I'm not sure which team you support, but if that particular team was stripped of a premiership, I'd bet Gallop would get the same reaction. It's what "passionate" fans do. .
El Duque is a long time Eels supporter. And our team was stripped of a premiership - by Melbourne's cheating.
Point taken. Hartigan went down there to take care of business from, I guess, a "business" point of view as he heads up News Limited in this country.
Still, here is the game in quite possibly it's biggest disaster since Super League and the CEO hands out the penalties he felt are deserving and then washes his hands of the whole situation more or less. Sure, he came down in October but, again, I don't feel he did himself any favors by distancing himself for as long as he did. He's the one charged with running the game after all.
Just sayin'.
Gallop never washed his hands. He dealt with it - and ensured the punishment stuck. Like Manly's actions on the night of the 2009 season launch, Canterbury's salary cap scandal, Coffs Harbour, the SBW defection, Canberra's request for the NRL to enforce a years ban for Todd Carney, and many other judgements. Canterbury have never booed David Gallop, nor launched the long running personal attacks that Melbourne and Manly have. Melbourne accused the judiciary for cheating when Cam Smith got a 2 match suspension ffs! It was, I believe, the first ever defamation case launched by judiciary members for doing their job.
What is true is that maybe Gallop should have ventured to Melbourne sooner. Yet, given the reception he got for awarding them a major prize, do you really blame him? I'm sure he couldnt do a Neil Whittaker style walkabout, would he.
Seriously? You think the analogy of motivation for terrorists killing innocent people and fans booing someone they don't like is a fair analogy?
Geez I hope the next time a chant of the "referees a wayne kerr" goes up Gallop is eqaully as condeming in this outrageous passionate behaviour!
If they were rioting and burning down the sticks in protest then fair enough, you would condemn their behaviour but to slate them for booing, especially Gallop of all people!, and then he goes on the next day to suggest everyone who booed supports cheating is just mind boggling stuff for a CEO of a major sports code to be coming out with.
If they didnt support cheating, why would they boo? There are Melbourne fans here who do not support the cheating, nor the fans reaction. Sadly, they are a minority.
Interesting.
I was at the game and was booing Gallop for the following reasons:
1) His absolute refusal to try and grow the game in Victoria and stand up to channel 9 here
You get an origin every second year, and tests for 20 years. That's not growing the game?
2) The ridiculous penalties handed out after Brookvale (1 week for Brett Stewart?????)
Is Gallop on the f*cking judiciary you fruitcake??????
3) The "don't you just love monday night football" text to Searle when Titans beat us
You must be kidding? You lot are that sensetive that you are whinging over a text to a work associate on a great result for him???
I wasn't booing him for the salary cap issues, and I presume neither were the Knights fans in our row who were booing louder than anyone else.
That's right. Must have been all those horrible texts to Searl. :roll:
So no, you are not correct in your assumptions about everyone's reasons for booing, even though you seem to be some kind of expert on what Storm fans are thinking.
And even if some of the booing was for the salary cap penalties, there is nothing wrong with fans voicing their opinion on how harsh they were.
I can remember the massive whinge from Storm fans over Parramatta fans voicing their opinion on Melbourne's rampant cheating.
Tigers got a huge fine in March for being well over the cap, but they didn't get a single point deducted
I didnt know the Tigers were over the cap by $1million.
Victoria Police themselves said the nrl had 'jumped to conclusions' and there is nothing wrong with getting that message across to moron gallop.
What the f*ck would the Victorian Police have to do with a salary cap breach you gronk?????
Doesn't mean they are saying it's right or clever to cheat, they just maybe disagree with the severity of the punishment). We live in a democracy these days, and last time I checked voicing your opinion wasn't illegal.
Yes. You all wanted maybe Waldron to write an apology, and call it quits.
It astounds everyone to believe that the biggest incidence of cheating ever in Australian Sporting history should not have recieved a punishment reflecting the crime.
If you are happy with the CEO and figurehead of your sport throwing around words like 'terrorists' on the 9/11 anniversary to describe a few people booing him for a laugh then that's fine - but its not a good look for the sport as a whole.
The "9/11 anniversary" is actually in November - what was it for again?????
Are you genuinely happy with having a CEO for our code who uses the word terrorist to describe a few fans booing at a sports event?
Let me know if that ever happens, because Gallop never said that. But, hey, you are ok with cheating, so it's not hard to understand that you cant work out what Gallop actually said.
In describing Storm fans, f*cktard would have been a more appropriate word to use
