Manly Sea Eagles - Salary Cap Breach

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https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/10/27...d-over-salary-cap-breaches?ocid=Social-9NewsS

The NRL’s integrity unit has started formal interviews with club officials of the Manly Sea Eagles, as pressure mounts on the club over alleged salary cap breaches.
While conducting investigations into allegations of match fixing, NSW police uncovered revelations that a number of Manly players took cash payments, which are against NRL salary cap rules.
During Strike Force Nuralda's long-running investigation, police found that there was a widespread trade of club insiders revealing secret information to known gamblers which is a criminal offence punishable by up to two years in jail. However, no charges will be laid because there is a six-month limitation from the date of the alleged offences taking place.
A Fairfax Media report revealed that senior Manly officials initially refused to hand over their personal computers to the NRL integrity unit saying they weren’t bound by law to do so. But the club eventually caved to the requests, allowing the NRL’s investigative arm to look through thousands of documents, computer records and information downloaded from the mobile phones of club officials.

Manly official Bob Fulton has stepped down from the club. There is no suggestion Fulton was involved in any wrongdoing. (AAP)
One club official to be interviewed is Manly legend Bob Fulton who stepped down from his role this week as a consultant, after spending 50 years with the club as a player, coach and official.
Fulton explained his departure from the club to News Corp saying that "the club is now in great shape and it was the right time."
It is not suggested Fulton was involved in any wrongdoing.

It’s also being reported that former Manly sponsor Robby Melhem had allegedly supplied cocaine and prostitutes to some players in addition to making cash payments to Sea Eagles players, which is in direct breach of salary cap rules.
Fairfax Media reported that Melhem held regular private parties for Manly players and provided cocaine during festivities.
Melhem was charged in August this year for being involved in a drug syndicate.
The former mobile phone entrepreneur and property developer was arrested by police after he allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover police officer at Sydney Olympic Park.
Detectives later found 22kg of cocaine in an apartment Melhem’s syndicate rented in the inner Sydney suburb of Pyrmont.
 
Hookers and coke are an unfair TPA advantage!
 
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/th...e/news-story/ef274f0e055bdb156c49cbbcd6f26ee2

THE NRL has issued the Manly Sea Eagles with a breach notice following a lengthy investigation into salary cap issues at the club by the NRL’s integrity unit.
“The notice concerns preliminary findings of potential breaches of the salary cap over the last five years,” the NRL said in a statement.
Should the findings be confirmed, the proposed sanctions for the club could include a significant fine while they will also be required to adjust the salary cap for 2018,
Daily Telegraph NRL writer Buzz Rothfield was the first to report the news and also stated the fine could be in the “several hundred thousand” region.

Show cause notices have also been issued to two current club officials, requiring them to demonstrate why their registrations should not be cancelled.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said the Manly club and both officials have already been provided with opportunities to assist the NRL during this investigation.
They will now be given a chance to respond formally to the preliminary findings before final determinations are made.
Mr Greenberg said that, in accordance with the NRL Rules, the parties have been given five days to respond to the breach notices but, given the seriousness of the allegations, the NRL would consider a request for an extension of time.
This follows a similar trend to the 2016 case involving Parramatta who were docked 12 competition points and fined $1 million for breaching the salary cap over a number of years.

Manly were contacted by news.com.au for comment but did not provide a statement at this time.
 
Do we know now why Bozo bolted.
 
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Suck a fat one, Manly. Fix up your dogshit home ground, you spuds.
 
Anthony Watmough retired at a different club, so should fix that problem going by the Roosters methodology.
 
FMD the Stewart boys, Lyon and Tooves. No way they are over the cap
 
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks it's another attempt to deflect shit away from the Roosters. Not saying Manly aren't over the cap or anything, but surely the Roosters eclipse everyone else.
 
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks it's another attempt to deflect shit away from the Roosters. Not saying Manly aren't over the cap or anything, but surely the Roosters eclipse everyone else.

It's certainly interesting timing, but there was already signs of this coming(not to the extent surfacing I'll grant) earlier then all this Rooster salary cap came into the picture.
 
They'll be fine, that under the table payment to the salary cap team will make it come out as a 'misunderstanding'.
 
And then after looking at it, everyone laughed and someone said, 'How bout them Broncos' and everyone forgot about it and moved on.

Social media is just hilarious atm. Article about Manly......"Well what about the fuckin Broncos? Aren't they over the cap?"

I can only imagine what LU is like.....
 
Social media is just hilarious atm. Article about Manly......"Well what about the fuckin Broncos? Aren't they over the cap?"

I can only imagine what LU is like.....

Throw the usual crap in, including the usual rant about our supposed 7 day turn around advantage.
 

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