Agreed mate.
Yeh thats exactly the point.
Yeh clearly can't do that, Rothfield is a grade A clown tbf.
Yeah but the other clubs that have breached the salary cap haven't done it to the same extent as Melbourne and Canterbury: both by how much and the deception involved.
Most of those were situations that couldn't be avoided (things like injuries, rep selection, finals etc.) and they owned up to it.
He's saying that in say athletics, if the person who comes first gets disqualified, the person in second can claim to have "beaten" every other competitor. Melbourne last year beat Parramatta in the final, but who's to say that the Broncos (who Melbourne knocked out in the preliminary final) wouldn't have won a final against Parra? How about Manly who were forced into a knockout in the second week due to being beaten by Melbourne? The Tigers finished in 9th, how far would they have gone if Melbourne hadn't made the finals? Would St George have made it if they had played the Tigers instead of Parra in week 1 of the finals?
If Melbourne are going to go down, so should every other club that is found guilty. But fair enough too, Melbourne's admin cheated, so they should be punished. Might have to start coming up with a few stories or have declared their income when the ATO come knocking. What's the penalty for tax evasion?
Wondered the same thing about the Broncos to be honest.As an Inter fan I don't count the 2005/06 title that was given to them when Juventus got stripped of the title, if I were a Manly or Parra fan then I would be wanting it, but I do agree with you.
Matt Johns hit the nail on the head for mine, when you look at their side and wonder HTF they keep it all together, and you here whispers, but you ignore it, and then bam, this happens.
Cronulla should be happy. means they won't get the wooden spoon
Yeah exactly, they wouldn't have all their players there and firing if they'd followed the rules as they wouldn't fit them under the salary cap. Some of them would be playing for other clubs.
Both, plus Melbourne appear to have gone to far greater lengths to keep things quiet in this case.
Haha. The team that only 4 years since winning the comp have about 3 of those players from 2006 still playing for them. Obviously don't pay much attention to other clubs, but we've had a massive turnover the last 3-4 seasons. Very wrong to taint us with the same brush as Melbourne.
Should be looking to get on the first plane out of Australia. Perhaps he should give living in Argentina a go.
Yeah those Sharks players must be on overs big time.