Joel Monaghan to be sacked over lewd picture

[Schifty]

Joel Monaghan to be sacked over lewd picture
5 November 2010, 5:00 pm

The heraldsun.com is reporting that disgraced Canberra Raiders centre Joel Monaghan “will be sacked by the club on Monday when the eight-member Raiders board convenes in the national capital”.   The Daily Telegraph has released information  that “at least” four of the club’s major sponsors have threatened to withdraw AUS$1 million worth of revenue due to the incident.

NRL chief executive David Gallop is monitoring the incident and the game’s governing body is “close to making the call to de-register Monaghan from playing rugby league in Australia” according to the website.

It’s understood that Gallop was considering re-registering Monaghan last night after the picture went viral but it’s assumed the matter will now be dealt with after the Raiders board meets on Monday when “Monaghan's contract will be torn up”, reported the heraldsun.com.

There are also reports that a number of other of the club’s sponsors have verbally threatened to resign from association with the club.

Source: 3News

[GB7600]

Hopefully for his sake he can get a job in the UK and they will leave him alone over there. What a costly brain snap for Monnas. It looks like the club has very little choice now with those sponsors wanting to retract money.

[AlwaysGreen]

What a mess  :banghead: with that much dosh on the line I can't imagine him staying.

[Raidercast]

Not good at all Joel. It does seem a bit harsh to fire him over what seems to be a prank gone way too far and horribly wrong but it looks like the club has no choice but to do so. It is just one of those things that leaves you asking why on earth a high profile star (or anyone for that matter) would do such a thing, let alone take a picture of it.  :017:

[GB7600]

Alcohol is why unfortunately. When things go wrong and a star has had a couple too many you know a camera wont be to far away either.