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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 2790416, member: 1769"] [SIZE=6][B]John Grant survives as ARL Commission chairman[/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [IMG]http://pixel.tcog.cp1.news.com.au/track/component/article/8089e4898d24a3c5b7c9c52d00f279ca?esi=true&t_template=s3/chronicle-tg_tlc_storyheader/index&t_product=CourierMail&td_device=desktop[/IMG] The Daily Telegraph [IMG]http://pixel.tcog.cp1.news.com.au/track/component/article/8089e4898d24a3c5b7c9c52d00f279ca?esi=true&t_template=s3/chronicle-tg_tlc_storymeta/index&t_product=CourierMail&td_device=desktop[/IMG] UNDER-fire John Grant will continue as ARL Commission chairman after surviving a marathon day of meetings with NRL club bosses. Grant’s fate was to be decided at the emergency general meeting at Rugby League Central in Sydney following his falling out with NRL clubs over funding. Fed-up club chairmen voted to ruthlessly pursue Grant after a three-hour meeting on Monday night inside Baker McKenzie lawyers office in Bridge Street, Sydney. Clubs sought three concessions — they be given 130 per cent of the salary cap — around $13m a year — in funding, they be issued two seats on the eight-member commission and that Grant be booted out by November next year. After a session of meetings that lasted all day on Tuesday, the clubs and NRL came to agreement, which allowed Grant to stay on as chairman for the next year. The package agreed included: - A significant increase in club payments in the next five year cycle; - A special fund set up to assist financially distressed Clubs; - A 65 per cent increase in funding for grassroots Rugby League. Club Chairs representative Bart Campbell said this ensured the game was strong at every level. “The clubs and Commission have a common goal – to make Rugby League as strong as possible into the future,” Campbell said. “This agreement delivers the funds needed to achieve that target.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/john-grant-survives-as-arl-commission-chairman/news-story/8089e4898d24a3c5b7c9c52d00f279ca[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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