{"id":401932,"date":"2024-06-11T08:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401932"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:05:16","slug":"ex-tigers-bosses-find-new-role-with-struggling-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401932","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Tigers bosses find new role with struggling franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2023-wests-tigers-board-sacked-justin-pascoe-quits-20231212-p5j8m3.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"J\ufeffustin Pascoe\">J\ufeffustin Pascoe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2023-lee-hagipantelis-whacks-wests-tigers-knee-jerk-process-board-sacking-20231213-p5j8mf.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Lee Hagipantelis\">Lee Hagipantelis<\/a> &#8211; the men who were at the centre of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/wests-tigers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wests Tigers\">Wests Tigers<\/a> in recent years &#8211; have found a new role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/football\/a-league-men\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"A-League\">A-League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were ousted by the struggling NRL club last year after two straight wooden spoons, and have now purchased a 25 per cent stake in Maverick Sports Partners, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/former-wests-tigers-bosses-buy-stake-in-newcastle-jets-20240611-p5jkzm.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Sydney Morning Herald\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-formed consortium, which is made up of businessmen from Sydney and Melbourne, was unveiled as the new owners of the Newcastle Jets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/teams-2024-the-mole-exclusive-round-14-best-players-pictures-20240611-p5jkw4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Wantaway $1m star&#x27;s perfect response to club&#x27;s ban<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-mark-geyer-slams-wests-tigers-duo-early-release-requests-amid-losing-streak-20240611-p5jkwu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Geyer savages &#x27;young kids&#x27; throwing in the towel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-news-2024-nate-myles-joseph-suaalii-queensland-nsw-blues-paul-gallen-comments-20240610-p5jkqq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Smith &#x27;thought I was going to be sacked&#x27; over breach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It gives Hagipantelis and Pascoe a quarter-share of the Jets franchise.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c6ebb234-f69d-4ed5-b432-f8a0a8f2a08c\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c6ebb234-f69d-4ed5-b432-f8a0a8f2a08c\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1096\" data-height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Today is a hugely significant day for this club and this community, as we confirm Maverick Sports Partners as the new owners,&quot; Jets CEO Shane Mattiske said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Over the last three years, we have built a strong foundation for the future of this football club, and it is exciting to be beginning a new era with incoming owners who believe in the opportunity that exists with this club.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Maverick Sports Partners, Maurice Bisetto, said the group was &quot;determined to build success&quot; at the Jets over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle had been on the market in 2021 after \ufeffChinese businessman Martin Lee withdrew his support for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Hagipantelis and Pascoe held the roles of chairman and chief executive officer respectively during their time at the Tigers, drawing plenty of criticism from the club&#x27;s fans over board issues and disappointing on-field performance. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>J\ufeffustin Pascoe and Lee Hagipantelis &#8211; the men who were at the centre of the Wests Tigers in recent years &#8211; have found a new <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401932\" title=\"Ex-Tigers bosses find new role with struggling franchise\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401935,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401932\/revisions\/401935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/401934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}