girl Lauryn Eagle has in bucketloads.But the former water-skiing champion is denying rumours she had $1000 on herself at $1.85 to beat New Zealander Christina Tai in her bout last weekend at Homebush. "That's not right," Eagle told us. "Write something about my fight or that I'm going to fight for a world title next year."
IT'S good to see the NSW police force out and about on Melbourne Cup day looking after our sporting celebrities. Fast bowler Brett Lee and his mates left Randwick races after the Cup and jumped straight into the back of a policee four-wheel drive while thousands of others waited in long queues for buses and taxis. Lee's mates were boasting to anyone who cared to listen that they were getting dropped off at Kings Cross. And we thought the days of special favours out of the Golden Mile ended when Chook Fowler and his cohorts were run out of town by the Wood royal Commission.
Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...yes-court-action/story-e6freye0-1225948830874
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