Unity foundation??

ausfatcat · Post: # 918749Post **ausfatcat** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:19pm

Wow

Just

Wow

Apparantly involved with the Melborne Storm behind the back payments.

We do know there were several Saints players involved with that foundation adn they may have even founded it.......... I also believe the players are no longer at the saints.

Not good

Sainterman · Thu 06 May 2010 11:23pm

http://aflpa.com.au/articleimage/unity-foundation

Interesting...not sure it will amount to much though. Was it just me or did The Footy Show do a poor job of explaining how it exactly worked in terms of back ended payments?

1 Saint, 4 Bombers and 3 Storm involved? Hmmm...

bobmurray · Post: # 918753Post **bobmurray** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:23pm

It's being sensationalised by Damian Barret...probably means there is F*** all in it..

SainterK · Post: # 918754Post **SainterK** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:25pm

Doesn't sound good, but there was a lot of 'I can't comment' in that story.

It's not hard to find out info when you google it, but they seem to imply that it was a current 'st kilda' player?

bigred · Post: # 918755Post **bigred** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:25pm

aye...

I was lol'ing at the repeated claim "investigated by the NRL BEFORE they handed down their penalty".

Emphasis on the before.

BelfastSaint · Thu 06 May 2010 11:26pm

Did he say x clarke was one of the players ...

SaintTom · Post: # 918757Post **SaintTom** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:26pm

If the player concerned and the Saints don't have an at least passable explanation for the payments then I would be very, very surprised. They're not stupid, especially after the Melbourne Storm stuff they will want to have all bases covered. As that woman said, they're only looking for an explanation of why the payments were made.

Sincerely doubt anything will come of it.

SainterK · Post: # 918759Post **SainterK** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:26pm

http://aflpa.com.au/articleimage/unity-foundation

Seems to have the endorsement of the AFLPA?

Sainterman · Thu 06 May 2010 11:30pm

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... -tzeo.html

Strange that this story ran on May 1 in The Age Newspaper and was then "broken" again by Damian Barrett tonight.

Not much in it from the look of it...

AccidentallyTim · Thu 06 May 2010 11:32pm

Not much in it I think.

But not the right kind of publicity given that with our on field success every man and his dog is looking to get us down, one way or another.

Don't think the footy show had much material, must be a slow news week to present that as a "breaking news" story.

Another poster is definately right about them doing an extreemly poor job of explaining the issue.

Blatant headline grab IMO.

silvertop · Post: # 918767Post **silvertop** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:33pm

Wouldn't be surprised if the saint was Raph then.

BelfastSaint · Thu 06 May 2010 11:34pm

http://www.unityfoundation.org.au/89818 ... clarke.htm

some more info ...

rodgerfox · Post: # 918769Post **rodgerfox** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:34pm

Isn't the issue that they are investigating whether the clubs paid money to this charity, then the charity cleans it and pays money to the players?

Hence players getting money from the club, without it being under the salary cap?

Bizarre story on the Footy Show really. It almost came across as 'Hey, there's nothing in this story but it almost could have been and it's a hot topic so I'm going to make a big deal about it but not too big because there's nothing in it but it'll fill some time on this segment and I can pretend to act all serious like a real journo for 10 minutes.'

SainterK · Post: # 918772Post **SainterK** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:36pm

Sainterman wrote:http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... -tzeo.html

Strange that this story ran on May 1 in The Age Newspaper and was then "broken" again by Damian Barrett tonight.

Not much in it from the look of it...

Mr Clarke, the charity's founder, said last night that when the Storm story broke he feared ''we may get pulled into it somehow''. He said he was ''never paid for being involved with Unity Foundation''. ''We were trying to help disadvantaged kids who needed a hand. But I can't speak for all the other players as I wasn't involved with all the accounts and doing the books.''

AccidentallyTim · Thu 06 May 2010 11:38pm

silvertop wrote:Wouldn't be surprised if the saint was Raph then.

funny, I had the same thought as soon as they mentioned X man

SainterK · Post: # 918774Post **SainterK** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:42pm

rodgerfox wrote:Isn't the issue that they are investigating whether the clubs paid money to this charity, then the charity cleans it and pays money to the players?

Hence players getting money from the club, without it being under the salary cap?

Bizarre story on the Footy Show really. It almost came across as 'Hey, there's nothing in this story but it almost could have been and it's a hot topic so I'm going to make a big deal about it but not too big because there's nothing in it but it'll fill some time on this segment and I can pretend to act all serious like a real journo for 10 minutes.'

Hang on a minute, you mean, you watch TFS?

bigred · Post: # 918775Post **bigred** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:42pm

What will be will be.

BelfastSaint · Thu 06 May 2010 11:45pm

The futures not ours to see

saint75 · Post: # 918781Post **saint75** » Thu 06 May 2010 11:49pm

Really strange story. DB is getting pretty desperate for a headline if this is all that he could come up with. Obviously nothing in it as Hutchy would have broken it and been salivating whilst doing so. DB is the second chair after all......

Milan Faletic · Fri 07 May 2010 12:04am

The players named were Allan Murray and Xavier Clarke.

joffaboy · Post: # 918791Post **joffaboy** » Fri 07 May 2010 12:10am

Just another attempt by Channel 9 to justify trying to make hacks like Hutchinson and Barrett celebrities.

It is tried and hackneyed. Storys aren't "broken" on TFS anymore.

The incessant crap about the foundation being investigated "before the NRl handed down the penalties"made me laugh. The inference was really poorly done, but typically of the News Copr haxck that Barratt is.

Milan Faletic · Fri 07 May 2010 12:25am

joffaboy wrote:Just another attempt by Channel 9 to justify trying to make hacks like Hutchinson and Barrett celebrities.

It is tried and hackneyed. Storys aren't "broken" on TFS anymore.

The incessant crap about the foundation being investigated "before the NRl handed down the penalties"made me laugh. The inference was really poorly done, but typically of the News Copr haxck that Barratt is.

Have you had a few Joffa? The post started ok but seemed to fade towards the end.

saintbrat · Post: # 918795Post **saintbrat** » Fri 07 May 2010 12:27am

Milan Faletic wrote:The players named were Allan Murray and Xavier Clarke.

Only as being the founders of Unity
Jerrboongun- put out a statement within the first week of the story on Storm.

35...LEGEND · Fri 07 May 2010 12:30am

Milan Faletic wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Just another attempt by Channel 9 to justify trying to make hacks like Hutchinson and Barrett celebrities.

It is tried and hackneyed. Storys aren't "broken" on TFS anymore.

The incessant crap about the foundation being investigated "before the NRl handed down the penalties"made me laugh. The inference was really poorly done, but typically of the News Copr haxck that Barratt is.
Have you had a few Joffa? The post started ok but seemed to fade towards the end.

ha ha, noticed...hic....that too

Milan Faletic · Fri 07 May 2010 12:31am

saintbrat wrote:
Milan Faletic wrote:The players named were Allan Murray and Xavier Clarke.
Only as being the founders of Unity
Jerrboongun- put out a statement within the first week of the story on Storm.

I'm not accusing for one minute. Just conveying what was actually said on The Footy Show.

There seems to be a lot of liquid infused posting going on tonight.