Pratt may lose his award and Carlton presidency

[saintspremiers]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/p ... 08473.html

This is fast becoming one of the best off seasons in recent memory....

First our board shake up, then Benny and now Pratt......

I bet the AFL/Dimwit will conveniently sweep this issue under the carpet and just focus on Benny at their 19 November meeting.

[stinger]

there is a god isn't there...and HE ain't a carscum supporter..........

[Dan Warna]

pratt won't lose his gong as that sort of behavioiur is encouraged

as for bringing the game into disrepute, lol as if its moral standing could drop further

Demetriou is a pissant bully and like any bully he's scared of people bigger than him.

he wont touch pratt because dimwit is a coward.

[stinger]

i think it is more a case of dimsim being indebted to pratt for past favors in business.....but i'm betting his gong is in danger.....

[barks4eva]

If Pratt is allowed to remain Carlton president, then Demetriou should be sacked for bringing the game into disrepute

[stinger]

pratt ripped off the australian public with his collusion in price fixing....and he also ripped off the paying afl supporter and the 15 other clubs with his tanking to get draft picks......one is as plain as the other.....

[saintspremiers]

If Pratt is allowed to remain Carlton president, then Demetriou should be sacked for bringing the game into disrepute

exactly.

For Demetriou to survive, he needs to oust Pratt and also sanction the Eagles.

Banning Cousins for 2008 is a non-brainer and won't earn him a brownie point at this stage.

If the commission is really fair dinkum, they do as I've said AND sack Demetriou for his lack of action specifically on Cousins/Eagles and more broadly the whole drug testing fiasco.

I just hope should Rudd get into power, he'll lament Demetriou just as Howard has re the drugs issue.

[Dan Warna]

If Pratt is allowed to remain Carlton president, then Demetriou should be sacked for bringing the game into FURTHER disrepute

demetriou has presided over a time of testing for the AFL and has failed at every challenge.

[stinger]

If Pratt is allowed to remain Carlton president, then Demetriou should be sacked for bringing the game into FURTHER disrepute

demetriou has presided over a time of testing for the AFL and has failed at every challenge.

flower me timbers.....a thread where . b4e, dan and i are all in agreement........probably never happen again either.....

[The Peanut]

... flower me timbers.....a thread where . b4e, dan and i are all in agreement........probably never happen again either.....

Is the Pratty scandal the real reason why Vodafone is holding off making their official announcement to sponsor Carlton next year? If so, what a delicious outcome this could be.

[Enrico_Misso]

He's already lost his credibility.
And his respect.
And his integrity.

And forever from this point in time he has had his name changed with the addition of two extra names,
so his full name when ever spoken or written about is
- "Disgraced Businessman Richard Pratt"


Oh I'm enjoying this

[Dan Warna]

but all is forgiven if you have enough money.

his biggest sin was getting caught

[rodgerfox]

For the AFL to charge anyone with bringing the game into disrepute is the absolute height of hypocrisy.

For a cheating, lying, corrupt organisation to turn around and charge someone else for doing the same thing would be unbelievable.

[Dan Warna]

For the AFL to charge anyone with bringing the game into disrepute is the absolute height of hypocrisy.

For a cheating, lying, corrupt organisation to turn around and charge someone else for doing the same thing would be unbelievable.

QFT

well sed.

[saintbrat]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 85746.html
Home » National » Article
Pratt gives up honours after scandal

Billionaire Richard Pratt has handed over his Order of Australia honours to avoid involving the awards scheme in ''any form of controversy'', a spokesman says.

The cardboard magnate last week resigned his membership of the Order of Australia. His medals and other insignia associated with the national honours have been handed back.

Mr Pratt was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to industry, sport and the arts 20 years ago, and was upgraded to Australia's highest civic honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, a decade ago.

His company, Visy Industries, was fined $36 million in the Federal Court last year over price-fixing deals in the cardboard box industry with competitor Amcor.

A spokesman for Mr Pratt confirmed the businessman had returned his honours to the Council for the Order of Australia.

''Mr Pratt has the highest respect for the Honours system and for all its many worthy recipients,'' the spokesman said.

''However, given his understanding that the Honours Committee was considering whether he should retain his Honours, he had no wish to involve the Committee or the Honours themselves in any form of controversy.

[stinger]

the carscum coach had to tell his charges at halftime on the weekend that you don't get priority draft picks for tanking games in the nad cup........either that or the scummers are just a crap side........

[stinger]

pratt won't lose his gong as that sort of behavioiur is encouraged

as for bringing the game into disrepute, lol as if its moral standing could drop further

Demetriou is a pissant bully and like any bully he's scared of people bigger than him.

he wont touch pratt because dimwit is a coward.

got that one wrong dan.....


...."Pratt gives up honours after scandal

Billionaire Richard Pratt has handed over his Order of Australia honours to avoid involving the awards scheme in ''any form of controversy'', a spokesman says.

The cardboard magnate last week resigned his membership of the Order of Australia. His medals and other insignia associated with the national honours have been handed back.

Mr Pratt was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to industry, sport and the arts 20 years ago, and was upgraded to Australia's highest civic honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, a decade ago.

His company, Visy Industries, was fined $36 million in the Federal Court last year over price-fixing deals in the cardboard box industry with competitor Amcor.

A spokesman for Mr Pratt confirmed the businessman had returned his honours to the Council for the Order of Australia.

''Mr Pratt has the highest respect for the Honours system and for all its many worthy recipients,'' the spokesman said.

''However, given his understanding that the Honours Committee was considering whether he should retain his Honours, he had no wish to involve the Committee or the Honours themselves in any form of controversy"

[saintbrat]

snap stinger::

[linz]

If Pratt is allowed to remain Carlton president, then Demetriou should be sacked for bringing the game into FURTHER disrepute

demetriou has presided over a time of testing for the AFL and has failed at every challenge.

flower me timbers.....a thread where . b4e, dan and i are all in agreement........probably never happen again either.....

Shiver me timbers: Together we are one.
Forties Quo Fidelius: (spelling) United we stand.

[evertonfc]

Just a question - do correct me if I'm wrong - but Visy are a major supplier of materials to AFL venues.

General cardboard, fast-food boxes, ticketing, etc...

Surely he's fleeced millions off AFL fans through price fixing. Isn't that bringing the game into disrepute?

I feel like Dan Warna.

[Eastern]

Just a question - do correct me if I'm wrong - but Visy are a major supplier of materials to AFL venues.

General cardboard, fast-food boxes, ticketing, etc...

Surely he's fleeced millions off AFL fans through price fixing. Isn't that bringing the game into disrepute?

I feel like Dan Warna.

You would be right IF the AFL had any consideration for the fans of its member clubs. They don't !!

[GrumpyOne]

I feel like Dan Warna.

I'll check whether he is available

[saintsRrising]

Pratt may have had to hand back his AO...due to ethics (not his mind, but the Councils who gave him a nudge nudge wink wink and allowed him to hand it back rather than be stripped of it)...

But the Blues do not operate that way...having a lack of ethics is a badge of honour on their Board....and is not just tolerated, but expected


So I cannot see him losing the Carlton Presidency anytime soon.......well at least not of the Blues own volition.

[barks4eva]

Pratt may have had to hand back his AO...due to ethics (not his mind, but the Councils who gave him a nudge nudge wink wink and allowed him to hand it back rather than be stripped of it)...

But the Blues do not operate that way...having a lack of ethics is a badge of honour on their Board....and is not just tolerated, but expected


So I cannot see him losing the Carlton Presidency anytime soon.......well at least not of the Blues own volition.

and with Fitzpatrick, carltoon's clandestine operator and inside man running the show, don't expect anything more than a slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce



conflict of interest is still alive and well in the AFL

[markp]

I wouldn't let my dog sleep on a carlton jumper....