The punch that cost the Sharks $20,000 - Zappia stands down

[El Diablo]

move :?

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=339978

Zappia steps down from his role
Updated: 13:21, Monday June 8, 2009

Sharks CEO Tony Zappia has stepped down from his leadership role at the club following channel seven's news report on Sunday night.

Network Seven said former Sharks employee Jenny Hall claimed that Zappia cornered her in a hallway and came up close and stood on both her feet.

She said she got angry and he lashed out with a punch.

The Seven News report detailed a subsequent meeting between the two, where Hall initially questioned whether the punch was accidental.

Then later in the report it stated that Hall had agreed with Zappia that it was an accident.

Zappia has said in the past the incident was an accident and he was simply shadow boxing.

Network Seven also reported that Zappia opened an email with pornographic content during the meeting with Hall and showed it to her and his female personal assistant.

He denied this accusation.

While the board acknowledges interest from the media, they've announced they'll fully support their staff and consider the complete evidence.

The Sharks board will request Channel Seven provides the recorded conversation between the former employee and Mr. Zappia to establish the authenticity of the tape.

The board will also interview staff members in relation to the new allegations and has requested a response from Tony Zappia by Thursday.

 

[Ausguy]

well done by the board.... make her sweat a little.

 

[El Diablo]

i have no idea why news.com.au are saying he was sacked when Sky News showed Pierce (?) saying he did it voluntarily

never let the truth get in the way of a good story

 

[coach]

Zappia steps down from his role
Updated: 13:21, Monday June 8, 2009
Sharks CEO Tony Zappia has stepped down from his leadership role at the club following channel seven's news report on Sunday night.

Network Seven said former Sharks employee Jenny Hall claimed that Zappia cornered her in a hallway and came up close and stood on both her feet.

She said she got angry and he lashed out with a punch.

The Seven News report detailed a subsequent meeting between the two, where Hall initially questioned whether the punch was accidental.

Then later in the report it stated that Hall had agreed with Zappia that it was an accident.

Zappia has said in the past the incident was an accident and he was simply shadow boxing.

Network Seven also reported that Zappia opened an email with pornographic content during the meeting with Hall and showed it to her and his female personal assistant.

He denied this accusation.

While the board acknowledges interest from the media, they've announced they'll fully support their staff and consider the complete evidence.

The Sharks board will request Channel Seven provides the recorded conversation between the former employee and Mr. Zappia to establish the authenticity of the tape.

The board will also interview staff members in relation to the new allegations and has requested a response from Tony Zappia by Thursday.

http://www2.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=339978

 

[Frailty]

Good riddance...

The Sharks need to purge themselves of these dickheads, so we can't clean ourselves up.

 

[Timmah]

No, didn't see the story, just going off what people have said on here about its content. So the media isn't really clever imo, just that people are too blinded about league to admit that ourt games participants have to take responsibility for their actions rather than look for someone to blame.

Rather than go on media witch hunts, or blame any woman at the first opportunity, instead I just ask myself whether a person's reported actions are justified and sensible - or just plain dumb and damaging to the game.

I suspect the Cronulla Board will look at things the same way, acknowledge neither the media nor the woman was at fault for Zappia acting like a goose, and give Zappia his marching orders. Gallop has already indicated in today's reports that the NRL expects the club to take action...

Are you honestly that blinkered that you think the only people answerable to their actions are NRL players/clubs/officials? If you cannot see there is a clear agenda by some media outlets against the code in sensationalist reporting and double standards then you really need to re-think mate. You'll find many people on here are pretty obvious in their condemnation of Zappia, myself included. He should be dismissed, gone, whatever. That issue is dealt with easily. The media's role on the other hand will seemingly go unscrutinized as they were "the moral good" in this instance. Makes me sick.

 

[Green Machine]

Seems like this leaking of information or disinformation has been cleverly constructed by certain people in the media over the last few weeks. The so called strippers in the dressing sheds, the sex toys given out to players. All that disinformation means nothing now with this set up, with the listening device. I wonder if Tony Zappia quits, will that mean the story ends?

 

[Timmah]

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=323982

 

[bartman]

Are you honestly that blinkered that you think the only people answerable to their actions are NRL players/clubs/officials?

Read my posts before you respond with your own ignorance. The buck stops with the person responsible for their own actions - any discussion about the media or the woman etc wouldn't be happening if Zappia had have chosen to act appropriately as a CEO in the first place. This simple fact is glossed over repeatedly by people wanting to instantly jump down the media's throat, or question what any woman says about any event in our game.

If you cannot see there is a clear agenda by some media outlets against the code in sensationalist reporting and double standards then you really need to re-think mate.

I just think it's pretty irrelevant going on and on about how crap the media is... Most people realised this ages ago - didn't anyone on here watch the series Frontline (mid-90s)?

You'll find many people on here are pretty obvious in their condemnation of Zappia, myself included. He should be dismissed, gone, whatever. That issue is dealt with easily.

Obvious, but fairly understated about it imo... the focus/overemphasis on the media etc comes across as making excuses.

The media's role on the other hand will seemingly go unscrutinized as they were "the moral good" in this instance. Makes me sick.

Who really thinks the media is the moral good? :lol: Fair enough you and others are sick about the media, but welcome to the mid-90s... prattling on about how the media can't be controlled on a message board every time someone in league f**ks up won't change a thing, and is kind of stating the obvious - while ignoring what the game can do to control these situations better.

 

[El Diablo]

Sky News make you want to puke

Newsreader "The AFL has just kicked off"

Newsreader 2 "good to hear some good news"

 

[Green Machine]

I agree with newsreader. That is good news. Good to see AFL got rid of that poncy ball bounce

 

[Timmah]

Read my posts before you respond with your own ignorance. The buck stops with the person responsible for their own actions - any discussion about the media or the woman etc wouldn't be happening if Zappia had have chosen to act appropriately as a CEO in the first place. This simple fact is glossed over repeatedly by people wanting to instantly jump down the media's throat, or question what any woman says about any event in our game.

I just think it's pretty irrelevant going on and on about how crap the media is... Most people realised this ages ago - didn't anyone on here watch the series Frontline (mid-90s)?
Obvious, but fairly understated about it imo... the focus/overemphasis on the media etc comes across as making excuses.


Who really thinks the media is the moral good? :lol: Fair enough you and others are sick about the media, but welcome to the mid-90s... prattling on about how the media can't be controlled on a message board every time someone in league f**ks up won't change a thing, and is kind of stating the obvious - while ignoring what the game can do to control these situations better.

Half the problem is the wanton re-hashing of incidents that have already been reported... and are then reported as if they're new.

 

[myanonymoususername]

well done by the board.... make her sweat a little.

Why do you (and others on this forum) seem so keen to see her punished in some way? She hasn't, by all reports, done too much wrong, other than breaking a confidentiality agreement *edited*

 

[Timmah]

She broke a confidentiality agreement, she recorded a conversation and *EDITED* a media outlet who have yet to play the recording in it's unedited entirety (which in my book casts doubts over it).

"Who felt the need to go to the media"? WTF? If you feel aggrieved, go to the f**king police or something. The media, especially a channel as anti-RL as Seven, should NOT be first choice. Gold-digging at it's finest.

 

[myanonymoususername]

She broke a confidentiality agreement, she recorded a conversation and *edited *who have yet to play the recording in it's unedited entirety (which in my book casts doubts over it).

"Who felt the need to go to the media"? WTF? If you feel aggrieved, go to the f**king police or something. The media, especially a channel as anti-RL as Seven, should NOT be first choice. Gold-digging at it's finest.

We don't know if she's been paid by Ch 7 - quite likely but as yet not known.

How come anyone who criticises league in some way is always in it for the money? Especially when they are a woman. Maybe she just felt the club hadn't taken her complaints seriously in their rush to enter into a CA and pay her off? Maybe she felt the NRL were no use as they were likely to just be in bed with the club?

 

[DJShaksta]

Timmah is right, if she was so troubled by what happened surely the police would've been more beneficial than Ch7. Oh wait, the cops don't pay you for your interview.......

 

[DJShaksta]

We don't know if she's been paid by Ch 7 - quite likely but as yet not known.

How come anyone who criticises league in some way is always in it for the money? Especially when they are a woman. Maybe she just felt the club hadn't taken her complaints seriously in their rush to enter into a CA and pay her off? Maybe she felt the NRL were no use as they were likely to just be in bed with the club?

Well she should've thought about that before signing the agreement and taking the $20K.

No, she signed the agreement last August, the she took the cash and she moved interstate. Now some 10 months later, the Sharks are public enemy No1 in league and she saw a way to make a quick buck.

 

[ngap]

She broke a confidentiality agreement, she recorded a conversation and *EDITED* a media outlet who have yet to play the recording in it's unedited entirety (which in my book casts doubts over it)

Remember the agreement is signed by two parties. So the comments Cronulla made about the incident involving shadow boxing may have been construed as breaking the agreement first.

 

[myanonymoususername]

Timmah is right, if she was so troubled by what happened surely the police would've been more beneficial than Ch7. Oh wait, the cops don't pay you for your interview.......

Actually apart from the original punch that caused her black eye, and which there doesn't seem to be any real dispute that it was intentional, nothing else that I've read actually looks to fall within police jurisdiction. Sexual harassment is against the law but not criminal. It is handled, usually by conciliation, by the anti-discrimination board, the end result normally being some sort of compensation.

Oh yeah, something else. Can you please take that banner in your signature down? Gallen is in no way the Bradman of League. Decent enough player, yes, but its an insult to the Don's memory to even mention Gallen in the same breath.