Sam Ayoub

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Sam Ayoub
NationalityAustralian
Occupationmanager

Sam Ayoub is an Australian rugby league manager for players such as Johnathan Thurston and Robbie Farah. [1] [2] He established Ultra Management (Sports) in 1988 where he is still a director.

Ayoub was one of the first player managers in the Australian Rugby League and has been called "one of the game's most powerful." [3] One of his first clients, Adrian Lam, was his former touch football teammate. [3]

In 2005, Ayoub was banned by the Australian Touch Football Association for abusing officials while he was coach of the Australian men's under-20 team. [3] In 2011, he was caught up in an investigation into suspicious betting activity. [3] In March 2011, Ayoub and his client Ryan Tandy were arrested and Ayoub and former player John Elias were charged by police with "attempt to obtain financial advantage by deception" after admitting to betting on his client's game. [4] [5] [6] Tandy was found guilty of match fixing, [7] but the charges against Ayoub were dismissed. [8]

Ayoub was investigated by police again in 2016 after allegations of NRL salary cap breaches by the Parramatta Eels. [9]

In 2019, Ayoub took two former employees to court, alleging they tried to poach 16 of his clients by amending their contracts without his knowledge while working for him. [10] [11] During cross examination, it was revealed that Ayoub sent numerous abusive and harassing messages to his former employees due to this discovery. [12] Ayoub won the case. [13]

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  2. ↑ Weidler, Danny (8 April 2017). "Canterbury Bulldogs firm as next home as Kieran Foran takes on Sam Ayoub as manager". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Read, Brent (4 March 2011). "Player manager an influential figure". The Australian. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Webster, Andrew (3 March 2011). "Sam Ayoub sticks by his bets story". Daily Telegraph. The Advertiser. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Read, Brent (4 March 2011). "Agent Sam Ayoub arrested over bet scandal". The Australian. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Barrett, Chris (17 March 2011). "Revealed: how Ayoub and pool man are linked". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Davies, Lisa (6 October 2011). "Ryan Tandy found guilty of trying to fix 2010 match between Canterbury Bulldogs and North Queensland Cowboys". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Garry, Chris (19 May 2012). "Match fixing charges against rugby league player manager Sam Ayoub dismissed". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  9. ↑ Masters, Roy (23 October 2016). "Up to 10 NRL player managers face possible criminal prosecution after police raids". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Phillips, Sam (1 October 2019). "Top NRL player agent Ayoub takes former employees to court". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Raiders rookie Hudson Young caught in bitter management row involving top player agent Sam Ayoub". Fox Sports. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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  13. ↑ Caulfield, Christine (28 January 2020). "Top NRL Player Agent Sam Ayoub wins case against protege who placed 18 players". Lawyerly. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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