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And some other crackers:
On ICAC...
"Jeez, I'm starting to see why this has been going on for three weeks,"
“This is some of the most boring shit I've ever seen."
On the NSW Government...
"We had a bunch of deadbeats before and now we have a bunch of pricks scared to make a decision,"
On why he donated $50,000 to a Liberal Party slush fund...
"I'm such a great guy,"
Also seems belchardo was right, tehe:
Tinks :wub:Quote:
Although Mr Tinkler was in a hurry to get out of the witness box, the arrival of a process server, armed with a claim for a debt, delayed his getaway.
A Mexican standoff occurred with Mr Tinkler taking refuge in a room reserved for witnesses at the back of the hearing room. Mr Tinkler’s lawyer Harland Koops agreed to sign the documents which were from international law firm Allen & Overy.
In the lift Mr Tinkler shrugged his shoulders when asked what the debt was over. Mr Koops quipped that it was “trivial” compared to what his client had just been through in the witness box.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nathan-tin...#ixzz31s9c62Dh
tinks hasnt mentioned he owns a football team. could it be that he doesnt notice the loose change it costs.
Interesting times ahead for the jets, can't see him keeping us long term if he's lost his baby.Quote:
Full-time for Nathan Tinkler
By By ROBERT DILLON
May 19, 2014, 11 p.m.
NATHAN Tinkler is tipped to relinquish control of the Newcastle Knights as soon as today after further crisis talks yesterday between the NRL, Hunter Sports Group and the Knights Members Club.
The cone of silence was reimposed immediately after a lengthy meeting in Newcastle, but an NRL spokesman was able to reveal ‘‘we made some progress’’ and there was likely to be information released today.
There was speculation last night that the NRL might be poised to announce a resolution to the long-running ownership wrangle, and that Tinkler’s HSG was on the verge of accepting terms for a handover.
It is understood there could be an announcement today and the handover could be completed as early as Friday.
The mining magnate’s position as the custodian of Newcastle’s rugby league franchise has looked increasingly untenable since HSG defaulted on a $10.52million bank guarantee on March 31 – a fundamental breach of the 2011 privatisation agreement.
By reneging on the bank guarantee, HSG entitled the members club to launch the process of buying the Knights back for $1.
The members club served notice of that intention three weeks ago, requesting that HSG hand over all Knights’ assets, in particular the $10.52million cash currently sitting in a joint-signatory bank account.
After early indications from HSG that it intended to challenge the buyback, Dan warned on the weekend that the members club would have no qualms about launching legal action.
The NRL assumed a neutral position in the early stages of negotiations, acting as facilitator, but the governing body’s attitude towards HSG changed dramatically on Friday, tipping the balance of power overwhelmingly in favour of the members club.
Already alarmed by a forensic audit of the Knights’ accounts that is understood to have revealed liabilities approaching $20million, the NRL was outraged when HSG failed to pay about 20 players and staff their monthly wages last Thursday.
NRL chief executive Dave Smith declared that ‘‘whatever action is necessary’’ would be taken to protect the Knights, and NRL Head of Club Services Tony Crawford declared the non-payment ‘‘completely unacceptable’’ and said ‘‘there is no place in our game for this kind of behaviour’’.
Crawford, members club chairman Nick Dan and HSG chief executive Troy Palmer are understood to have met for several hours yesterday in a bid to resolve the impasse.
It could not be confirmed last night whether the outstanding payments to employees had been made.
An NRL representative declined to comment, saying any discussion regarding the overdue wages would have to come from the Knights.
HSG’s spokesman Tim Allerton and Dan refused to talk, citing a confidentiality agreement.
Speaking after his side’s 15-14 loss to Manly at Brookvale Oval last night, Knights coach Wayne Bennett said he was unsure if players had been paid.
‘‘I can’t clarify that today,’’ he said.
‘‘We came here to play football today and we’ve all been focused on that.
‘‘I’m not in a position to talk about off-field stuff today.
‘‘We’ve been in Sydney all day. I haven’t spoken to the CEO. I haven’t spoken to anybody at all about it.’’
Playmaker Jarrod Mullen said the turmoil of the past week had not adversely affected the performance by Newcastle, who slumped to their fourth successive defeat and eighth in 10 games.
‘‘That wasn’t an issue,’’ Mullen said.
Hailed the ‘‘white knight’’ when 97 per cent of Newcastle’s members voted to endorse his takeover bid three years ago, Tinkler’s popularity with the Novocastrian faithful has plummeted as rapidly as his bank balance.
In a Newcastle Herald poll yesterday, 84.5 per cent of respondents voted that Tinkler should hand the Knights back to the members club, suggesting the one-time billionaire faces a backlash if he does not comply.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/22...inkler/?cs=306
Wonder how long he'll stick around funding us, will he wait and try and sell us, knowing any sale would still need to be approved by the FFA, or will he try the old handing back of the license trick again.
Hopefully if the shit is going to hit the fan it happens asap, so stubbsy knows what he has to work and so it does not destabilize next season.
Stubbins just has to keep going along business as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
I said it before a few months ago, it'd be silly to assume that the FFA don't have a fall back option or have started a process of looking. Tinkler is in a process of self-destructing and this isn't any secret. I know if I were the FFA i'd be sounding out potential investors. They have a product to protect so this is part of their due dilligence.
yep, they probably do have a fall-back plan. no guarantee that fall-back involves Newcastle though. could just as easily be SE queensland, NSW south coast, southern Sydney or any other of the various locations that pop up now and again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
As opposed to the well oiled machine our club has been run like over the last 9 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
Our club is made of straw, built on sand in the windiest part of town.
Just embrace it.
I don't think any of those locations have the potential support that a Hunter based club has. 3 years in a row of over 10,000 members, consistent top 4 or 5 crowd figures in the league and 2 NNSW places in the FFA cup would make it a disastrous move to remove an A-League club from this region.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
And the Asian Cup is being brought here as a reward to the local football community.
I think the Gold Coast > WSW will have shown the FFA that new clubs have to be set up in the right market or they will be a burden on the league.
Their best bet is an overseas buyer.
An unlikely scenario is following the Knights to Wests. They have never shown interest in the Jets and unless they see them as simply a way to assist their Knights investment I don't see them being interested. The Knights will be run by rugby league people again and football is foreign to them.
Tinkler can't hand back the license without risking financial compensation.
The other alternative is that HSG might just want to make the Jets bigger than the Knights to show the rugby league fraternity what they have missed out on. I wouldn't discount this option because it is very hard to relinquish the spotlight once you find yourself in it. To let the Jets go will mean sinking back into anonymity and the question is whether or not Tinkler and Palmer want to do this. Tinkler has shown with Pattinak Farms that he likes to be seen to be a big shot. It all depends how angry Tinkler is at the Knights people and whether he wants to show them up.
Good postQuote:
Originally Posted by hausmann
Also: is the stadium lease with HSG or are there 2 seperate ones with Knights and Jets?
Hopefully with HSG.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
If so Tinks should screw them over at every opportunity and hold motocrosses just before Knights games just like they have done to Football in Newy for years
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/19...se-negotiated/Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
It looks like it's with HSG and doesn't mention if there are two parties leasing it.
:lulz:Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Good thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Don't let the Knights play home games there and let the Jets play their Yoof teams out of Stade de Newy in the NBN.
Should be able to fob them off all season at the rate NBN games are washed out/pitch preserved after no rain in 3 days etc
Knights can enjoy days at Cessnock and Harker Oval
will be interesting to see how it will be transferred. Whether there are 2 seperate lease agreements (1 for each team) that will be good, or if the entire lease is given to Wests/Members/New Knights owners in which case we go back to being a sub tenant and get truly screwed over again.
Couldn't understand why the agreement for stadium wouldn't be in solely HSG's name.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Basically that allows HSG as a group to make the money out of any sub deals done ie Motocrosses etc. Can't imagine they would have done it in Jets and Knights names separately.
Though I suppose with a few of the blokes employed at HSG I could see that being something they would be likely to do
Hunter Venues runs the stadium have done for years, HSG has no management rights over the venue, they have access during year for the teams they operate, that is all.
Hunter venues would just do a new deal with the knights members club to allow access during the winter season.
Whilst the number of members is large for newy, I'd be surprised if there was not a significant drop off if a new owner came on board and didn't have cut price packages at the same prices as HSG.
It will also be interesting to see any sponsorship drop off, and a return to a competitive sponsorship environment between the two teams and what impact that would have on the jets.
While I would like to think there is a ready made Newcastle based alternative that the FFA has just in case, I wouldn't put it past them to follow the money, wherever that leads.
I don't agree with the ego sentiment, think the two of them would love to fade back into the back drop for a bit while they try and salvage the empire. Tinks has already started to do that with selling Patinack Farm.
If the knights do go there own way & Tinks keeps the jets, I wonder if that means that we'll be in for another colour change to distance ourselves from them, a return to the gold or maybe embracing the E&C as our home kit with a new away.
We havent really been out of this. ffa ownership could improve our lot. Ill say its a definite that ownership will change shortly.Quote:
Originally Posted by hausmann
Happy to go back to the gold or to e&c, don't mind. Just get rid of this blue and red crap. And get a real shirt manufacturer who can get the jerseys delivered before December.
Has nothing to do with HSG or either clubs or the deals that would like to do, NSW government has moved to a centralised stadium management structure where all stadium management rights are held by the states NSW Venues board. Similar to QLD, where all profits are returned to the state. This replaced the structure of allowing groups to bid for stadium management rights who would then run the stadium as they pleased (Knights in the past).Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Newy has an extra layer of bureaucrats (Hunter Venues) because they are supposed to be responsible for the Newcastle sports and entertainment precinct. But basically it all runs straight south to Sydney. Hunter Venues has no real power, for example they can't plan to returf or expand or do anything to the stadium that all goes through NSW Venues. Hunter Venues is basically an admin & call centre north of Sydney.