JON Inducted intoSport Australia Hall of Fame

[Quick Hands]

Read it and weep.

Sport Australia Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chairman Rob de Castella AO MBE said the feats of John O’Neill AO highlight just what can be achieved through astute sports administration.

“John O’Neill is the gold standard for inspired and calculated sports administration,” de Castella said.


“His leadership at two peak Australian sporting bodies has proven pivotal in the ongoing success of both rugby union and football in this nation, and with time as the ultimate test, O’Neill has established himself to be an artist of administration.”
http://www.sahof.org.au/media-centr...-artist-of-administration-in-the-hall-of-fame

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Well he took a lot of Gold.

 

[Lindommer]

Rob, what about his job in soccer?

 

[Quick Hands]

Well he took a lot of Gold.

With a non-disparagement clause.

The artist of administration - is that something like the artful dodger?

 

[Inside Shoulder]

The artist of administration

Mostly, if not entirely, self portraits

 

[I like to watch]

With a non-disparagement clause.

The artist of administration - is that something like the artful dodger?

More like BS artist in his second term.......

 

[cyclopath]

I find art to be so subjective.........

 

[Quick Hands]

More like BS artist in his second term...

And a calculated one apparently.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Seems kinda apt his new gig is running an organisation dedicated to separating fools from their money (and using taxpayers money to help build their next device for doing so).

 

[Quick Hands]

Seems kinda apt his new gig is running an organisation dedicated to separating fools from their money (and using taxpayers money to help build their next device for doing so).

Says a lot about him that he's still proud of dudding NZ over hosting RWC 2003.

What the citation doesn't mention is the wasteful spending of the proceeds of RWC 2003 on recurrent expenditure with no lasting rugby infrastructure to grow the game, or white-anting his successor, or sending the joint broke in his second coming or the golden million dollar parachute he departed with.