Western Province Rugby Union president Zelt Marais has hit out at reports suggesting that an American consortium was close to purchasing a controlling stake in the Stormers.
Marais was irked that information about the deal, which he termed as “confidential” was “leaked” to the media.
It was reported last week that the cash strapped WPRFU was entertaining a massive $6m (around R100m) offer from a group of American businessmen.
According to the report, the consortium were after a controlling share in the Stormers.
Speaking to Independent Media last week, Marco Masotti, a former Durbanite New York-based lawyer who represents MVM Holdings, said they submitted an exclusivity agreement to the WPRFU on July 8 in which his consortium offers to buy 51 percent of the Stormers for the controlling interest.
And in a statement released late on Sunday, Marais says: “The majority of our members serving the union at these levels find the behaviour of members that make themselves guilty of such treasonous acts as disgraceful and unbecoming of a leader.
"And I call on any person serving WP Rugby in this manner to rather vacate your position with honour or to stop this need you have to misuse your position of trust to feed the media information that is mostly quoted out of context or leaked when the sole purpose of influencing outcomes in the boardroom.”