Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:04 pm  

TMF wrote:

The auction was apparently in aid of the Broncos Foundation, which after making all the staff redundant, doesn't exist any more. I wonder what they'll spend the money on.

A bonus for Gus, to go with the payments he's getting from Garry Schofield and Featherstone Rovers for killing top-flight RL in London.

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:21 pm  

TMF wrote:

The auction was apparently in aid of the Broncos Foundation, which after making all the staff redundant, doesn't exist any more. I wonder what they'll spend the money on.

Have you got evidence that The Broncos Foundation does not now exist, you reasoning seems to be as "after making all the staff redundant" is that also accurate? have All Staff been made redundant?

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:33 am  

jaybs wrote:

Have you got evidence that The Broncos Foundation does not now exist, you reasoning seems to be as "after making all the staff redundant" is that also accurate? have All Staff been made redundant?

all but five (TR, GM, SM and two conditioners)

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:51 am  

poplar panther wrote:

all but five (TR, GM, SM and two conditioners)

Then does that not make it, all staff have not been made redundant?

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:45 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Have you got evidence that The Broncos Foundation does not now exist, you reasoning seems to be as "after making all the staff redundant" is that also accurate? have All Staff been made redundant?

I speak to the (now former) Foundation staff pretty regularly, if that's what you'd class as 'evidence'. The East London project finished at the start of this month, and all the Broncos-based Foundation staff have been made redundant.

Tony Rea, Gus, Stevie Magee and the two youth performance managers are employed by the club and not the Foundation. The Foundation now has no staff, no active projects and no activity. It probably still 'exists', but on paper only.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting anything illegal has taken place. I'm suggesting that it seems a little disingenuous to run the auction on the 'it's for our charity/it's for Rugby League development' lines, when the charity has ceased to function.

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:42 pm  

TMF wrote:

I speak to the (now former) Foundation staff pretty regularly, if that's what you'd class as 'evidence'. The East London project finished at the start of this month, and all the Broncos-based Foundation staff have been made redundant.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting anything illegal has taken place. I'm suggesting that it seems a little disingenuous to run the auction on the 'it's for our charity/it's for Rugby League development' lines, when the charity has ceased to function.

In any foundation constitution, it will be written that funds can't just be taken, and they are protected. We have all got to accept for the sale of our club to go through that running costs had to be run right down. The auction was announced way before it became knowledge that someone was going to come and be willing to take over the club.

I feel sad for the staff all round, who have lost their positions at the club, but I do feel we should not go to making accusations, until all the facts are known, some even doubted the clubs word when it was announced £4,000 had been made with the auction?

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:10 pm  

poplar panther wrote:

all but five (TR, GM, SM and two conditioners)

Conditioner isn't much good without shampoo.

But you can't expect a slaphead like Gus to know that.

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:11 pm  

jaybs wrote:

In any foundation constitution, it will be written that funds can't just be taken, and they are protected. We have all got to accept for the sale of our club to go through that running costs had to be run right down. The auction was announced way before it became knowledge that someone was going to come and be willing to take over the club.

I feel sad for the staff all round, who have lost their positions at the club, but I do feel we should not go to making accusations, until all the facts are known, some even doubted the clubs word when it was announced £4,000 had been made with the auction?

OK, but it is fine for you to make comments without the facts to back them up. I got it.

Re: Broncos red cup shirts are now up for auction : Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:18 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

OK, but it is fine for you to make comments without the facts to back them up. I got it.

Facts are like full stops.

To be used sparingly if at all.