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Will the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority spell the death for the Cronulla Sharks? If all truth comes out then it will be the death of the Sharks.
When you bite the hand that feeds you, don’t expect that hand to continue feeding.
The hand in this case are the fans who will no longer be there to care.
As loyal as the average 13,708 fans attending Shark Park have been, they will not react kindly if facts presented show club officials and players have been lying.
If this turns out to be a flop then expect a legal battle to ensue for denigrating our sport for what turned out to be nothing but an empty threat.
For this reason I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel for the Sharks. I hope my opinion on this matter is wrong but I don’t bare a sense of optimism.
As the drama continues to unfold, Isaac Gordon’s lawyer James Chrara has explained the reason behind the players decision to sue the Cronulla Sharks.
Isaac Gordon claims to have potentially suffered life-threatening side effects from the clubs 2011 supplements program.
Speaking to ABC news, lawyer James Chrara said Gordon suffered a blood thinning disorder, severe bruising in one leg and was told by doctors that a blow to the head could have killed him.
Furthermore, Chrara had this to say:
“… the doctor said if he had a knock to the head as a result of playing in a game, he could have passed away. ”
“If any club or code has conducted themselves in a way that they have exposed their players to illegal substances considered banned, then our view would be there is a course of action for the players to explore and they would be able to seek damages.”
Whether people wish to take this matter seriously or not is completely up to them but the ramifications it could have not just for the ,Cronulla Sharks and heart broken fans but rugby league fans, is enormous.
If fans, sponsors and administrators were to walk away it could potentially leave league with a code of 15 teams. That won’t be what Channel Nine and Fox Sports signed up for.
The clear choice would be to put a team out in Western Australia.
Though the shadow it would cast over the game could be detrimental to achieving goals set out by the Australian Rugby League Commission.
This whole saga is far from over, but the prospect of losing a beloved club while having to implement the untried and untested just prevents what many hoped would be a new time of growth and security for rugby league in Australia.
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