Did anyone see the puffpiece the Farkwit wrote on himself???
He didn't even start going for the Sharks until after 78. He'd have been around 20 years old, so he obviously went for someone else before that . He's the ScoMo of newspaper land #fake fan
Cronulla Sharks salary cap scandal: Buzz Rothfield on the pain of investigating his beloved Cronulla
AUGUST 28, 2018Most readers of this newspaper would be aware I am a Cronulla Sharks tragic.
A season ticket holder, member and fanatical fan.
I have been since I covered the Sharks’ 1978 grand final replay against Manly on a Tuesday afternoon at the Sydney Cricket Ground and walked away thinking they were hard done by.
WORST TIMING: Sharks investigated over possible salary cap breaches
In this gig it can be difficult having such an emotional investment a footy team.
You go there every week to cheer your lungs out, boo the referee over a pie and beer.
Shark Park is my second home.
In this business though you have to treat every story on its merit.
When our front-rower and 2016 grand final hero Andrew Fifita abused a junior referee two years ago I broke the story and exposed him.
When Josh Dugan got thrown out of Cronulla RSL earlier this year for swearing in front of women I wrote about it.
Then there was the peptides, a story we couldn’t ignore.
Or when our chairman Damian Keogh was busted for possessing cocaine.
Now this potential salary cap scandal.
We got a tip-off on Tuesday morning.
My immediate thoughts are the newspaper and our website.
You start gathering the details, hit the keyboard and type it out.
It’s when the guilt hits home and you start to question yourself.
Should I have passed on the story to another colleague to write to stay sweet with the players, the coaches and the officials, many of whom are friends?
Yet at the end of the day it’s what we do.
Shane Flanagan chases two competition points every week as relentlessly as I chase stories.
I’m worried this one might have an effect on our finals campaign and what sort of disruptions it may cause.
Still, if I hadn’t have written it, someone else would have. And whether you like it or not, it’s my job.
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In this gig it can be difficult having such an emotional investment a footy team.
You go there every week to cheer your lungs out, boo the referee over a pie and beer.
Shark Park is my second home.
In this business though you have to treat every story on its merit.
When our front-rower and 2016 grand final hero Andrew Fifita abused a junior referee two years ago I broke the story and exposed him.
When Josh Dugan got thrown out of Cronulla RSL earlier this year for swearing in front of women I wrote about it.
Then there was the peptides, a story we couldn’t ignore.
Or when our chairman Damian Keogh was busted for possessing cocaine.
Now this potential salary cap scandal.
We got a tip-off on Tuesday morning.
My immediate thoughts are the newspaper and our website.
You start gathering the details, hit the keyboard and type it out.
It’s when the guilt hits home and you start to question yourself.
Should I have passed on the story to another colleague to write to stay sweet with the players, the coaches and the officials, many of whom are friends?
Yet at the end of the day it’s what we do.
Shane Flanagan chases two competition points every week as relentlessly as I chase stories.
I’m worried this one might have an effect on our finals campaign and what sort of disruptions it may cause.
Still, if I hadn’t have written it, someone else would have. And whether you like it or not, it’s my job
