How about lining up the players and making them give back their medals for winning in front of everyone ?

NB - That's assuming they've not done a Keith and flogged them already.

So, by the same token then, are motorbikes going to be allowed in the 100 metres sprint final at the London Olympics ?

Sounds like a brilliant film to me.

The scale of the thing is the most incredible part - I read somewhere that it was 'only' about 9% of the cap each year. Well for most teams that would equate to two decent squad players or one mid-range star. In their squad all season.

The punishment was very harsh but given the extent of the breach the NRL had little choice. And News Limited do appear to have been very upset by the whole fiasco, which suggests they'd make sure the NRL knew a stiff penalty was required. Potentially the worst thing for the sport as a whole isn't even the Storm, but the negotiations for TV rights next time round. It's possible that this could cost the game millions.

From what I've read (not a lot) it does seem that the players were very much aware of what was going on - apparently the auditors discovered offer letters which detailed offers to some players considerably higher than their actual 'payments' as reported to the NRL.

Given the extent to which the club's been hit, I think some form of punishment for the players involved is also warranted. I want to keep them in the game, but I'd ban them from rep football this season - i.e. Origin.

Quote: rpw "I can't see how the rest of superleague could lay claim to the wcc fee though. Different story with nrl winnings.'" Dave HadfieldThe £50,000 prize money is a slightly different matter; the Rugby League's board of directors will discuss the matter at its next meeting, but the money is more likely to be divided among Super League clubs than handed directly to Leeds.[/i www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 51742.html

Quote: rpw "I can't see how the rest of superleague could lay claim to the wcc fee though. Different story with nrl winnings.'" Dave HadfieldThe £50,000 prize money is a slightly different matter; the Rugby League's board of directors will discuss the matter at its next meeting, but the money is more likely to be divided among Super League clubs than handed directly to Leeds.[/i www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 51742.html

Regardless of what the Storm did, we didn't win the game. Can't see how its ours at all.

Rugby Union got shot of Waldron pretty sharpish too but we have strong support from News Limited who wants to keep rugby league alive and well in Victoria and has indicated they will help the club rebuild. Pressed again was there a possibility the club could fold, Moodie backflipped. www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/m ... 5857395321

Rugby Union got shot of Waldron pretty sharpish too but we have strong support from News Limited who wants to keep rugby league alive and well in Victoria and has indicated they will help the club rebuild. Pressed again was there a possibility the club could fold, Moodie backflipped. www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/m ... 5857395321

Or maybe not according to the Storm's Chairman (who by all accounts was in the dark)...



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I don't think they did - Waldron appears to be a career sports executive - there's talk his previous Aussie Rules club (St Kilda) could also get hit (some bookies have suspended betting on the AFL wooden spoon). Not sure he's had enough time to cheat at Melbourne Reds yet.

I agree. The other SL clubs didn't earn the right to play for the money so shouldnt receive any of it.

FWIW I think the money should go back to who ever put it forward.

I for one hope that if the storm are offloading players, the english teams look at bringing Gareth Widdop home.

Wont that be the sponsors? who have already had their advertising from the game.

So be it.