Cronulla chairman Damian Keogh says the Sharks are fighting to stay put Cronulla Sharks chairman Damian Keog. CRONULLA chairman Damian Keogh says the club has no intention of moving despite the ongoing ASADA investigation threatening to send the financially stricken Sharks broke. On the eve of Saturday's elimination final against the Cowboys, Keogh revealed Cronulla hierarchy have conducted a study of the NFL's Green Bay Packers as part of a five-year blueprint to save the club. Fears are growing the anti-doping probe could sink the Sharks, whose legal bill now exceeds $500,000 defending an ASADA investigation that has spanned almost eight months. Should the NRL impose the type of seven-figure fine the AFL levelled against Essendon, it could prove the coup de grace for a Cronulla club already saddled with a $3.5 million debt. The ARL Commission has the power to rescind or transfer an NRL licence should a team fail to meet its participation criteria. That occurred last October, when the ARLC transferred the Titans' licence to a company owned by investor Darryl Kelly following the Gold Coast's $25 million debt crisis. ARLC chairman John Grant is watching the Sharks' situation closely and could feasibly order the club be moved interstate, especially if Cronulla are forced to seek financial assistance. Former interim CEO Bruno Cullen last month warned the ASADA saga could threaten Cronulla's viability, but Keogh made it clear he is fighting to keep the club in the Sutherland Shire. We are in the Shire to stay. We don't plan on going anywhere," Keogh said ahead of the club's sudden-death affair at Allianz Stadium. We believe very firmly have a viable and sustainable future right here. We have a major property development, which will be commencing next year, which is going to secure some significant revenue for us over the next five or so years. From the board and club's perspective, we celebrate our 50th year in the Shire in 2017, so I don't see any requirement or desire from anyone to move the club anywhere. I don't know what the Commission's view is, but that (staying in the Shire) is the club's view, the board's view and the supporters' view. Asked whether he would oppose any ARLC move to relocate Cronulla, Keogh said: "I can't speculate on what the Commission might do, there's no point in it for me. "We had a players" reunion for our last home game. Some old players like 'ET' (Andrew Ettingshausen) and Gavin Miller were there and I gave them assurances we won't be having a reunion in Perth anytime soon. Keogh, a three-time Olympian who played for NBL basketball outfit the Sydney Kings, said the Cronulla board was already moving to beef-up its governance structures. As part of the overhaul, Sharks officials have looked into the successes of AFL side Geelong and American Football's Packers. "We are undertaking a five-year strategy which we believe will lead to a viable club," he said. We are looking at clubs in similar situations. We have looked at the Geelong Cats and the Green Bay Packers. It's not so much their models, it's how they leverage support in their areas. Geelong are a satellite city outside of Melbourne but they have been a dominant team in the AFL. We need to emulate that. The new board has come in at a stormy time, but we're attacking governance, culture and commercial viability. We don't want to make up the numbers in the NRL, we want to be a force in the competition.