Grant Thomas paid $100,000 hush money by St Kilda

[Saints Premiers 2008]

why is barks back again???

moderators have told me on more than one occassion he would be taking an indefinate holiday...isnt that the last step before complete banning???

interesting...wish it was all the same for everyone else

[JeffDunne]

my irish wife made chicken curry for dinner last night.

and it was fare well above the norm

a good dinner was had by all, but she said baby's poo this morning stank like anything.

With all due respect Dan, if you're not interested, don't open the thread.

It's pretty clear what the subject is, and it's pretty clear the responses it would generate.

There are issues around this court case that are more important than Thomas or Butterss. They're gone. However, the issues relating to how the club is being run and the judgement of our CEO are certainly something all St Kilda supporters should be interested in.

[asiu]

why is barks back again???

he's done his time 08

get off his case

he's reformicated

[Enrico_Misso]

I just can't believe the nerve of this guy.

We paid him $525k plus expenses per annum.
That's about double what the Prime Minister gets.
He claims he has RW&B blood, would never go anywhere else etc.

Then hounds the club, including the new administration whith whom he shouldn't have any personal issues, through the courts to claim additional benefits.

If we had withheld big chunks of his payment on technicalities I could understand.
But he is chasing this extra money on top of $525k.

Personally I hope at the end of this case he gets nothing !
other than make himself totally unemployable.

[rodgerfox]

Then hounds the club, including the new administration whith whom he shouldn't have any personal issues, through the courts to claim additional benefits.

?

If he doesn't 'hound' the new admin, who the hell is he going to hound?

The boot studder?

[BAM! (shhhh)]

I just can't believe the nerve of this guy.

We paid him $525k plus expenses per annum.
That's about double what the Prime Minister gets.
He claims he has RW&B blood, would never go anywhere else etc.

Then hounds the club, including the new administration whith whom he shouldn't have any personal issues, through the courts to claim additional benefits.

If we had withheld big chunks of his payment on technicalities I could understand.
But he is chasing this extra money on top of $525k.

Personally I hope at the end of this case he gets nothing !
other than make himself totally unemployable.

The case is entirely about withholding large chunks of payment on technicalities.

Well, there's bleeding for the club, then there's $250k plus. I love the club, I pay my membership, my partner's membership, my son's membership... but if the club owed me $250k, I'd sue the place too. There's bleeding for the club, and then there's amputation of key limbs for the club.

It'll be interesting to see what the court makes of the "hush money" situation, but as far as I can tell, they're up s*** creek as far as statutory entitlements go.

[rodgerfox]

I'm very interesting in the whole 'hush money' thing.

What were they worried about him saying?

$100,000 is alot of 'member's money' to be splashing around.


I'm really interesting in this.

[JeffDunne]

I still don't understand why there was a need for "hush money" in the first place.

You sign an agreement for someone to shut up, then you withhold payment of salaries, launch legal action against him and then make some of the most damning claims you could make against an ex-coach on morning radio.

It sounds to me like they wanted him to talk.

What I also don't understand, if the agreement was for him to shut up and not talk to anyone at the club and you're claiming he did the complete opposite, why then offer to pay him the money anyway?

IMO the club tried to bundle all outstanding liabilities into an agreement that they thought they could get him to break.

[markp]

On the morning he was sacked, a hand-written agreement was reached between Thomas and the club. St Kilda paid him $270,000 — six months worth of his salary

You'd think 6 months worth of salary would more than suffice.... happy with whatever the courts decide, but I would hardly feel short changed.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

I still don't understand why there was a need for "hush money" in the first place.

You sign an agreement for someone to shut up, then you withhold payment of salaries, launch legal action against him and then make some of the most damning claims you could make against an ex-coach on morning radio.

It sounds to me like they wanted him to talk.

What I also don't understand, if the agreement was for him to shut up and not talk to anyone at the club and you're claiming he did the complete opposite, why then offer to pay him the money anyway?

IMO the club tried to bundle all outstanding liabilities into an agreement that they thought they could get him to break.

maybe the hush money is tha gt doesnt spread the word about luke ball's groin??

[asiu]

our mole on the inside , is just going in for the morning session



good on him ....he's passionate

(he's very anti gt , [in case anyone wasn't sure] but suprisingly balanced about how its unfolding)

[saint66au]

why is barks back again???

moderators have told me on more than one occassion he would be taking an indefinate holiday...isnt that the last step before complete banning???

interesting...wish it was all the same for everyone else

Not that its any of your business..but Barks was suspended for 2 weeks for repeat breaching of Forum rules..he's done his time and is now free to post again

[aussierules0k]

barks4eva is a true saintsational legend.

[rodgerfox]

our mole on the inside , is just going in for the morning session



good on him ....he's passionate

(he's very anti gt , [in case anyone wasn't sure] but suprisingly balanced about how its unfolding)

Gazrat, are you seriously telling us that B4Eva is really, genuinely heading into the courts for this??

[SENsei]

barks4eva is a true saintsational legend.

You wag!!

[SENsei]

our mole on the inside , is just going in for the morning session



good on him ....he's passionate

(he's very anti gt , [in case anyone wasn't sure] but suprisingly balanced about how its unfolding)

Gazrat, are you seriously telling us that B4Eva is really, genuinely heading into the courts for this??

And did yesterday too from what was posted here. Had an exchange with GT also.

I would've liked to have gone, but you know, having a job and all makes it quite hard.

Would be interesting viewing.

[rodgerfox]

I would've liked to have gone, but you know, having a job and all makes it quite hard.

Yeah, that and being of sane mind.

F*ck me. I can't believe this.


I seriously am in disbelief here.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

so how is b4e involved in all of this??

is he just an unemployed man who feels it is his god-given right to slag off at gt

or?????

please explain...

[JeffDunne]

is he just an unemployed man who feels it is his god-given right to slag off at gt

That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

Andrew's last name wouldn't be Hoare by any chance?

Or should that be Whore?

[Eastern]

barks4eva is a true saintsational legend.

So that explains the wad of $100 notes he was shoving into your pocket !!

[markp]

I would've liked to have gone, but you know, having a job and all makes it quite hard.

Yeah, that and being of sane mind.

F*ck me. I can't believe this.


I seriously am in disbelief here.

Possibly more compelling viewing than some of our games this year at least...

[SENsei]

I would've liked to have gone, but you know, having a job and all makes it quite hard.

Yeah, that and being of sane mind.

F*ck me. I can't believe this.


I seriously am in disbelief here.

It's actually a bit sad when you get down to it.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

is he just an unemployed man who feels it is his god-given right to slag off at gt

That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

Andrew's last name wouldn't be Hoare by any chance?

Or should that be Whore?

well that explains it

he obviously missed his chance in life to make anything of it...potentially assist the club he apparently loves to become bigger and stronger

instead it is easier to point out any wrong-doing or problem that anyone in power has ever made at that club

poor man...made nothing of his life

may as well give it up now

[markp]

I would've liked to have gone, but you know, having a job and all makes it quite hard.

Yeah, that and being of sane mind.

F*ck me. I can't believe this.


I seriously am in disbelief here.

It's actually a bit sad when you get down to it.

C'mon mate... not for me or you obviously, but then some people play with model trains or play the pokies in their free time... I guess at a stretch you could say it's a bit of StKilda history being made.

[Dan Warna]

Im having SUSHI for lunch

mmm sushi

if you knew sushi like I knew sushi...