Storm for Wooden Spoon - Betting Suspended

[rod78]

the biggest winners out of this will be the broncos because now the records will state the best club of the 90's is the BRONCOS

 

[Coxy]

Do you think this will perhaps sway the players to band together and win a GF in 2011?

Izzy to return to Melbourne to put things right?

Imagine a 2011 Broncos v Storm GF - the drama

Possible.

More likely is that players will be begging their managers to ask for a release so they can get out of Melbourne ASAP.

The players won't want to be associated with cheating.

 

[user_nat]

i feel for........ manly and parra fans..... Oh i just died inside.

What about us? They knocked us out for the last 3 years.

the biggest winners out of this will be the broncos because now the records will state the best club of the 90's is the BRONCOS

90s? We already were.

00s now as well.

 

[rod78]

i feel for........ manly and parra fans..... Oh i just died inside.

What about us? They knocked us out for the last 3 years.

the biggest winners out of this will be the broncos because now the records will state the best club of the 90's is the BRONCOS

90s? We already were.

00s now as well.

that what i ment just wrong decade

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

What does this mean for the players next year? Say inglis is after $400 k, not many clubs would have that money available for next year. I can see union moving in here to try and get players like slater, inglis and smith

 

[Charmamba]

i feel for........ manly and parra fans..... Oh i just died inside.

What about us? They knocked us out for the last 3 years.

Oh naturally i feel for us that does not need to be said.

 

[Donny]

Ha Ha storm fans tahts what u get for cheating

 

[subsbligh]

One final last hoorah for the ARL to get one back on NEws Limited for Super League.

Maybe now we're even an independent commission can be formed, move the Storm to Central Coast, up the salary cap and hope the NRL never tries expansion into Melbourne ever again

 

[chazta]

Ha Ha storm fans tahts what u get for cheating

??? thats a bit harsh the fans didnt do anything and knew nothing about it

 

[Coxy]

Now to bust the Titans for a similar rort.

 

[pennywisealfie]

What does this mean for the players next year? Say inglis is after $400 k, not many clubs would have that money available for next year. I can see union moving in here to try and get players like slater, inglis and smith

especially with the new Melbourne Rugby Union side!

 

[Anonymous person]

you can also be 99% sure that noone will want to sponsor the Storm if by some miracle they do turn up in the NRL next year.

 

[pennywisealfie]

One final last hoorah for the ARL to get one back on NEws Limited for Super League.

Maybe now we're even an independent commission can be formed, move the Storm to Central Coast, up the salary cap and hope the NRL never tries expansion into Melbourne ever again

thats so silly man. We should still persist with Melbourne.

 

[Je$ter]

I actually agree with AP. I don't think the premierships and minor premierships should've been stripped. Prizemoney paid back, sure, but unless there's hard evidence the players were explicitly aware of the scam then they should have no blame apportioned to them.

And to be told your achievements as a sportsman for the last 4 years are null and void is way worse than any financial punishment you could give them.

I feel sorry for the players. I really do.

Yep. All that hard work to be 'the' team over the past 4-5 years is in the toilet.

The board and execs who knew = douchebags.

Bad day for league.

 

[Coxy]

Yes, and back then, the Bulldogs rallied together, agreed to take paycuts to stay together and win the premiership together later.

The NRL should also make a reduced salary cap part of the punishment. ie, reduce it by the amount it was breached over the same time period.

So in this case, assuming Storm breached by $1.7 million over 5 years, they should have $340000 a year less on their cap for 5 years.

 

[simmo77]

Now to bust the Titans for a similar rort.

haha lots of titans fans currently sh1tting their pants right now _woohoo_

 

[chazta]

One final last hoorah for the ARL to get one back on NEws Limited for Super League.

Maybe now we're even an independent commission can be formed, move the Storm to Central Coast, up the salary cap and hope the NRL never tries expansion into Melbourne ever again

thats so silly man. We should still persist with Melbourne.

I agree they were making such good progress down there

 

[Anonymous person]

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I see what you're saying, it's harsh on the PLAYERS who "didn't know about it" BUT, fact remains that all those good players in the team that helped win the premierships may have not been there in the first place, thus the team may not have gone as well.

EXACTLY the same as the Dogs in 2002. IMO, that team that won the premiership in 2004 wouldn't have been there if they didn't breach the cap! They had so many good players, massive names all over the park - They would have had half of them in 2004 of they didn't breach the cap and thus, probably woukldn't have won the comp with half of their stars.

That's what Im saying.

you dont get it.

they MAY not have been there........but they may have still been there. and even then, they WERE there and they DID win the premiership. the NRL has no right to take 4 years of work away from players that so far appear to be the BIGGEST losers in this whole thing.

another thing that makes the punishment way too severe is that out of the $1.7 million they were over the cap, $700k of that is THIS YEAR, and $400k is LAST YEAR. so that means in the 3 years before that, including where they won a premiership, they were only $600k over the limit. factor in big increases in pay when they win the 2007 premiership, and its more than likely that most of that $600k is in 2008. so realistically, they just lost the 2006 minor premiership and the 2007 premiership for what could be a couple of thousand dollars over the salary cap. its ridiculous.