By ultragirl - 7 Jan 2011 11:41 AM
Well, well, well...
To those "experts" who expected Jim Forrest to stand down, to step aside and let the FFA take over Football NSW, how WRONG you all are!
"Sportsworld" has discovered that Jim Forrest is going NOWHERE- and neither should he.
What laws, rules, regulations has the man broken?
Did the FFA think that the man would just hand over the stae's "keys to the castle" for the FFA to do step in and do whatever it wants?
The clubs, and the associations are uniting for a torrid battle as we speak- and the man who was put in charge by football clubs in NSW is staying put!
FFA may continue to dream about taking over FNSW. That is their perogative. But it shouldn't anticipate an easy contest.
Not after it is becoming clearly evident that the FFA has no intention whatsoever in allowing the Members and affiliates of FNSW to have any say whatsoever in this process.
And so Jim Forrest's response was quick and swift...
And most crucially, to the benefit of all clubs and associations that continue to remain by his side. It is the clubs and associations who will vote on Jim's fate sometime in the coming months- not the FFA.
I have it from very good authority that Jim Forrest, is therefore going NOWHERE soon.
In fact, the ELECTED PESIDENT (FFA better remember this cold hard fact), will be informing, unless he has already done so, the FFA that he has decided not to step aside, resign, whatever, until the AGM is reinstated.
By doing this Jim Forrest will ensure that the NSW Members (not the FFA) will retain control over their organisation. In fact, some needed constitutional reform, and a review of major projects like Riverstone don't actually need an FFA interim board. So why should one be appointed?
When Jim Forrest advises the FFA of his decision, he should be ready to receive countless calls from the FFA- I am sure he is ready for that either way.
Perhaps the national body would be better served by directing its energies into explaining to us all WHY it continues to charge 5, 6 and 7-year-olds three times what Football NSW charges the same age groups?
And for what?
Perhaps the FFA does not understand that all the other football codes actually send money down from 'top-to-bottom'. Alone among the major codes is the FFA- an organisation which charges excessively.
And we all know the reason for that don't we?
So the kids playing in their local parks can keep the national body and its 11 national teams in the style and status to which they are believed to deserve.
Thank heavens Jim Forrest remains in place to carry the good fight on behalf of this great football state.
FNSW AGM LATE FEBRUARY?
"Sportsworld" has further been told that the rescheduled AGM of Football NSW will be conducted in late February.
This will give the President plenty of time to get to the bottom of what's been going on.
And wait and see what is going to come out in the month of January!
Keep watching this space...
http://www.therealgame.com.au/blogs/lucky-laki/12/jim-forrest-vows-to-fight-on
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By Shatter - 24 Feb 2011 1:21 AM
Football, you have to love it...
I work and play in the KDSA and I always work for my local cricket association.
Do you want to know the affiliation fees paid to NSWDCA (NSW District Cricket Association)? $500! That's for an Association with around 4,000 members.
Do you want to know what we pay FNSW and FFA in the KDSA? Runs in to the many hundreds of thousands.
I also love how certain Associations are named at the start of this thread as being part of Team Forrest. Anyone worth their salt in community sporting organisations would've switched the thread off then.
The idea that certain associations have formed alliances shows an extreme level of mismanagement by FNSW and embodies all that is wrong with football in this state. I don't know Forrest and I am not going to lay claims of corruption, to which I would have no idea, but all I have taken from this thread and all that I have heard elsewhere, a clean sweep of FNSW is needed pronto.
Frankly, I have heard and seen nothing in NSW in my 20 years of being involved in football that has inspired any level of confidence. I would rather see the FFA come in and have a go than continue this path. If it fails who cares.. won't get any worse than it already is.
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