Ray Price, Eric Grothe and Terry Leabeater plan to remove Parramatta CEO Denis Fitzge

[The Colonel]

I don't give them money on the website, i used the buy the paper 3-4 times a week now i don't buy it at all.

Hits generate sponsorship dollars so by going to their websites you are giving them money.

 

[JessEel]

i don't know what to dooooooooooooooo!! :crazy:


I can see merits in voting for both, and I don't know if i am knowledgable enough to make an informed decision on either!!

 

[The Colonel]

Taking News Limited out of the equation it is decent to now see the reasons 3P wants to run, the backing they have (including current sponsors) and that it is more involved then Grothe and Price.

Much better than backing a bloke because of what he did.

 

[Gronk]

Hits generate sponsorship dollars so by going to their websites you are giving them money.

Yeah I wont pay them any money that way. Instead I subscribe to the RSS feeds and read the paper via Google Reader. ;-)

http://www.google.com/reader

 

[Suitman]

So let's just assume the 3P ticket gets up, and we have 7 new directors.

What is the situation with regards to removing Fitzgerald.
Can he be sacked?
Does he have to serve his current contract before he can be removed?
Can he not be removed until the new directors are part of the Leagues Club Board?

All this does for me is to open a can of worms tbh. Could we REALLY expect to see a cosy and comfortable working relationship between the (possible) new board and Fitz in the meantime, when no doubt, one of their prime objectives would be to have him removed?

Before I vote, I want LOTS of answers.

Suity

 

[The Colonel]

So let's just assume the 3P ticket gets up, and we have 7 new directors.

What is the situation with regards to removing Fitzgerald.
Can he be sacked?
Does he have to serve his current contract before he can be removed?
Can he not be removed until the new directors are part of the Leagues Club Board?

All this does for me is to open a can of worms tbh. Could we REALLY expect to see a cosy and comfortable working relationship between the (possible) new board and Fitz in the meantime, when no doubt, one of their prime objectives would be to have him removed?

Before I vote, I want LOTS of answers.

Suity

I don't think he can be sacked until they change the members on the Leagues Club board - the Football Club only runs the junior grades now. It would depend though on the terms of his contract - what clauses it has in it etc - as to how and when he could be removed. Given his performance would assumingly be reviewed each season in regard to the Leagues Club and the Football club then there may be grounds to remove him but they'd have to be careful under unfair dismissal laws has to how they approach it.

It will be an interesting situaition that is certain.

 

[parra-matters]

Hits generate sponsorship dollars so by going to their websites you are giving them money.

Ah But it's not my money.

 

[Stagger eel]

he's also on a contract which expires 2010, meaning that we may need to pay him out if we want to get rif of him.

 

[Gronk]

he's also on a contract which expires 2010, meaning that we may need to pay him out if we want to get rif of him.

He'd have a fair bit of long service leave owed to him after 30 years.

 

[Suitman]

He'd have a fair bit of long service leave owed to him after 30 years.

Which should have been being put away for the past 30 years.

Suity

 

[fish eel]

he's also on a contract which expires 2010, meaning that we may need to pay him out if we want to get rif of him.

Unless he has the integrity to walk if he no longer has support of the board.

 

[Stagger eel]

He'd have a fair bit of long service leave owed to him after 30 years.

lol..true.

just thinking about it, his long service leave may be a 50% stake of the club...don't be surprised.

 

[Stagger eel]

Unless he has the integrity to walk if he no longer has support of the board.

as if..

 

[Suitman]

I don't think he can be sacked until they change the members on the Leagues Club board - the Football Club only runs the junior grades now. It would depend though on the terms of his contract - what clauses it has in it etc - as to how and when he could be removed. Given his performance would assumingly be reviewed each season in regard to the Leagues Club and the Football club then there may be grounds to remove him but they'd have to be careful under unfair dismissal laws has to how they approach it.

It will be an interesting situaition that is certain.

I'd just like to reiterate that removing Fitzgerald is far from the list of my priorities when deciding who to vote for. That's on the record.

My major concern though is how the possible new board would work with him if they take control and, as I said, considering their supposed underlying motivation.
In other words, will it be a workable relationship.
I can see that we may well go through some tumultuous upheaval before the ship steadies again.

Suity

 

[fish eel]

lol..true.

just thinking about it, his long service leave may be a 50% stake of the club...don't be surprised.

lol....

Of course, whether he 'retires' in a couple of years or his sacked - that is payable to him anyway

as if..

You never know. :sarcasm:

He might decide to run for the State seat. :lol:

 

[Gronk]

Unless he has the integrity to walk if he no longer has support of the board.

Like he made Hagan do ? ;-)

 

[The Colonel]

He'd have a fair bit of long service leave owed to him after 30 years.

Is he an employee or employed under a contract? If its a contract basis then he wouldn't have long service.

 

[Stagger eel]

Is he an employee or employed under a contract? If its a contract basis then he wouldn't have long service.

I think he's only been under a contract scheme for a few years, could be wrong, but redardless they'd be atleast 20 to 25 years worth of employment there.

 

[Gronk]

Is he an employee or employed under a contract? If its a contract basis then he wouldn't have long service.

Depends on the contract entirely.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

quick question, prior to when Gerard and Chris Jurd were invited to sit on the board, were they actual football club members??

Not so quick reply.

Yes. Chris Jurd has for the last 9 AGM's that I have been to been the person to Move that we accept the Annual Report. Not sure about Gerard, I know he is a regular at the players reunion, But not being at home I do not have access to an annual report. But if you are hinting at impropriety on getting him on the board, I doubt it.