Source?
If so, I'm over the NRL.
Not just because of that comment, but due to the way they have handled this whole scandal, and the way they are dealing with every situation that unfolds ever since this f**king commission was set up, and even before that.
Didn't the NRL's auditors run a fine tooth comb through us last year and give us the all clear?
How did the NRL find out about the Melbourne Storm situation, or the Bulldogs, or the Warriors.
They found out about those situations due to snitches. The same way they found out about ours.
Yet, less than 12 months ago, their former chief auditor was given the job by our club to go through our books and in compliance with the NRL, THEY GAVE US THE ALL CLEAR.
How does this happen?
Is this not proof (4 times now) that their own auditing system is a complete joke?
What I can't get my head around is this - clearly Watmough was enticed to Parramatta by a good salary and a decent TPA and a long (40) year contract.
Do the NRL not have the power to demand who is supplying his TPA? I would assume they do.
If so, wouldn't a simple ASIC check have found the link to the parent company that was linked to the club through our own dealings previously?
I just can't get my head around the fact that a company, linked to a company that has contracts at the club, wasn't found through what should be some seriously professional auditing and some basic checks.
I also cannot get my head around how much information has been linked to the media through this whole process. Firstly, but less importantly, whatever came from the Eels. That just saddens me and astounds me that a so called (or several) Eels fans would do that.
Secondly, the leaks to the media from the NRL WTF is that about and where was it coming from? The proposed penalties, etc......
The fact that it was reported two weeks ago that this would not be announced till after the Bulldogs game..........and it was. Like, who is passing this stuff on to the media.
I'm really sad tonight. As are we all I suppose.
It's the first year that we all had hope of some decent success, and the boys have been seriously putting it on for us on the field. I take my hat off to Brad Arthur for bringing the boys together.
I'm sad that we have been rooted by individuals that want nothing more than power to run our club. Those being, the current board, the previous board and the previous board before that. They are all guilty, and they are all now victims of their own selfishness.
I'll cheer on the boys with passion this season, but those in the upper reaches of our club, ALL OF THEM, can well and truly go and f**k off forever.
Young Jumpsuit is very sad tonight. A junior fan who has trouble remembering the 2009 GF season, could finally see some light at the end of the tunnel this year. Not any more.
Suity
