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Can a CEO be just a normal fan?

OPINION: Did Warriors sponsor chief deserve a warning on refereeing comments?

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Nicholas Pointon.

Martin Devlin Wed, 17 May 2023

Can a CEO – and not just any old CEO but a guy who is also CEO of the team’s major jersey sponsor – be just another everyday diehard fan?

Jason Paris – chief executive of One NZ, the Warriors’ major long-term naming rights sponsor – faced this question after severely criticising the NRL

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Martin Devlin Wed, 17 May 2023
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