HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

Chunk said:
Really?

I'll always support the Wests Tigers, who cares about the owners. There are weird owners all over the world. Why let them influence you on your support, there a bunch of dikehead remember.

I will always live in hope.
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I’m not calling people liars, because atm they probably do feel like they will walk away. When the dust settles though, and the new season approaches, I will be stunned if just one of them has gone through with it,
 
Well HBG strike again
Removed a functioning board who over saw , NRL team move up the ladder , club crowds increase , sponsorship increase , club makes profit first time in years , all very positive in its first year as a new board , so what do those inept , unskilled , reckless , backstabbing , grubs do , Sack the Board and squeeze out the CEO , all the best we have had in over a decade , mind blowing , but my concern is the NRL have not stopped it , instead they are investigating Richo , bloody hell investigate HBG board and the last 3 to 5 years
 
TigerNeddyK said:
I just cannot continue to support with my heart and soul a club with Dennis Burgess slimy grubby sleazy fingers all over it !! Stuff him and his ahole pack of rock spider mates going by the HBG alias !
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100%. That's it. Like, I get the supporting the club aspect, but you need to have one angle of respect. The cretin won't even come out and explain himself, despite the heartache and anger he's causing in thousands of people. Pathetic human, along with the rest of the people supporting him.
 
hammertime said:
Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has informed staff that he will walk away from the joint-venture as the club’s front-office turmoil claims another high-profile scalp.
Richardson is poised to quit his role less than 18 months into a four-year deal that began last July, in response to the removal of four independent directors from the Tigers board last week.
Shane Richardson.

Shane Richardson.Credit:Getty Images
Richardson called a meeting on Monday to tell staff of his decision. It is unclear at this stage when Richardson will end his tenure but his decision will leave the club without a chairman or CEO, given he follows former NSW premier and administrative ally Barry O’Farrell out the door.
Outgoing Manly boss Tony Mestrov – whose tenure at the Sea Eagles is due to finish on December 19 – has been approached as a replacement but is yet to confirm his next move. Mestrov declined to comment on Monday.

Richardson’s move comes as the NRL determines whether there are grounds to investigate the veteran administrator’s conduct and a potential conflict of interest regarding the use of the Enrichd Group – a company Richardson part owns with his son, Brent – for marketing, branding and digital consultancy services.
Richardson has declared the potential conflict of interest previously and is privately adamant the whistleblower tip-off to the NRL will amount to nothing.
Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity have indicated Richardson’s contract contains termination clauses that protect a lucrative payout.
Despite a seemingly positive season on the field which saw the Tigers progress under coach Benji Marshall, with recruits Jarome Luai, Terrell May and Sunia Turuva lifting the club from the bottom of the ladder, majority owners the Holman Barnes Group dismissed the board’s independent directors in the club’s latest off-field drama.
HBG directors have grown frustrated with the approach of Richardson and the Tigers board.


HBG chief executive Daniel Paton said in an interview with this masthead last week that club owners have been excluded from key decisions, such as the football side’s stadia strategy and player signings above a certain transaction limit.
Paton denied there was a desire among HGB directors for Wests Magpies to shunt Balmain Tigers out of the joint-venture, as had been claimed by former Tigers chairman Lee Hagiapantelis.
ARL Chairman Peter V’landys and the state’s liquor and gaming watchdog, Liquor and Gaming NSW have confirmed they are monitoring the Tigers’ latest administrative drama, with V’landys promising the NRL would “safeguard” the club’s long-suffering fans.
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Sad, sad day for the club. Hope those involved in this whole episode are met with outright hostility at every opportunity next season. Attending home games should be a very uncomfortable experience for them.

What must the players be thinking? Would love a fan group to meet with the playing group next year to explain what the club means to so many people.
 
Betterdays22 said:
Sad, sad day for the club. Hope those involved in this whole episode are met with outright hostility at every opportunity next season. Attending home games should be a very uncomfortable experience for them.

What must the players be thinking? Would love a fan group to meet with the playing group next year to explain what the club means to so many people.
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I don't know about everyone else, but if HBG get away with this, no more games, merchandise from me. After 25 years of this (40 years incl pre-merger), I'm done.

Phins up
 
No board No CEO... Hey NRL I think we need an administrator... Just saying

If Richo stays it may not justify removing HBG, he goes it does.

Essentially the NRL can argue we have no corporate governance in place & MUST provide it.

The teller will actually be whether Benji, Bula or Luai move... They would be aware of the best case scenario
 
hammertime said:
I don't know about everyone else, but if HBG get away with this, no more games, merchandise from me. I'm done.

Phins up
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I will always support the players brave enough to pull on this cursed jersey. I have chosen not to renew my membership though, and I will encourage my children to support their local team (unfortunately for them is the Knights)

The most infuritating thing is that we know HBG will get away with it, as that is how the world works. The only thing they care about is taking pensioners money and reminiscing about their useless, dead football club.
 
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