The "headaches" for the former board of National Rugby League side Parramatta Eels are "just beginning, with the NSW clubs’ regulator now proposing full disqualifications" of four former Eels execs who were "sensationally removed from the club last year by the state government," according to Nick Tabakoff of THE AUSTRALIAN. The ex-directors set to be disqualified from the NSW club industry are reportedly former Chair Steve Sharp, former Deputy Chair Tom Issa and fellow ex-directors Peter Serrao and Geoff Gerard. News of the proposed disqualifications comes as Parramatta has "formally confirmed the biggest annual loss by a club in the history of the NRL," an "extraordinary" A$12.44M ($9.33M), in the wake of the Eels' "alleged rorting of the league's salary cap." It is understood that "show cause" notices were drafted. The notices relate to the former directors' "alleged roles in the Eels salary cap affair, one of the biggest scandals in Australian sport." The directors issued with the show cause notices "will be given 28 days to respond" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 4/11).
