What do mean threaten Goz? His contract will either be terminated or not. Anyway its not as simple as you say. If Bird is found guilty on the assault the club has little choice but to terminate his contract and Bird could possibly be looking at jail time, though I highly doubt it.
Personally, I think he is at long odds to be found guilty on the assault and rightly so. What concerns me is that if he is found guilty on one of the lesser bullsh*t charges then the club still sacks him anyway and I dont think thats right. The club has been harsh in its treatment of Bird to date. He should have been reinstated when certain things came to light. So even if convicted of say the Make False Accusation I hope the club gives him another chance. I mean for f**k sakes a guy like Ben Roberts has been convicted of drink driving, assaulting police and been involved in other incidents and yet still plays for the dogs. There are/have been players out there convicted of offences and not sacked so its not as if the club would be going out on a limb by not sacking Bird.
As for where things stand at the moment, who knows. I have had a bit of contact with the CEO and he assured me that the club was waiting and letting justice do its cause before making a decision.
If you feel strongly about this I dont think boycotting games next year will help. It will be too late by then. Write to the club, write to the CEO, write to the chairman. Tell them how you feel, make a good intelligent argument for Bird not to be sacked. If enough fans contact the club they have to take our opinions into consideration.
They made their decision when they decided he should be suspended earlier.
Making a False Accusation is as offensive to people as any other charge, worse, because nobody likes being falsely accused themselves, its easier to relate to.
What happens to other players isnt relevent at all, each case is determined upon its merits.
People are getting used to not having him around and if the sharks push him off the NRL will make sure no-one is around to break the picket and scab him back into the NRL.
If a viewer wants him back, its probably OK to write to the CEO but not many are able to present and logical reason as to why he should be re-instated and and secondly, CEO's and the board dont care for such things.
They do care about money, power and the club's good name and I dont Bird cant satisfy their desires on his ownsome. Maybe his connections can.
But I'd say that the Bird era at the Sharks is well and truly over.
Some of my copper mates ( unconnected to the events) think hes nothing more than a dumb thug and that he deserves to get some time. They say hes done the wrong thing by the sharks and their fans.
