https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/i-...n-over-bulldogs-election-20180322-p4z5rt.html
I'll be back': McIntyre threatens legal action over Bulldogs election
22 March 2018 — 8:29pm
By Adrian Proszenko & Kate McClymont
Gary McIntyre has threatened a legal challenge to the validity of the Canterbury Leagues Club election result as another controversial character has been forced to stand down from the board after his past caught up with him.
The fallout from the bitter battle at the ballot box continues after McIntyre – the man at the centre of the Bulldogs salary cap scandal – missed out on a seat on the nine-member board.
McIntyre polled 469 votes, but it wasn’t enough to return to the corridors of power.
McIntyre told a punter, who filmed him leaving the leagues club after the numbers were tallied, that his faction has ‘‘got the control of the club’’. He also claimed: “I’ll be back later in the year.”
Contacted by Fairfax Media to explain the comment, McIntyre said: “The statement about the possibility about my return in the future was made in the context of legal advice that I have obtained about contesting the results of the election on the ground it was conducted unfairly.
“I have written to the club on the matter, but have made no decision on what course of action I propose to take in that regard.”
The ‘‘reform ticket’’, which swept to power at the Bulldogs football club elections, just scraped home in their bid to have the numbers on the leagues club. George Coorey aligned himself with the ‘‘reformists’’ and gave them the numbers, earning just 23 more votes than his brother Arthur. It was hoped the election result would bring closure to the war to control the rivers of gold that flow from the leagues club, which generates $74 million a year from gaming revenue alone.
However, there has already been a casualty.
James Marroun was given a saloon passage into the boardroom as one of four football club endorsed candidates who automatically become directors. But he has fallen on his sword after Fairfax Media revealed he is a former bankrupt who is banned from any involvement in junior rugby league.
In a social media post, Marroun said: “After speaking with [Bulldogs] chair Lynne Anderson and director John Ballesty, I have decided to hand in my resignation to the board due to all the recent bad publicity in the press with relation to some of my past mistakes.
“Ultimately the club is bigger than any one person and I do not wish that my past mistakes are reflected on a club I love and cherish. Everyone has a past and everyone makes mistakes in life. I have chosen to take full responsibility for my actions and always have.
“I do not blame anyone but myself for what has happened. The journalist were doing their job and the people in the background driving it were doing what they thought was right. Ultimately my past mistakes catching up with me was no one’s fault but my own.’’
The new leagues club board will reconvene to elect a chair today. George Coorey is the favourite for the role, although Peter Winchester has some support.
The political football is an unwanted distraction for the Bulldogs, who have lost their opening two games of the season. They are searching for their first win against Penrith tonight.
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Seriously was glad elections finished and Dib gone but the can of worms Anderson opened up was disgraceful what’s happening to our club we are making the tigers look stable !!!
