Feej
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are creaming your pants yet Ronnie?
A bit tough mate. I thought he actually made some sense, and didn't get any inkling that he'd like to see the end of us.
Hard to be objective in all of this shit though.
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are creaming your pants yet Ronnie?
are creaming your pants yet Ronnie?
Good post Ronnie. All that might be true but at its core it assumes we cant afford to pay damages in the event that we are unsuccessful in defending our positon. Id expect a drawn out legal battle and if we had to pay it could be many years away. I reckon we could cover that to be honest. BTW dont be too presumptious about our Mr Smith.
I like Smith. A lot. He's razor sharp.
You could be right on the legal front. Those f**kers never lose a customer. the longer it drags on, the richer the bottom feeders on the bar get.
I couldn't care less either way mate.
You stay as you are - cool.
You collapse - cool.
This ASADA stuff is masking many of the deeper financial and governance issues that are facing many other clubs.
Funny how only ex players not playing anymore are suing.
That comment from him was so well scripted by shine lawyers I nearly cried.
Bloody good point Cardy. They smelled a rat and didn't act. Frenz alluded to a point earlier in the thread, that we copped the maximum fine for the offence. That is true but I understand the NRL didn't attach fines to other possible breaches. What's more the conditions to achieve the reductions that are available to us are "come to work stuff" and I would be gobsmacked if we didn't get at least the reduced fine. So maybe, drawing on Ronnies points, this is how the NRL/ARLC are saving face but also admitting to be implicit albeit covertly. Dunno boss.
Not at all. Why would a current player try and sue thereby virtually admitting to taking these substances? They would risk sanction by litigating. Past players who are not involved in sport are not staring down the barrel.
They may well line up to get on the bandwagon when they have left.
The problem fiz is that we all know the clubs systems and structures were shite which make it easier for rogues to operate.From a Club perspective, it has been proven that the Board of Directors were unaware of any illegal practices - on that basis, does that clear the club of any wrong doing?
If there are "rogue" employees working outside the systems and structures of an employer - who is then to blame?
Is this the argument that the Club can put forward to have the penalty reduced?
It has been established that Flanagan stopped the injections, but continued the program through creams and tablets for a further 4 weeks.
There are so many levels of responsibility that in my view it will have to be a case of all or nothing.
The problem fiz is that we all know the clubs systems and structures were shite which make it easier for rogues to operate.
That said, the nrl knew this and didn't care and knew about dank and didn't care until a year ago so I agree they are not without blame.
But really, the gazillion dollar lawsuits being thrown about by some is just crap. They will need to prove long lasting ill effects, physical or emotional and I don't see it. All gainfully employed, careers not disrupted. Low level cash grab, with the hope the sharks will panic and cough up big to get rid of the press.
You are not as look as you dumb Ronnie. I've not trusted the motives of the NRL and smiff from the start.Hopefully Sharks management is awake to all the possibilities .They did seem to be wary of cullen so that gives me some hope.