Opinion Due diligence and damage to the game (NRL).

[Mr Invisible]

Over the past few weeks the NRL has had a difficult time, the trials and the tribulations of the NRL one might say.

Players running amok, players in leaked videos, players arrested, and the NRL have had enough.

Strong words have been used, and the NRL (in particular Greenberg) is now talking tough about punishing players for their discretions. For those players waiting in the wings for their day in court, they'd be sweating bullets.

But in this magical snow-globe (or self contained world of the NRL), are we all looking in the wrong way when the finger is pointed?

The NRL talk of clubs needing to be vigilant and act with due diligence when signing up new players, and this is completely understandable.

HOWEVER, in all this, the proverbial elephant in the room is overlooked.

The NRL are the controlling interest here. It is their interest to promote the well being of the game, take the game to new heights, and ultimately protect its reputation as a sport.

Greenberg, Beattie and Co are responsible for bringing new sponsors onboard, ensuring the day to day running of the NRL, and making sure this great sport continues well into the future.

So it's understandable that they talk tough about the very game they are responsible for being damaged.

However in all the big words and threats made recently to change the game and stamp out bad behaviour, the ever extended finger of blame has failed to point on one direction: Back at them.

It's fine to blame the players, the team mates, their clubs, the company the players keep in. "Clubs should be doing due diligence", is what we are hearing at the moment.

But hang on a moment Todd, who grants the final OK for these players to compete and play for clubs in the NRL?

The NRL have the final say, the final stamp, the final approval on any player contract put before them by a club and player manager. "This is who we want to sign, how much we want to pay them, and for how long", says the club. "We agree and are happy to approve this signing/player/amount/contract", agree the NRL.

The rest is history and from this the player goes to join the team in pre-season, in training, and ultimately (if they don't screw up), playing on the main stage in the NRL as the season kicks off and continues throughout the year and into the finals.

So let us all take a step back from the table for a moment and look at the big picture here.

Greenberg and Co (who run the game and protect its reputation), talk about clubs doing due diligence before they sign a player on. What about the NRL? What about the very people who have the final say on if a player plays in the NRL or not? Surely they require some due diligence (if not more)?

Have we seen that before? Well actually YES, we have. Enter Subject A (Todd Carney).

A player with a chequered past who was cast adrift after the NRL powers that be deemed him too big a risk to return the to the game. He headed to ESL, he paid his dues, and still (despite not being a criminal and only having a long list of stupid things to his name), was unable to get past the icy cold heart of the NRL Contract Approval Team.

So let us skip forwards again now to subject B (Ben Barba). The NRL want to talk about due diligence, yet will sign off on a player's contract approval, despite a lengthy well publicised history of trouble, and problems. It's not like Greenberg can hide on this one either, as he himself knew all too well of the Trials and Tribulations of Ben Barba during his stint as CEO of the Bulldogs.

So when standing behind a microphone and saying that clubs need to do better due diligence (a barb casually fired in the direction of the NRL Bulldogs for signing Napa), shouldn't the finger of blame squarely go back on the hypocritical Todd Greenberg and the Ben saga.

Or for that matter when Greg Inglis inevitably screws up again with a glowing reference in his hand from your majesty Mr Greenberg himself!

Sorry Todd, the clubs DO due diligence, but also the NRL need to take responsibility here. A player you have just sacked, just turned away from the club, was only months ago given full approval BY THE NRL to return to the game, despite knowing full well what his chequered past was.

Rather than blaming clubs for not doing due diligence, start looking at your own backyard first.

If you want to protect the game, start making those at NRLHQ who approve the contracts of shady characters with questionable pasts, accountable for rubber stamping these players contracts in the first place.

You can't have your cake and eat to too Todd, that's not how life works.

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[Heckler]

Over the past few weeks the NRL has had a difficult time, the trials and the tribulations of the NRL one might say.

Players running amok, players in leaked videos, players arrested, and the NRL have had enough.

Strong words have been used, and the NRL (in particular Greenberg) is now talking tough about punishing players for their discretions. For those players waiting in the wings for their day in court, they'd be sweating bullets.

But in this magical snow-globe (or self contained world of the NRL), are we all looking in the wrong way when the finger is pointed?

The NRL talk of clubs needing to be vigilant and act with due diligence when signing up new players, and this is completely understandable.

HOWEVER, in all this, the proverbial elephant in the room is overlooked.

The NRL are the controlling interest here. It is their interest to promote the well being of the game, take the game to new heights, and ultimately protect its reputation as a sport.

Greenberg, Beattie and Co are responsible for bringing new sponsors onboard, ensuring the day to day running of the NRL, and making sure this great sport continues well into the future.

So it's understandable that they talk tough about the very game they are responsible for being damaged.

However in all the big words and threats made recently to change the game and stamp out bad behaviour, the ever extended finger of blame has failed to point on one direction: Back at them.

It's fine to blame the players, the team mates, their clubs, the company the players keep in. "Clubs should be doing due diligence", is what we are hearing at the moment.

But hang on a moment Todd, who grants the final OK for these players to compete and play for clubs in the NRL?

The NRL have the final say, the final stamp, the final approval on any player contract put before them by a club and player manager. "This is who we want to sign, how much we want to pay them, and for how long", says the club. "We agree and are happy to approve this signing/player/amount/contract", agree the NRL.

The rest is history and from this the player goes to join the team in pre-season, in training, and ultimately (if they don't screw up), playing on the main stage in the NRL as the season kicks off and continues throughout the year and into the finals.

So let us all take a step back from the table for a moment and look at the big picture here.

Greenberg and Co (who run the game and protect its reputation), talk about clubs doing due diligence before they sign a player on. What about the NRL? What about the very people who have the final say on if a player plays in the NRL or not? Surely they require some due diligence (if not more)?

Have we seen that before? Well actually YES, we have. Enter Subject A (Todd Carney).

A player with a chequered past who was cast adrift after the NRL powers that be deemed him too big a risk to return the to the game. He headed to ESL, he paid his dues, and still (despite not being a criminal and only having a long list of stupid things to his name), was unable to get past the icy cold heart of the NRL Contract Approval Team.

So let us skip forwards again now to subject B (Ben Barba). The NRL want to talk about due diligence, yet will sign off on a player's contract approval, despite a lengthy well publicised history of trouble, and problems. It's not like Greenberg can hide on this one either, as he himself knew all too well of the Trials and Tribulations of Ben Barba during his stint as CEO of the Bulldogs.

So when standing behind a microphone and saying that clubs need to do better due diligence (a barb casually fired in the direction of the NRL Bulldogs for signing Napa), shouldn't the finger of blame squarely go back on the hypocritical Todd Greenberg and the Ben saga.

Or for that matter when Greg Inglis inevitably screws up again with a glowing reference in his hand from your majesty Mr Greenberg himself!

Sorry Todd, the clubs DO due diligence, but also the NRL need to take responsibility here. A player you have just sacked, just turned away from the club, was only months ago given full approval BY THE NRL to return to the game, despite knowing full well what his chequered past was.

Rather than blaming clubs for not doing due diligence, start looking at your own backyard first.

If you want to protect the game, start making those at NRLHQ who approve the contracts of shady characters with questionable pasts, accountable for rubber stamping these players contracts in the first place.

You can't have your cake and eat to too Todd, that's not how life works.

<< Article written by Mr Invisible from The Kennel - Article is not to be reproduced or reprinted in part or full without written approval from Mr Invisible or The Kennel >>

Good article Mr.I

 

[Bull Terrier]

Over the past few weeks the NRL has had a difficult time, the trials and the tribulations of the NRL one might say.

Players running amok, players in leaked videos, players arrested, and the NRL have had enough.

Strong words have been used, and the NRL (in particular Greenberg) is now talking tough about punishing players for their discretions. For those players waiting in the wings for their day in court, they'd be sweating bullets.

But in this magical snow-globe (or self contained world of the NRL), are we all looking in the wrong way when the finger is pointed?

The NRL talk of clubs needing to be vigilant and act with due diligence when signing up new players, and this is completely understandable.

HOWEVER, in all this, the proverbial elephant in the room is overlooked.

The NRL are the controlling interest here. It is their interest to promote the well being of the game, take the game to new heights, and ultimately protect its reputation as a sport.

Greenberg, Beattie and Co are responsible for bringing new sponsors onboard, ensuring the day to day running of the NRL, and making sure this great sport continues well into the future.

So it's understandable that they talk tough about the very game they are responsible for being damaged.

However in all the big words and threats made recently to change the game and stamp out bad behaviour, the ever extended finger of blame has failed to point on one direction: Back at them.

It's fine to blame the players, the team mates, their clubs, the company the players keep in. "Clubs should be doing due diligence", is what we are hearing at the moment.

But hang on a moment Todd, who grants the final OK for these players to compete and play for clubs in the NRL?

The NRL have the final say, the final stamp, the final approval on any player contract put before them by a club and player manager. "This is who we want to sign, how much we want to pay them, and for how long", says the club. "We agree and are happy to approve this signing/player/amount/contract", agree the NRL.

The rest is history and from this the player goes to join the team in pre-season, in training, and ultimately (if they don't screw up), playing on the main stage in the NRL as the season kicks off and continues throughout the year and into the finals.

So let us all take a step back from the table for a moment and look at the big picture here.

Greenberg and Co (who run the game and protect its reputation), talk about clubs doing due diligence before they sign a player on. What about the NRL? What about the very people who have the final say on if a player plays in the NRL or not? Surely they require some due diligence (if not more)?

Have we seen that before? Well actually YES, we have. Enter Subject A (Todd Carney).

A player with a chequered past who was cast adrift after the NRL powers that be deemed him too big a risk to return the to the game. He headed to ESL, he paid his dues, and still (despite not being a criminal and only having a long list of stupid things to his name), was unable to get past the icy cold heart of the NRL Contract Approval Team.

So let us skip forwards again now to subject B (Ben Barba). The NRL want to talk about due diligence, yet will sign off on a player's contract approval, despite a lengthy well publicised history of trouble, and problems. It's not like Greenberg can hide on this one either, as he himself knew all too well of the Trials and Tribulations of Ben Barba during his stint as CEO of the Bulldogs.

So when standing behind a microphone and saying that clubs need to do better due diligence (a barb casually fired in the direction of the NRL Bulldogs for signing Napa), shouldn't the finger of blame squarely go back on the hypocritical Todd Greenberg and the Ben saga.

Or for that matter when Greg Inglis inevitably screws up again with a glowing reference in his hand from your majesty Mr Greenberg himself!

Sorry Todd, the clubs DO due diligence, but also the NRL need to take responsibility here. A player you have just sacked, just turned away from the club, was only months ago given full approval BY THE NRL to return to the game, despite knowing full well what his chequered past was.

Rather than blaming clubs for not doing due diligence, start looking at your own backyard first.

If you want to protect the game, start making those at NRLHQ who approve the contracts of shady characters with questionable pasts, accountable for rubber stamping these players contracts in the first place.

You can't have your cake and eat to too Todd, that's not how life works.

<< Article written by Mr Invisible from The Kennel - Article is not to be reproduced or reprinted in part or full without written approval from Mr Invisible or The Kennel >>

Spot on, nice work

 

[Alan79]

Great point Mr I. These turd burglars give the ok to fuckers like Lodge with glaring black marks against their names, but expect individual clubs to forensically investigate every aspect of a players life. Hypocrisy is not invisible to people and the algae running the NRL are being exposed.

 

[MattyB]

Great article mate. Spot on

 

[EXPLORER]

Wow
Well written and bang on
I’m giving it a best post

 

[dogluva]

Well done Mr I. The article covers the very thing we have all been thinking and saying......hypocrisy is alive and well in the NRL heirachy.

Due diligence starts at the top and if it is not evident there, how can it be expected to be demonstrated by those who are being controlled by those at the top.

It reminds me very much of the saying from the very wise Confucius " People in glass houses should not throw stones"

 

[Wolfmother]

He's such a hypocrite,

 

[Mr Invisible]

Thanks everyone... I wrote it after reading that crap article by Zerotackle Man about Napa and thought... nah fuck this, you'd totally missed a point.

 

[GrogDog]

Great article, wish it would hit the main media for all to read.

The thing giving me the shites now is all these do-gooders writing about how the NRL should be looking after Barba's family now they he has destroyed his own career and families livelihood. In there lies the very heart of these kids problem. They are never made to stand on their own two feet and are looked after their whole careers. Now that he self destroyed it the NRL or club are being asked about his families future? I'm sorry but that lies firmly on the shoulders of people like Barba who destroyed it themselves!

Let's compare it to every day jobs shall we. Sorry Mr employee you have been found positive on our work related drug tests, we have to fire you. Ohh but what about my family....don't YOU have a responsibility to make sure they are ok? Sorry employee go fuk yourself!!!!!!!!

 

[Scoooby]

You’ve done it again MR I.. great work/article as Mentioned!!
Thank you.

 

[Trafford10]

Yep the NRL is the worst run.& corrupt organization in Australian sport.
Totally agree about the inconsistency.
Souffs sweeping the Burgess shit under the carpet with the NRL blessing another disgrace.
Totally agree about the NRL taking responsibility for the shit off season.
Why shouldn't Greenburg resign?

 

[Bull Terrier]

I just read rothfields write in the telecrap. "Flaw and Order" never ever thought i would say this guy wrote a fair article but he has. Critising the nrl for letting off Burgess and ingliss among others. Punishing the dogs and not the roosters. Its what we have all been saying on here for ages. "Just be Fair". It obvious its not only bulldogs supporters that read the Kennel. About bloody time. Good stuff. Wont forgive you rothfield for setting up our boys on mad monday though

 

[Wahesh]

Over the past few weeks the NRL has had a difficult time, the trials and the tribulations of the NRL one might say.

Players running amok, players in leaked videos, players arrested, and the NRL have had enough.

Strong words have been used, and the NRL (in particular Greenberg) is now talking tough about punishing players for their discretions. For those players waiting in the wings for their day in court, they'd be sweating bullets.

But in this magical snow-globe (or self contained world of the NRL), are we all looking in the wrong way when the finger is pointed?

The NRL talk of clubs needing to be vigilant and act with due diligence when signing up new players, and this is completely understandable.

HOWEVER, in all this, the proverbial elephant in the room is overlooked.

The NRL are the controlling interest here. It is their interest to promote the well being of the game, take the game to new heights, and ultimately protect its reputation as a sport.

Greenberg, Beattie and Co are responsible for bringing new sponsors onboard, ensuring the day to day running of the NRL, and making sure this great sport continues well into the future.

So it's understandable that they talk tough about the very game they are responsible for being damaged.

However in all the big words and threats made recently to change the game and stamp out bad behaviour, the ever extended finger of blame has failed to point on one direction: Back at them.

It's fine to blame the players, the team mates, their clubs, the company the players keep in. "Clubs should be doing due diligence", is what we are hearing at the moment.

But hang on a moment Todd, who grants the final OK for these players to compete and play for clubs in the NRL?

The NRL have the final say, the final stamp, the final approval on any player contract put before them by a club and player manager. "This is who we want to sign, how much we want to pay them, and for how long", says the club. "We agree and are happy to approve this signing/player/amount/contract", agree the NRL.

The rest is history and from this the player goes to join the team in pre-season, in training, and ultimately (if they don't screw up), playing on the main stage in the NRL as the season kicks off and continues throughout the year and into the finals.

So let us all take a step back from the table for a moment and look at the big picture here.

Greenberg and Co (who run the game and protect its reputation), talk about clubs doing due diligence before they sign a player on. What about the NRL? What about the very people who have the final say on if a player plays in the NRL or not? Surely they require some due diligence (if not more)?

Have we seen that before? Well actually YES, we have. Enter Subject A (Todd Carney).

A player with a chequered past who was cast adrift after the NRL powers that be deemed him too big a risk to return the to the game. He headed to ESL, he paid his dues, and still (despite not being a criminal and only having a long list of stupid things to his name), was unable to get past the icy cold heart of the NRL Contract Approval Team.

So let us skip forwards again now to subject B (Ben Barba). The NRL want to talk about due diligence, yet will sign off on a player's contract approval, despite a lengthy well publicised history of trouble, and problems. It's not like Greenberg can hide on this one either, as he himself knew all too well of the Trials and Tribulations of Ben Barba during his stint as CEO of the Bulldogs.

So when standing behind a microphone and saying that clubs need to do better due diligence (a barb casually fired in the direction of the NRL Bulldogs for signing Napa), shouldn't the finger of blame squarely go back on the hypocritical Todd Greenberg and the Ben saga.

Or for that matter when Greg Inglis inevitably screws up again with a glowing reference in his hand from your majesty Mr Greenberg himself!

Sorry Todd, the clubs DO due diligence, but also the NRL need to take responsibility here. A player you have just sacked, just turned away from the club, was only months ago given full approval BY THE NRL to return to the game, despite knowing full well what his chequered past was.

Rather than blaming clubs for not doing due diligence, start looking at your own backyard first.

If you want to protect the game, start making those at NRLHQ who approve the contracts of shady characters with questionable pasts, accountable for rubber stamping these players contracts in the first place.

You can't have your cake and eat to too Todd, that's not how life works.

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[The Innovator]

Yep Rothfield nailed it in today’s telegraph. I’d forgotten about Scott Bolton’s assault. Dylan Walker and Jack DeBelin have been flying under the radar, yet Greenberg wants to suspend Napa whose only crime was acting like a Fwit.
If Greenberg does suspend Napa watch the shit hit the fan.

 

[Bull Terrier]

Yep Rothfield nailed it in today’s telegraph. I’d forgotten about Scott Bolton’s assault. Dylan Walker and Jack DeBelin have been flying under the radar, yet Greenberg wants to suspend Napa whose only crime was acting like a Fwit.
If Greenberg does suspend Napa watch the shit hit the fan.

Yes i agree.
i dont think that will happen though suspending napa the DT has taken a stand on that now and greenturd wont want to upset them

 

[The DoggFather]

Jewturd damages the game the most.

I hope he keeps damaging it so a rouge comp takes over.

 

[Bull Terrier]

Jewturd damages the game the most.

I hope he keeps damaging it so a rouge comp takes over.

His on the top of my list for being an arsehole

 

[Mr Invisible]

Screws are turning for Greenberg... eventually someone will call time on his position.

 

[The Innovator]

Yes i agree.
i dont think that will happen though suspending napa the DT has taken a stand on that now and greenturd wont want to upset them

I’m gunna call it. I think Napa will be fined 50K but won’t be suspended. Greenberg knows he can’t considering what he has let go through to the keeper. Rothfield’s article today was against a suspension. I also believe that it would have happened by now.