Phil Rothfield

[hutch]

Scraping the barrel there beetroot nose. How anybody buys this crap I'll never know.

 

[Eddie Lab]

he is obsessed with the cars that the ARLC drive. doesn't he have something better to write about.

 

[RL The greatest game]

Don't click on to the merkin's articles.
He's on a mission to undermine David Smith and he's failing.
The Sloth is getting more desperate by the day.

 

[Nerd]

I've stopped reading Slothfields articles. Just the same anti NRL drivel dished up day after day.

 

[The Charlatan]

If the merkin stopped doing a hatchet job on the game, more fans might show up.

 

[RL The greatest game]

If the merkin stopped doing a hatchet job on the game, more fans might show up.

He's trying to do a hatchet job on Rugby League because of his love of Rupert and Gallop.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Imagine John Grant accepting an invitation to the cricket from the SCG Trust.

I am outraged!

#codeincrisis
#NRLisdying

 

[some11]

Didn't he write a puff piece about Smith when he went to a game with him not long ago?

Honestly all they would need to do is deliver him a carton of New every 3-4 days to keep him happy.

 

[The Charlatan]

If the merkin stopped doing a hatchet job on the game, more fans might show up.

He's trying to do a hatchet job on Rugby League because of his love of Rupert and Gallop.

Aware of that mate. He goes for the throat, puts everything negative about the code on the back page (including his agenda driven shit which he passes for "fact,") and then lays into the code for poor turnout.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Don't click on to the merkin's articles.
He's on a mission to undermine David Smith and he's failing.
The Sloth is getting more desperate by the day.

You don't think Smith is doing a bang-up job of making himself look bad himself?

I was waiting for the press conference this weekend about the exciting opportunities presented by referees being pelted with bottles, ala the Titans fiasco.

Maybe petty, but the fact Smith, Grant etc are probably more concerned about how warm their butt is on the way to the football as opposed to seamlessly and selflessly running the game is showing up loud and clear in the issues we have.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Greenberg addressed the media after the bottle incident...

Do you really believe that Slothfield wouldn't have written that article regardless?

The CEO of the large company that I work for has a hire car with driver to chauffeur him around as well, as do all our politicians, and I'm betting Slothfield's boss..

 

[nrlnrl]

Didn't he write a puff piece about Smith when he went to a game with him not long ago?

Honestly all they would need to do is deliver him a carton of New every 3-4 days to keep him happy.

Surprise surprise he's in love with the game again ( probably only briefly ) after the Sharks cracked it for their first win. His column for Monday has plenty of positives about rugby league.

 

[El Diablo]

maybe Dave Smith agreed to an interview

 

[insert.pause]

Olsen quit.

 

[insert.pause]

Statement on use of hire cars

Sun 12 Apr, 2015, 9:02am
NRL

The NRL today clarified recent media commentary regarding the use of hire cars by the game’s Chairman or CEO.

Like other major organisations, the NRL uses hire cars from time-to-time – but only when schedules are tight, parking restricted or at times when taxis are difficult to get.

On these occasions, cars are secured at special corporate rates.

Recent media commentary acknowledges that other leading sports administrators use a hire car when they are travelling interstate.

Similarly, the Chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission, John Grant, lives in Brisbane and travels interstate when he comes to Sydney. He uses taxis when his tight schedule allows.

In regards to Dave Smith, it should be noted that his car is one from the Game’s sponsor, Holden, and not a hire car. His use of hire cars is consistent with the demands of a CEO.

http://www.nrl.com/statement-on-use-of-hire-cars/tabid/10874/newsid/85306/default.aspx

Grimshaw has wasted little time, it's ridiculous that the NRL have to resort to weekly corrections on behalf of Telegraph articles that fall basic journalistic ethics.

 

[juro]

Mascord's response:

Car-hire issue
Set Of Six is a bit concerned the NRL saw cause on Sunday to issue a statement about gossip columns bagging David Smith and John Grant for using hire cars and drivers. Previously, the NRL didn't seem to care when Smith and Grant were portrayed as aloof, refusing to play that game. But a statement posted on the NRL website pointed out that the big bosses use hire cars only when cabs are scarce and that Smith's car is provided by a sponsor. Has the league been worn down to the extent that it believes its image is the trouble? Would the NFL or Premier League bother denying their big-earning bosses get chauffeured around? Could be a slippery slope … (P.S: This writer is not trying to influence anybody to do anything so it's not a 'damned if you do …" situation)

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-worrying-about-referees-20150412-1mj8n3.html

Love him referring to Rothfield's work as "gossip columns". Probably still too flattering, really...

 

[El Diablo]

He's on the turps

BUZZ ROTHFIELD @BuzzRothfield

These refs are outstanding tonight #NRLSouthsCowboys #POSITIVE

https://twitter.com/BuzzRothfield/status/587564299293343744

BUZZ ROTHFIELD @BuzzRothfield

I can't cop NEGATIVE people bagging our great game #NRLSouthsCowboys

https://twitter.com/BuzzRothfield/status/587562815348609024

 

[El Diablo]

BUZZ ROTHFIELD ‏@BuzzRothfield
I L O V E J O H N G R A N T #POSITIVE

 

[undertaker]

He can't cop negative people bagging our game?????

He's definitely skulled down those 4 stubbies of Tooheys from the pic on his twitter page.

Looks like he's jumped off the Wanderers bandwagon. Lack of decibels.

 

[elbusto]

Phil is pissed again.