Osborne quits Eels
11/15/2011 07:40:45 PM
Parramatta chief executive Paul Osborne has quit his role with the club due to an unworkable relationship with the club's major sponsor.
Osborne will end his role at the Eels at end of the year.
Osborne was earlier this week cleared of any inappropriate dealing following an investigation into some of his business practices.
The resignation comes after the boss of the club's major sponsor Pirtek, Glen Duncan, quit the Eels' board over claims of financial irregularities involving Osborne.
"Obviously a working relationship between myself and the club's major naming rights sponsor Pirtek is no longer tenable, and this is a major factor in my decision," Osborne said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The past month has been tough on myself and those close to me and I've had time to re-evaluate what is important."
"I realised I had missed enough of my kids football training sessions and school plays to last a lifetime."
"I'd like to thank the club's board for the fair hearing it gave me in relation to the issues over the past month," Osborne said.
"Whilst I remain pleased to have been cleared by the board's inquiry, I believe the time is right for me to move on."