Prinsloo: Franchises bound by President’s Council

Prinsloo: Franchises bound by President’s Council

2 Feb 2006

Saru CEO Johan Prinsloo has told keo.co.za that the decision to include the Spears in next year’s Super 14 cannot be overtuned by any entity other than the President’s Council.

Speaking after the CEOs of the six franchises met with him earlier today, Prinsloo would not however answer the direct question concerning whether the Spears will definitely play in next year’s competition.

“To say that would be controversial,” Prinsloo responded. “All I will say is that a decision from the President’s Council cannot be overturned by the CEOs of the franchises. My role as CEO of Saru is to execute the decisions of the President’s Council, not amend them.”

Prinsloo confirmed that consensus on the matter had not been reached.

“Two issues were not agreed to by all parties, the first concerning the automatic promotion/relegation proposal for the Super 14, and the second the draft system towards the end of the year. The finer detail of each proposal will be discussed at a later time, but at this stage there were disagreements with regard to the fundamental principles.”

Prinsloo stated that the meeting was not specially organised.

“Four times a year, the CEOs of the franchise companies get together with the CEOs of the various Saru bodies. This was a scheduled meeting.”

Essentially the outcome of the meeting leaves no party clearer as to the future of Super 14 participation. The Spears demand their inclusion, the five franchises in possession of Super 14 status reject their claims on the back of their recent canings in warm-up fixtures.

Despite the seemingly unresolvable position, Prinsloo does not believe a courtroom brawl is the inevitability most believe it to be.

“I’m always confident that anything can be solved.”

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE – ISSUED JOINTLY BY SARU AND FRANCHISE CEOS

Chief Executive Officers of the Vodacom Bulls, Vodacom Stormers, Vodacom Cheetahs, Cats, Sharks and the Southern Spears met with senior SA Rugby management today to discuss matters relating to the Participation Agreement for the forthcoming Vodacom Super 14 season.

The parties reached consensus on a number of issues, particularly on the commercial programme for the tournament during 2006. On the matter of automatic promotion and relegation, the parties decided – after a constructive debate – that the question should be further discussed after consultations with the Board of Directors of SA Rugby.


63 Comments

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  • 1.pierre: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:23 pm

    Ummm… yeah.

  • 2.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:28 pm

    I don’t see what the issue is concerning relegation. I mean, who would miss the Cats in any case ? :mrgreen:

  • 3.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:33 pm

    Hey Blue Blood what happened to you. You and I were just getting going nicely on the Kaplan issue and then you were gone :-)

  • 4.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:34 pm

    Blue

    Seriouslly, can you post anything else??? Or is it just your above post and your hatred towards the LEGEND that is Kaplan??? Still sitting outside his house??

  • 5.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:37 pm

    Blouste

    And for the record I will miss the Cats. Not as much as you miss the CC but non the less…

  • 6.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:38 pm

    Oops, CC TROPHY!!! Remember, Kaplan doesn’t have it…

  • 7.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:48 pm

    Send your Sharks, your Stormers, your Bulls, Cats and Spears, the New Zealand teams are ready to hand out punishment again.

    Let’s see if your pitiful teams can make it past the semi’s this year. It’s a long shot, I know

  • 8.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:51 pm

    Blue Blood must be special forces or a guerilla fighter member. He sneaks in, lobs a hand grenade and then leaves the scene of attack

  • 9.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:52 pm

    Yipeeee!!! This must be Tacklers boyfriend! We heard so much about you Richie. Welcome…

  • 10.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:54 pm

    Boys, Richie was banned from Silverfurn so please be nice to him. Everybody, say hello Richie..

  • 11.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:57 pm

    Hello Richie…….
    Grrr tell us more about the banning

  • 12.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 17:58 pm

    Grrr..I’m a Lion? You sound proud of the fact you back a bunch of losers.

    As for your Tackler and Silverfern comments, I have no idea what you’re on about. I doubt you do too. So don’t change the subject, ready for the pain starting next weekend?

  • 13.all_stormers: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:00 pm

    Ah this sounds like if you feed bull to the media the people will believe it. Well – is this a way of saying ‘we did not thik this thru so now need to make excuse’.

    It’s all about the money – why is it that most unions are ‘PTY Ltd’ companies? Their profits are hidden as don’t need to make them public.

    There is a lot of money to be lost for the team gettign religated as they will still need to pay the players contracts. It’s all about the money….

  • 14.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:01 pm

    Richie now go back to your silly little life in your boring country…

  • 15.St.Petersburgbok: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:02 pm

    KSA Shark

    lol

    So how’s the Kingdom treating you….still a **** hole as I remember it?

  • 16.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:04 pm

    Richie

    True, the guys have broken my heart many a times but I will stay faithfull to what ever team I support. You see I love rugby but it’s not the be all and end all in life. Unlike you lot that need ‘hotlines’ every time you crash out of the WC and half the population wants to commit suicide. Shame….

  • 17.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:05 pm

    St.P
    Hasn’t changed much still no grass

    Helllllllloooooooo Blueblood here boy, here boy

  • 18.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:05 pm

    KSA Shark

    Richie was banned because he couldn’t pull a sheep, I mean girl…

  • 19.Ig: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:07 pm

    mmmmh Richie seems suspiously like a fellow Saffer to me….

  • 20.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:07 pm

    KSA

    Forget it, Blueblood doesn’t have internet outside Kaplan’s house… :)

  • 21.St.Petersburgbok: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:07 pm

    KSA Shark

    Is the Marines Bar still the only place to get a beer and a bird in town?

  • 22.JUSM: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:08 pm

    Ig, sounds like you checked the boys IP…

  • 23.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:08 pm

    Grrr :-)

    Richie Are you married or can your sheep cook?

  • 24.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:09 pm

    Ig

    I knew it, it’s Keo wanting more hits!!!! Uitgevang! :)

  • 25.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:10 pm

    Where is old Rich?? Should be pretty early in NZ… Say old Richie my boy, where you from on the island??

  • 26.Ig: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:10 pm

    Na JUSM…..actually his name and email were quite revealling…..

  • 27.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:10 pm

    ha ha Le Fou! Where I come from rugby is a religion. We do not pick players based on their skin colour. We pick warriors. Men with skill. Men who’ve grown up with only one thing on their minds, to wear the Black jersey and walk in the footsteps of giants.

    There’s nothing boring about being an All Black supporter. Unlike you lot, our rugby season is not filled with excuses and regrets.

    See you in the Super 14!

  • 28.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:10 pm

    StP
    No lots of place to get. Obviously not an advertised fact.

    Ig
    Are you using your “webmaster” priveleges to flush out the Fake Kiwi’s

  • 29.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:11 pm

    Ig, so who is he??

  • 30.all_stormers: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:13 pm

    here a game in case you got some spare time

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/games/4654596.stm

  • 31.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:14 pm

    Richie.

    I thought most Fijians grew upwanting to wear white Jerseys, but instead you (or should this read New Zealanders) keep picking them for the All Blacks. Ditto for the other islanders in that part of the world

  • 32.JUSM: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:15 pm

    mmm… i suspect Ig won’t be too forthcoming with people’s whereabouts. fair enough.

    Richie, assuming u are a sheep shagger and your name refers to McCaw, how’s your head bugger? lekker met Richard Bands gedans pal? lol

  • 33.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:19 pm

    KSA Shark, best you log out and start praying for your team and their Super 14 dreams. Last I heard they’re earmarked to make way for the Spears next season?? Who you going to support then?

    JUSM, my heads just fine mate. Last I checked your mate Brands can’t make the Bok starting line up. He still got some concussion, or is he simply a fat slob like your mate Quinton Davids?

  • 34.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:19 pm

    “We pick warriors. Men with skill. Men who’ve grown up with only one thing on their minds, to wear the Black jersey and walk in the footsteps of giants.”

    What the hell is this? Are you writing a film script? It just illustrates how boring a life you are leading.

  • 35.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:22 pm

    Richie
    Brands????????who is he We have a very good Bok frontrow called Bands. Are they related?

    Please enlighten us are you a Kiwi Wanabe South African or are you a Kiwi who wasn’t stong enough to play Rugby in NZ and ran to RSA?

  • 36.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:22 pm

    Congratulations on your copy and paste skills there Le Fou.

    Now come back when you’re ready to talk rugby.

  • 37.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:23 pm

    Does it matter KSA Shark? I support the best team in the world.

    You clearly don’t

  • 38.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:25 pm

    oh, and Sharkey, where and when last did Bands make the Bok front row?

    You even watch rugby?

  • 39.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:25 pm

    It all makes sence now. Richie you are a Saffa… One of those who’s dad supported the Blacks because Apartheid but can’t let it go.

  • 40.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:26 pm

    How’s Grassy Park tonight?

  • 41.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:27 pm

    Lion, you one of those guys who can’t let Apartheid go? Still go to Ellis Park with your red face, brandy breath, and beer belly sticking out from under your dirty white rugby jersey?

  • 42.KSA Shark: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:27 pm

    Richie
    The difference is, I have supported this team all my life. From your “I support the best team” bit I gather you also support Man U and until last year you were a Ferrari supporter…..Get it??

  • 43.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:29 pm

    Actaully my new found friend I quite like the new SA. Ellis??? Nope, it’s Newlands, red face??? No, I have a jersey. Brandy???? Don’t drink the stuff. Beer belly???? Well, you might be on to something there. But I’m working on it. Thanks for your consern about my health.

  • 44.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:30 pm

    no, I don’t get it. I’m still trying to fathom how you can support the Sharks with idiots like Rudolph and Percy around. You hang on year after year wishing for the days of Joubert, Teichman, and Honiball.

    Dream on, all you’re getting this year is another hiding courtesy of the New Zealand Super 14 sides. Hope you guys at least make runners up in the Vodacom Cup next year.

  • 45.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:30 pm

    Ja ag shame Richie. Maybe I will teach you the cut and paste skills one day. Now run off and go smoke some buttons

  • 46.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:31 pm

    Oh, and I support Chelsea and Ferrari. two winning teams out of 3 aint bad

  • 47.Ollie: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:31 pm

    I doubt Richie is in NZ, unless he is a very early riser

  • 48.Richie_7: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:32 pm

    Le Fou, you still here? LMFAO You done with your homework and thought you’d surf the net on dad’s pc huh?

  • 49.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:32 pm

    Richie

    What are you more pissed about. We seeing you for what you are so quickly???

  • 50.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    2 Feb 2006, 18:35 pm

    Ollie

    He is a Saffa ,like our Minister of Finance he also supported the Blacks until he saw the light. But Richie’s dad is still pissed so he is too.

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