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Parramatta chairman Steve Sharp, CEO John Boulous, football manager Daniel Anderson, along with Tom Issa and Peter Serrao are the five officials the NRL wish to deregister over breaching the salary cap.
However they have headed for the Supreme Court rather than knuckle down to clear the deck so the Eels can start winning back the 12 points they’ve docked.
They quintet can’t be serious.
They have claimed in the Supreme Court the salary cap punishments prohibits staff from carrying out their duties under the Corporations Act.
There are just ten days for the Eels to get the roster under the salary cap – more than $500,000 – before they can start earning competition points.
Fallout from the Parra salary cap scandal
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» Press conference: Parra breached the cap by $3 million, players may be investigated
» Parramatta docked 12 points, fined $1 million for salary cap breaches
The equation as it sits right now is Parramatta must win at least 12 of the remaining games to reach the finals. Every week the board takes to conform with the cap means fewer games in hand, and more wins required.
If the five officials had anything left in their support tank for their beleaguered team they butchered, they must collectively ride off into the rugby league sunset.
Goodbye and good riddance.
Instead, they are ignoring evidence from some 750,000 documents that says they have systematically rorted the salary cap.
So instead of bowing out as the NRL wants, they are flogging a dead horse, saying they will get it right given the time.
But the clock has stopped ticking, it’s all over red rover – their time is up.
Yesterday, Parramatta legend Dennis Fitzgerald surfaced as if scripted. Give him the job of settling the dust – it will be done superbly and in a hurry.
The first on the agenda would have to be warrior Anthony Watmough, who is on the long-term injured list and hasn’t played a game this season.
With his contract worth a reported $500,000-plus a season, suggest he retires gracefully and the salary cap excess would be wiped off with one stroke of the pen.
Then the Eels can start back in the points game, having dramatically dropped from fourth on 12 points to 16th on zero.
Go for it Denis, with your 30-plus years of experience.
Make the club that’s been your life live again.