Gold Coast Titans' major sponsor drops club after captain's 'offensive' grand final speech

Captain stumbled lines in Acknowledgment of CountryGaffe ‘weighed heavily’ on decision to end contractThe Gold Coast Titans’ major sponsor has abandoned the NRL club, saying their captain, Ryan James, made an “embarrassing” and “offensive” grand final Acknowledgment of Country speech.The setback follows a disastrous season on the field for the Titans, who won only four games to finish last in the competition.Love Ryan James honesty. ‘I’m lost’. We all know how you feel mate. We all been there. #NRLGF Related: Gold Coast Titans sack coach Garth Brennan Let’s not forget that @TFHHire is using Ryan James as a scapegoat for ending @GCTitans deal exactly one year after the Titans captain won the Ken Stephen Medal for his services to the community. A better man you’d struggle to find in the NRL.The @TFHHire company needs to get ahead of this story and confirm that Ryan James endearing momentary lapse with literally one sentence to go in his Welcome to Country at @NRL GF had NOTHING to do with their pull out of sponsorship of @GCTitans. Or reverse decision quickly. Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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