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I have known John Ribot since 1980 when he used to feed the ducks in Ashfield Park and also play on the wing for Roy Masters’ Wests Magpies. Fast forward twenty years and Ribot’s resume is fat and impressive.
But you will not read in his long list of achievements what really sits with me.
He is incredibly passionate about rugby league and despite what you may read in some sections of the media, he is not egotistical.
Super League would never have happened had the players been paid properly and the game was not going backwards. Right or wrong, Reebs did something about it.
He is a big fan of the proposed independent commission on rugby league.
There is no question that he would be the best qualified person to chair the commission. But for it to work and have the respect and credibility that it needs, he is the first to admit that the chairman and all members must be independent.
The Commission will not be able to carry the word “independent” if ARL chairman Colin Love keeps putting his hand up.
All the key stakeholders meet in Sydney on Monday to start the ball rolling.
Make no mistake, this is about politics. It is almost impossible to turn three or four RL’s into one as influential players have to lose their seats and expense accounts.
Ribot and Love do not swap Christmas cards, we all know that. But the game is bigger than feeding ducks and misguided egos.
Lets get it right, independent should mean INDEPENDENT.
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