Author Topic: Ben Holland suing RFC and Clinton Casey for half a million  (Read 22846 times)

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #165 on: January 11, 2009, 03:36:54 PM »
yes confirmed in today's paper - the Hun page 10 of the sports liftout - Hutchies Column. Quotes Gary march confirming it's been settled (before Xmas) and that it cost the tigers $50k

excellent result for the Club  :clapping

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #166 on: January 11, 2009, 04:24:36 PM »
id like to think that CC may cover this off...seeing he was at the wheel of all this melodrama ::)
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #167 on: January 11, 2009, 04:28:52 PM »
id like to think that CC may cover this off...seeing he was at the wheel of all this melodrama ::)

Well the article does say that the $50k is the RFC component and that the total settlement is supposedly a 3 figure sum - CC is mentioned and the way I read it he is the main payer
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #168 on: January 11, 2009, 05:26:58 PM »
Here's the full article (it's not on the web so I typed it out)

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Holland row settled
By CRAIG HUTCHISON
Edition 1 - FIRST SUN 11 JAN 2009, Page S10

* RICHMOND and former president Clinton Casey have avoided a potential court battle, settling their legal dispute with former forward Ben Holland.

Holland, 31, has received what is believed to be a six-figure out-of-court settlement from the Tigers and their former president.

It's understood the club brokered a settlement after mediation and has forked out as little as $50,000 to end the dispute

The AFL also signed off on the settlement to avoid any salary cap ramifications.

Tigers president Gary March this week confirmed the matter had been finalised.

``We're very pleased we can put it behind us and all move forward,'' March said.

The dispute spilled over when Holland began proceedings to sue the Tigers and Casey through the Supreme Court in October 2007, claiming he was owed more than half a million dollars.

He claimed that in 2001 Casey promised him $530,000 in business and investment opportunities if he stayed with the Tigers instead of accepting from Adelaide.

The amount was the difference between an $800,000 contract offered by Richmond compared with a $1.3 million offer from the Crows.

The controversial deal could have had salary cap ramifications.

Talks broke down in October, but the Tigers stepped in. ``We met for mediation before Christmas and resolved it amicably,'' March said.

The settlement comes at the end of a busy time for Holland.

Now retired, he was involved in a fracas with former Demons' teammate Nathan Carroll after a drinking session at the end of 2008 which lead to Carroll's exit from the Demons and calls to ban Mad Monday celebrations.

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #169 on: January 11, 2009, 05:43:43 PM »
I would've thought that if we could be assured that people like Ben Holland copped what they deserved on Mad Monday, the might encourage them rather than have them banned. Nathan Carroll saved his career highlight for his last Mad Monday as a Demon.
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #170 on: January 11, 2009, 08:56:46 PM »
id like to think that CC may cover this off...seeing he was at the wheel of all this melodrama ::)

Well the article does say that the $50k is the RFC component and that the total settlement is supposedly a 3 figure sum - CC is mentioned and the way I read it he is the main payer

good deduction there WP ::)
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #171 on: January 12, 2009, 03:56:59 AM »
The main thing out of this is our salary cap is fine thanks to Andy D's involvement then and now and we can now move on free of the ghosts of the past.
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #172 on: January 12, 2009, 10:14:20 PM »
The main thing out of this is our salary cap is fine thanks to Andy D's involvement then and now and we can now move on free of the ghosts of the past.

this is what happens when you do the right thing by city hall, we got them out of a jam on cousins, they are reciprocating now, hopefully they allow our sponsorship to go through as well.

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #173 on: January 13, 2009, 02:05:45 PM »
Have a peek at the whinge-fest by Blues fans over this lol :nopity

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=843027#p843027

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #174 on: January 13, 2009, 02:20:31 PM »
How do they read that god awful forum. Are they all blind or something?  ???

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #175 on: January 13, 2009, 02:33:25 PM »
How do they read that god awful forum. Are they all blind or something?  ???

LOL, what shocking fonts, if they weren't blind before going on that forum they soon would be after a few days on there

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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #176 on: January 13, 2009, 10:49:32 PM »
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We admitted we broke the rules, yet we were hit with the full force of the "law".
What utter crap :rollin

Was that after the first, second or third time Carlton deliberately rorted the system and were caught :lol. If it wasn't for O'Reilly and Silvagni blabbing the Blues would've kept on cheating the salary cap  :nopity. The funny this is they've now got back the same attitude that resulted in them getting stung the first time. Hmmm good old Judd as "environmental ambassador" of VISY  :whistle.
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #177 on: January 14, 2009, 08:55:37 AM »
If anyone wants a history lesson on Carlton's disgraceful past, it's all here.

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/Diary-carltoncrisis.html
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #178 on: January 15, 2009, 03:02:21 AM »
If anyone wants a history lesson on Carlton's disgraceful past, it's all here.

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/Diary-carltoncrisis.html

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Carlton board member STEPHEN KERNAHAN has thrown his support behind coach WAYNE BRITTAIN as speculation over TERRY WALLACE intensifies – Brittain is contracted for another season – Carlton and Elite Sports Properties, the management group representing Wallace, have denied any discussions have taken place ...
A lucky escape for Plough  :yep.
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Re: Has Ben Holland's claim been settled?
« Reply #179 on: March 03, 2010, 06:52:31 PM »
Healy, Taylor and Mike on 3aw just now want the AFL to investigate this and the four players involved again. They're not happy it was settled out of court.

Would be about the 3rd time the AFL has Mike but still not good enough for you ::).