gUt
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No disrespect, but "started" doing shady shit? You know our history around these issues is pretty fkn suss right?
Midean
State of Origin Captain
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Yea i know, but you kind of hope people learn from their mistakes.
Also, would you try and sack the guy you are slipping illegal brown paper bags to and expect everything to be fine?
Its just another thing on top of another thing on top of another thing with this club this year and its wearing fucking thin fast.
gUt
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Yeah, not exactly the light-hearted distraction from our problems we needed this year.
Midean
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I liken it to Melbourne Storm rorting the cap to a premiership again.
You deserve to be burnt to the ground if you do that stupid shit twice.
Another thing, is you have clubs that are blatantly finding ways around the cap (Roosters) yet other clubs get put under the microscope.
Its just such a load of shit and makes it harder and harder to stay invested in the game.
IceWorks
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- May 10, 2019
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Imagine being in a line of enterprise that is doing something shady, or in the clear light of day a pursuit that may be argued to tready lightly on the other side of that fine line of ethical correctness.
Now imagine that you have partnered on this journey with people who also tread a fine line on the intelligence scale. How your sleep at night must be troubled!
Now imagine that you have partnered on this journey with people who also tread a fine line on the intelligence scale. How your sleep at night must be troubled!
Midean
State of Origin Captain
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Jesus mate, can you dumb it down a touch for us simple folk, i need a nap after reading that.
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The real talanoa
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Remember the Parramatta cap dramas a few years ago.. the smell of a big rotten shit has followed north.
IceWorks
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The best way to be 100% legal (though also entirely unethical) is use the wall street delayed bribe.
The investment banks have a history of offering lucrative roles to the former financial regulators who were in charge of monitoring and checking their behaviour whilst in power. An excellent policy for the wolves to reward the former shepherds for having a nap now and then when they were responsible for the sheep.
I imagine the same goes for the salary cap, the idea of paper bags of cash and lost golf games seems clumsy and I would be shocked if that is needed, the storm cheating years ago seems rogue to me, though I continue to be impressed with the level of stupidity in sports management since I have started paying attention.
On individual third party deals where the beneficiary is as thick as a plank and unlikely to be gainfully employed post league, often not during either, more creativity would be needed. Though it should be simple enough to structure properly, or at the least have plausible deniability on hand.
The investment banks have a history of offering lucrative roles to the former financial regulators who were in charge of monitoring and checking their behaviour whilst in power. An excellent policy for the wolves to reward the former shepherds for having a nap now and then when they were responsible for the sheep.
I imagine the same goes for the salary cap, the idea of paper bags of cash and lost golf games seems clumsy and I would be shocked if that is needed, the storm cheating years ago seems rogue to me, though I continue to be impressed with the level of stupidity in sports management since I have started paying attention.
On individual third party deals where the beneficiary is as thick as a plank and unlikely to be gainfully employed post league, often not during either, more creativity would be needed. Though it should be simple enough to structure properly, or at the least have plausible deniability on hand.
Locky’s Left Boot
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More importantly, how did a private 2 person conversation between TPJ and Politis leak to the media if TPJ didn’t leak it?!?
The media must have tapped Politis’ phone [emoji848]
IceWorks
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If I was going to do something shady, I would choose someone smart to help me, that way I could sleep better :)
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pagey
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IceWorks
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If you think about who benefits from agitation to get a player an early release so they can make more money.. who do we have.... lets see . you have the player..friends and family of the player... the manager... Now who would have the best contacts to covertly slip a tad of info to a journalist from that list?
heartly87
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The cap is a complete crock and needs to be scrapped. Its obvious just looking at the last 2 decades that the comp is not even like they pretend. The top teams are the top teams and that has not changed. If the Broncos are doing this the league is doing this.
Have a look at the Roosters team and explain how they A: could field their team with lowest TPAs in the comp and B: could field that team and still have a convenient 300k unused. Now put issue A and B together. Unbelievable right. Yet the Broncos are possibly resorting to brown bags to keep a team of nobodies. Give me a break. The Nrl is quick turning foul.
Have a look at the Roosters team and explain how they A: could field their team with lowest TPAs in the comp and B: could field that team and still have a convenient 300k unused. Now put issue A and B together. Unbelievable right. Yet the Broncos are possibly resorting to brown bags to keep a team of nobodies. Give me a break. The Nrl is quick turning foul.
Skathen
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Has anyone noticed the real estate news regarding Friend and JWH recently.... remind me what Politis does again?
Rooster Jake Friend lists Randwick apartment to be prepared for looming ‘opportunities’ next year - realestate.com.au
Sensing there will be a few bargains to be had next year, Roosters hooker Jake Friend has put his Randwick apartment with panoramic city skyline views up for sale.
www.realestate.com.au
NRL: Sydney Roosters star Jared Waerea-Hargreaves lists renovated Mosman home - realestate.com.au
Sydney Roosters star Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and wife Chelsea have listed their incredible lower north shore family home.
www.realestate.com.au
It's probably happening in plain sight.
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upthebroncs
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Does our salary cap manager know anything about this?
Foordy
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why would she?
this is clearly not a TPA that get's included on the cap.
and it sounds like a secret deal, she is hardly going to be the one organizing it
ivanhungryjak
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Foordy
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Kent and Hooper will be hoping that's not the case as they are loving kicking us in the guts while we are down
