02 Best Reporting of an Issue in Sport
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Category 2 – Best Reporting of an Issue
in Sport
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Thunderstruck
Adrian Proszenko, Brad Walter, Greg Prichard and others
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>> BRAD WALTER: Hi, thanks very much. I’d like to thank
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the ASC, the sports department at the Sydney
Morning Herald, especially Ian Fuge, the managing
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sports editor. This was a collaborative effort,
that involved a lot of people, not just Adrian,
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myself, and Greg Prichard who were named there.
I’d like to thank Chris Barrett, Glenn Jackson,
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Tom Riley and Roy Masters. They were all heavily
involved.
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This was a massive story. The repercussions
are still going on today with the Greg Inglis
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saga. His contract situation with South Sydney
hasn’t been resolved because of the complications
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caused by the Melbourne Storm salary cap saga.
It was mentioned in Adrian’s nomination
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earlier that when he wrote the story about
Cameron Smith and the investigation into his
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contract situation, that little would we know
that, of what was to come. I’d like to think
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at the Sydney Morning Herald we did have an
idea of what was to come. We didn’t know
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the extent of it, we didn’t know the details,
but we knew this was a big story then and
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we were just waiting for the fallout to happen.
And when bookmakers suspended betting on
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I think it was April 21, we knew then that
something massive was about to happen and
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you know, the Melbourne Storm they were stripped
of everything they’d won in the previous
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four seasons and they were forced to play
this year for no competition points. That’s
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never happened before. It’s a huge story
and we’re really proud
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of what we’ve done in covering that story.
Thanks very much.
Category 2 – Best Reporting of an Issue
in Sport
0:00:08.000,0:00:23.970
Thunderstruck
Adrian Proszenko, Brad Walter, Greg Prichard and others
0:00:26.000,0:00:28.410
>> BRAD WALTER: Hi, thanks very much. I’d like to thank
0:00:28.410,0:00:34.900
the ASC, the sports department at the Sydney
Morning Herald, especially Ian Fuge, the managing
0:00:34.900,0:00:41.339
sports editor. This was a collaborative effort,
that involved a lot of people, not just Adrian,
0:00:41.339,0:00:46.699
myself, and Greg Prichard who were named there.
I’d like to thank Chris Barrett, Glenn Jackson,
0:00:46.699,0:00:49.530
Tom Riley and Roy Masters. They were all heavily
involved.
0:00:49.530,0:00:54.650
This was a massive story. The repercussions
are still going on today with the Greg Inglis
0:00:54.650,0:01:00.369
saga. His contract situation with South Sydney
hasn’t been resolved because of the complications
0:01:00.369,0:01:06.820
caused by the Melbourne Storm salary cap saga.
It was mentioned in Adrian’s nomination
0:01:06.820,0:01:13.800
earlier that when he wrote the story about
Cameron Smith and the investigation into his
0:01:13.800,0:01:20.750
contract situation, that little would we know
that, of what was to come. I’d like to think
0:01:20.750,0:01:24.970
at the Sydney Morning Herald we did have an
idea of what was to come. We didn’t know
0:01:24.970,0:01:28.220
the extent of it, we didn’t know the details,
but we knew this was a big story then and
0:01:28.220,0:01:33.080
we were just waiting for the fallout to happen.
And when bookmakers suspended betting on
0:01:33.080,0:01:38.420
I think it was April 21, we knew then that
something massive was about to happen and
0:01:38.420,0:01:41.830
you know, the Melbourne Storm they were stripped
of everything they’d won in the previous
0:01:41.830,0:01:45.850
four seasons and they were forced to play
this year for no competition points. That’s
0:01:45.850,0:01:49.000
never happened before. It’s a huge story
and we’re really proud
0:01:49.000,0:01:52.190
of what we’ve done in covering that story.
Thanks very much.
WINNER: Adrian Proszenko, Brad Walter, Greg Prichard and others, Thunderstruck — The Sydney Morning Herald
HIGH COMMENDATION: Conor Duffy, Gambling in sport — The 7.30 Report, ABC Television
