tigerpie wrote:Jimmy_041 wrote:tigerpie wrote:I find a $300 000 fine an exercise in futility . There's no way they are paying that back.
They'd struggle to pay back $30 000 by the sounds.
SANFL would need to suspend $300 000 of it which is a joke.
The monetary penalty has to be smaller but on field bigger.
Zero points for 5 years and sent to the lowest grade possible.
President, treasurer to be banned from holding office for ever.
If SANFL want to get really serious criminal penalties for players and officials.
I haven’t read further down, and I’m not a footy administrator, but let’s be clear; the fine equals the breach
So shut the doors Jimmy?
Well, they’ll have to, anyway, if they’re insolvent
I’ll make it clearer:
They paid $380k over the allowance & the CFL rules say the penalty shall be the same amount.
The extent of those penalties is to be a deterrence to others. It obviously didn’t work with the previous clubs
My understanding is the club voted to back the President & defend
Using the media to deny and defend and then admit it in the face of overwhelming evidence & you reckon they should be shown mercy?
Turning to the argument of club v perpetrators.
Everyone has now accepted that the prime responsibility for the behaviour of players / supporters sits with the club; not the League. How is this any different?
The Corporations Act places onerous responsibilities on directors of companies AND incorporated bodies like Gaza Sport & Social Club Inc
Those responsibilities are joint & several.
This is not about 1 or 2 officials in the club breaching a CFL Rule.
It’s about proper governance & your legal responsibilities as a director.
To me: the Gaza SSC officers have more to worry about than this fine.
If they are insolvent, they will be treated like directors of any insolvent company
I’d be more worried about losing my house & personal bankruptcy than anything else at the moment
Shrek is right - I’d be getting independent legal advice ASAP
As for those that signed statutory declarations, they have additional legal problems to deal with