Broncos remain NRL's cleanest club

[Morkel]

If we're found to have cheated, suspending the club from the comp for 3 weeks some time in late October seems a fair punishment.

 

[Rally Towel]

Has been fairly quiet on the salary cap front,

You kinda get the feeling the NRL's waiting to see if we make the 8 before imposing any penalties,

It has been very quiet.

I'd rather any penalty would be imposed this year, as we're in better shape next year for a tilt at the finals.

Alternatively, maybe we can get a Cronulla special and have our penalty backdated yo seasons 2011-13....

 

[Kimlo]

If we're found to have cheated, suspending the club from the comp for 3 weeks some time in late October seems a fair punishment.

That would be a joke of a punishment. They should suspend the entire team for 24 months back ended to 24 months ago. That'll send a strong message.

 

[Rally Towel]

It has been very quiet.

I'd rather any penalty would be imposed this year, as we're in better shape next year for a tilt at the finals.

Alternatively, maybe we can get a Cronulla special and have our penalty backdated to seasons 2011-13....

 

[1910]

The investigation reached a conclusion today.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Surely we served our sentence 2012-2013?

 

[Danoz Direct]

 

[Danoz Direct]

Chris Garry says there will be an article in the courier mail tomorrow relating to it.

 

[theshed]

If it was big news, it'd be in the media already. I guess we'll see tomorrow.

 

[noisetheory]

yeah, basically just means CM are the only paper who are running the story

 

[Danoz Direct]

Lets hope its just a fine or something like that and does not affect our recruitment.

 

[noisetheory]

FYI someone just posted a picture of the telegraph for tomorrow where the headline to the article says "broncos off the hook in salary cap saga"

 

[noisetheory]

 

[K-Style]

Chris Garry says there will be an article in the courier mail tomorrow relating to it.

Last time he said that there was pretty much no story. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
The NRL has conjured up penalties and sin bins for no reason and overdone the Thaiday charge so nothing would surprise me.

 

[K-Style]

Got to like that story. Hope it's the one that runs.

 

[bb_gun]

Exclusive: Salary cap probe clears Brisbane Broncos’ for finals tilt

A MYSTERY $300,000 repayment has saved the Brisbane Broncos from the salary cap scandal that threatened to terminate their finals campaign.

The Broncos have been cleared to play in next week’s playoffs after an NRL integrity unit investigation failed to detect any alleged improper payments to some of the club’s biggest names.

The NRL is expected to officially announce the outcome of its probe before the end of this week.

The Broncos are still facing a hefty fine for reporting $450,000 in salary-cap irregularities but are unlikely to be docked competition points — effectively keeping their season alive.

There were fears a points sanction would dump Brisbane from the finals race, but they are now free to qualify for the top-eight by beating Melbourne this Friday night.

At the heart of the NRL investigation were a series of transactions, totalling $300,000, which went missing from Broncos Leagues Club accounts, triggering a separate internal audit.

Former Brisbane operations chief Andrew Gee, who resigned in May, was being investigated by Broncos Leagues over the six-figure void.

But despite months of forensic financial investigations, NRL auditors could not trace the missing money to the accounts of Broncos players.

Gee refused to assist with the NRL probe and was not compelled to because he had resigned as a Broncos employee.

The 25-year club legend, who quit when The Courier-Mail exposed the cap investigation, has since repaid the money and resigned a director of Broncos Leagues, which is still being investigated by ASIC over the scandal.

“It (the missing funds) was repaid before the end of the last financial year,” confirmed Broncos Leagues club chairman Bruno Cullen.

He would not comment further.

It is unknown where Gee, unemployed at the time, procured the money to repay Broncos Leagues. He did not return calls to The Courier-Mail on Tuesday.

At the time of his resignation, Gee said: “I have nothing to say ... I have moved on.”

Now that the money has been repaid, the NRL says it has nothing to act on.

Six Broncos players — Corey Parker, Ben Barba, Corey Oates, Martin Kennedy, Jarrod Wallace and incoming recruit Anthony Milford — were interviewed by NRL auditors.

Gee was responsible for negotiating and signing off on all their contracts.

Financial searches of player-manager records also failed to uncover cash payments.

Whatever happened to the Leagues Club cash that Gee allegedly used remains a mystery.

The other mystery is how Gee managed to raise $300,000 to pay back the Leagues Club.

“Andrew Gee will go to his grave with that information,” said one source.

NRL integrity-unit boss Jim Doyle wants the Broncos probe completed this week to ensure no club goes into the finals under suspicion of rorting the salary cap.

“We’re getting close to finalising it,” Doyle confirmed.

The Gold Coast Titans and Parramatta Eels remain under investigation for suspected salary cap issues.

Source: Error Page

 

[Unbreakable]

I was more worried about losing points for next year, it's not like we really have a chance this year, good news nevertheless.

 

[broncos4life]

Haha this is awesome. Suck shit to the clubs like the raiders praying this would bring us down. Haha made my night