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IT can now be revealed how Nathan Tinklersaved his shaky ownership of the Newcastle Jets — he borrowed another $1 million from businessmanGerry Harvey to pay debts.
And in another blow that threatens the club's A-League survival, the Australian Taxation Office has stepped in and put a garnishee on the $250,000 monthly grant the Jets receive from FFA because of Tinkler's unpaid tax bills.
The grant — that goes to all clubs — is vital for cashflow in the day-to-day running of the football operations and staff wages.
Nathan Tinkler had to borrow more money from Gerry Harvey to keep hold of the Jets. Source: News Corp Australia
FFA boss David Gallop recently issued an ultimatum and deadline to Tinkler to pay long-overdue bills or hand back his licence.
At the last minute, he came up with the money. It turns out that Harvey came to his rescue.
"Yeah, he got a mil off me recently and a mil off me before that," Harvey told me.
"He's been a constant borrower over two years.
"What he does with the money … I never ask him what it's for because I have no interest.
"There's no point me knowing. He could be paying the Jets, wages, interest, solicitors, I've got no idea. "The one thing I know is, it doesn't matter how many lectures I give him, he does things his own way."
Nathan Tinkler has retained control of the Jets for now. Source: Getty Images
Harvey revealed he has lent the fallen mining magnate more than $50m.
Most of it has been paid back from the sale of his racing empire Patinack Farm.
"When I lend him money — and that's over $50 million in the past two years — he's paid back a big percentage," Harvey said.
"He's just sold another couple of properties; so soon it will nearly be paid back in full."
Meanwhile, FFA supremo Frank Lowy and Gallop are monitoring the Jets' situation fearing they may have to step in at any time.
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SAINT
FOUR sleeps to the NRL kick-off. No more cocaine, cover-ups or controversy.
SINNER
THE NRL rules that allow players to openly shop themselves to rival clubs a week before the start of a season. Surely one of the highly paid geniuses at NRL headquarters can come up with a system that can stop it from happening.
SHOOSH
WHICH NRL club is stepping up its bid to sign bigIsrael Folau, who is off contract at the end of the season with the Australian Rugby Union and the NSW Waratahs?
SHOOSH II
WHICH club is trying to offload a current State of Origin player to free up salary cap space? And it's not Trent Merrin at the Dragons.
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MUNDINE'S US SWITCH
ANTHONY Mundine's next fight will be in the US and not in Melbourne, as was previously thought. His people are talking to three potential big-name opponents: Austin Trout, Erislandy Lara, and Cornelius Bundrage. After a long break, Mundine has resumed training and is hoping that the fight will take place late next month.
WOULD-BE PLUGGER
GOOD morning to the senior government bureaucrat who often reads the online version of this column in the wee small hours of Sunday and then makes abusive 2am phone calls to anyone suspected of leaking confidential information.
CODES SOLIDARITY
WHO says the NRL is at war with the AFL on the Gold Coast? Titans CEO Graham Annesley received an avalanche of sympathetic and supportive text messages at the height of the cocaine scandal last week, two of them were from high-profile AFL administrators and another from a senior official at the Gold Coast Suns.
BENJI'S BIRTHDAY BASH
BENJI Marshall celebrated his 30th birthday over dinner at the Chinese restaurant Lees Fortuna Court in Crows Nest on Wednesday with his stunning wife Zoe, who posted this photo (below) on her Instagram account.
NRL NUMBER CRUNCHERS
WE keep hearing the NRL carrying on about having the top three rating shows on television last year, which is true. It's also spin-doctoring at its best.
What they don't tell us is that the overall ratings for the entire season on Fox Sports and Channel Nine fell alarmingly and fewer people watched rugby league in 2014 than the previous two years.
Meanwhile the great Ray 'Rabbits' Warren faces a late fitness test before calling Thursday night's Broncos-Rabbitohs season opener in Brisbane.
He returned to Triple M on Saturday but is still undergoing treatment after off-season prostate surgery. He has told director of sport Steve Crawleyhe wants to be at Suncorp to call the game.
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HOPOATE SAYS 'I DO'
MOST rugby league players get married during the off-season … not one week before the premiership kick-off. Will Hopoate has always done things differently.
Like taking two years away from rugby league to undertake a Mormon mission, in which the church followers dedicate all their time to the church without pay.
And on Saturday, the Parramatta fullback got married just six days before the blockbuster season-opener against his old club Manly.
It was a private affair held at a temple in Brisbane where he studied. Only family and a few of Hopoate's closest friends attended the wedding.
He will be back at Parramatta training on Monday and has no plans for a honeymoon.
Will's father John hung up on me when I asked him on Friday for details of the wedding and the bride's name.
She is a Maori girl. The couple met while Hopoate studied in Brisbane but started a relationship only last November.
Will Hopoate and with his new wife Jimicina Green. Source: FACEBOOK Source: Facebook
SAINTS GREAT ON THE MEND
NO one in rugby league has a bigger heart than former St George front-rower Craig Young, who played 20 Tests for Australia and skippered the Dragons to win the 1979 premiership. Last week, the 58-year-old underwent major heart surgery at St George Private Hospital.
It went well and he hopes to be home in the next few days. The operation would have floored most patients for months. Young still works for the Dragons and the NSW Blues and has vowed to return to his duties ASAP.
DRAGONS NOT DOWN AND OUT
THE NRL needs to be careful how it hands out rescue funds among the 16 clubs.
It's no secret Dave Smith gave St George Illawarra a multimillion-dollar loan because they were supposedly down, out and desperate.
What hasn't been revealed is that St George Leagues Club actually made a $4.1 million profit last year and has more money in the bank than a lot of other clubs who haven't received a penny from Moore Park headquarters.
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VIDEO KILLS A-LEAGUE ACTION
ALLIANZ Stadium has been trumpeting its new giant video screens at each end of the ground to give match-day fans a better experience. But not all stakeholders are happy about it. Broadcaster Fox Sports has lost vital camera positions to cover A-League matches.
The behind-the-goals cameras are essential for all the goalmouth action in soccer, but I'm told that pleas by TV producers fell on deaf ears. Construction of the screens has also affected The Cove, Sydney FC's supporter group, who've lost access to more than 100 prime seats for much of the season.
It was a muddy affair at the National Touch League in Port Macquarie last weekend. www.nashyspix.com Source: Supplied
A TOUCH TOO MUCH ... FUN
IT was meant to be the world's largest representative touch football event involving 1145 games, but for the 5000 participants and 400 referees (including the NRL's recently retired Shayne Hayne) who travelled to Port Macquarie last weekend, it turned out to be a wet and wild adventure of slush, mud, fun and water polo.
Some 331 teams contested the first two days of the NSW Junior Touch state titles but the organisers — as you can see — were forced to abandon the last day after "excessive rainfall and tidal rises" shortly after 6am on finals day.
In its 20th year of Junior State Cup and since the seniors' inception in 1977, the decision was unprecedented.
General manager Dean Russell was extremely disappointed but praised the calibre of talent on show and was looking forward to returning to a sunny Port Macquarie next year.
Mayweather v Pacquiao — strictly for the high-rollers. Source: News Corp Australia
LAZY $65K FOR RINGSIDE SEAT
NOT even $65,000 will guarantee you a ringside seat at the upcoming Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight-of-the-century in Las Vegas.
The MGM Grand want only high-rollers, Hollywood celebrities and sporting superstars in the most expensive seats.
Casino customers need a minimum $250,000 line of credit to get first choice of the seats.
Incredibly, ticket prices range from $A7,452.99 to ^65,123.19 for the fight.
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BLEATING BRONCOS
WE'RE hearing there is serious friction at the Broncos between supercoach Wayne Bennett and chief executive Paul White. Since returning to the club, Bennett has made it clear he is in charge. As he was at Newcastle and St George Illawarra. White has gone from enjoying a close relationship and friendship with Anthony Griffin to being shoved into the background.
MARDI GRAS STAND
WHICH former rugby league international will be on float at next weekend's Mardi Gras parade on Oxford Street?
The player is not gay but will be proudly wearing his old club's footy jersey to support the gay community and the NRL's stance against homophobia.
I'm hearing other sports will be involved too, including the AFL and rugby union.
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