Carlton head Pratt stands aside
Carlton president, Richard Pratt, has stepped aside after news this morning that he had been charged on summons yesterday with giving false and misleading evidence to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) hearing in 2005. This relates to price fixing between Pratt’s Cardboard company, Vissy and competitor Amcor.
If a press conference just held at Carlton, Chief Executive Greg Swan announced that Vice President, Stephen Kernahan has stepped up as Interim President until the matter is sorted out.
Dick made the decision so that his personal problems don’t effect the direction of the club that he has helped to turn around in the last two years. Both Swan and Kernahan say that the clubs focus has moved to this weeks game and that depending on the out come of the charges, Pratt could return to the club at that point.
Another disgraced former Carlton President, John Elliot came out in support of Dick saying that he should receive the countries principal of innocence until the point that he is proven guilty and that he has felt that its a case of tall poppy syndrome.
Swan also said that he didn’t see any reason that the Clubs new gun midfielder, Chris Judd, should not be able to continue in his role as Vissy ambassador.
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It is good to see some things are back to normal.
Carlton bosses in charge getting in trouble and trying to be a law of their own.
The difference being that he stepped aside and didn’t try to hang in there
for his own ego.
Molly