Hypothetical: player involvement

[Coxy]

OK, so days kick by and it's uncovered that Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Greg Inglis and Brett White were all involved in the scandal and aware they were being paid outside the salary cap.

What does the NRL do?

 

[Charmamba]

De-register the players and send them to the super league.

Whats worse? Running out on your club (SBW) or cheating the whole league?

 

[Meat77]

Surely they would be treated like other players under a criminal investigation? The NRL would have to suspend them for a suitable length of time like it has done in the past and let justice take it's course

 

[Coxy]

Think about that for a moment. State of Origin 2010 with no Inglis, Smith or Slater...

Yeah, Queensland would be fcuked, but more importantly, look at the damage it would do to one of the game's premier events?

 

[Flutterby]

The would have to be de-registered. And I would hope that ESL would support the NRL in that cheats have no place in the game and they would refuse to register them as well. Would also hope that Union and AFL wouldn't want to be tainted by such cheats in their ranks and would refuse to pick them up either.

 

[ALH]

If they can quantify the amounts I reckon fine and suspension.

 

[Charmamba]

Boyd plays fullback. Tim smith can run at hooker. Just need to fill Inglis' spot.

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

lol, kingston and friend would be miles ahead of tim smith. tonga and folau in centre, tuqiri and mogg(?) on wing

 

[Black Philip]

lol, kingston and friend would be miles ahead of tim smith. tonga and folau in centre, tuqiri and mogg(?) on wing

1. Boyd
2. Folau
3. Tate
4. Tonga
5. Tuqiri

[icon_lol1. Still better than NSW!

Oh and I'd be perfectly happy with Friend at hooker to be honest. Obviously not as good as Smith, but still a very capable player.

 

[Nashy]

De-Register them. This should be treated as a completely seperate issue, and state pride should never, ever come into these sorts of decisions.

 

[Aeetee]

Can't use Izzy. He could be implicated yet as he was there 5 years ago. Hypothetically of course.

 

[mal]

Lol Imagine that, NRL with Folau, Smith, Slater and Inglis gone. It's so sad its funny

 

[Charmamba]

So Brisbane could have 2 players involved in this... Do not forget Anderson. Granted he would not have been on much he could still have been a player involved.

 

[m1c]

IMO there is no doubt that the players and player managers would have known everything. The players sign off on the NRL contract that is then lodged with them (NRL), which declares their salary and payments. They are also in receipt of the 2nd contract (kept in the 2nd office) which details the actual amount that they are going to be paid, which is what they had agreed to accept when they agreed to resign.

Clearly, Waldron, the player and the manager would have been involved in direct discussions about this is what we will pay you, but this is what we declare on the formal NRL contract and this is what will be paid as extras in this way, we are talking huge amounts of monies here as individual "overs", of course they were a party to it all and knew exactly what was unfolding.

They then recieve the balance (2nd set) of payments via third parties, which annually clearly exceed what they had signed off on in the NRL contract. I don't don't this is rampant throughout the NRL.

IMO some players have to be made examples of to also make them think twice.

 

[Black Philip]

Lol Imagine that, NRL with Folau, Smith, Slater and Inglis gone. It's so sad its funny

I don't find the prospect of other codes taking some of Rugby Leagues best talent funny at all tbh.

 

[Anonymous person]

you guys that are accusing the players are all making big assumptions. firstly, youre assuming that these footy players with hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank keep a keen eye on their bank accounts. i dont even keep a keen eye on my bank account unless i know i must be starting to run low, and i dont have anywhere near hundreds of thousands of dollars in there.

secondly, players have managers. the only reason they have managers is to do their contract stuff. look at the whole civoniceva thing - people on here were claiming that he was 'left in the dark' by his manager as to what was going on, but now all of a sudden since its melbourne players you all say that as a player you would HAVE to know whats gonig on? lolz.

thirdly, if the players knew about it, you can be damn sure that the players that melbourne let go after 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 wouldve blown the whistle on the whole thing years ago.

 

[Charmamba]

thirdly, if the players knew about it, you can be damn sure that the players that melbourne let go after 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 wouldve blown the whistle on the whole thing years ago.

And risk their own careers?

 

[Anonymous person]

how does that risk their career......