I don't have an issue with Melbourne. I am indifferent to their existence. However, to think Billy Slater will be gutted makes me feel a bit warm inside. I also still hope he gets smashed in every game he plays.

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It made front, full page back and two inside back pages in the West Australian. I've never seen RL get that much publicity here! Just a shame it was a negative story and not the readmission of the Reds!

That's what news is,anything to do with bad publicity will be people's main attention.

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And that's enough of this diversion.

philis gould came up with a reasonable idea earlier....he basically said that if you get the melbourne storm back inline with the $4.1million salary cap by getting rid of some players then they should be allowed to compete for competition points again....or else if they carry on playing with the same "illegal" team then every team the storm beat would be able to lodge a complaint...

so by getting rid of 2 of inglis,slater,smith & cronk should straighten out the situation cap-wise

it shows how big RL is

we pit every other australian sport to shame

yeah its a disgrace.

how dare a team cheat to win.


bloodgate.

handballs or diving in soccer etc.

the fact that a lot of people around the world are talking about the nrl makes me proud

had the nrl not punished them so badly they wouldnt have survived imo

other RL fans wouldve always labelled them as cheaters and tainted

these harsh penalties will get them a lot of sympathy

aussie league fans dont hold grudges.

theyve paid a hefty price and we move on

gallop has shown he isnt a news ltd puppet by treating their club like this

imo i think many other nrl clubs are cheating the cap

rumours of a star player at one club staying rent free in a unit owned by a director of the club and stuff like that

the nrl only gets the tip of the iceberg

if clubs didnt pay extra wed lose even more players to SL, union and AFL

the problem will be solved when our next tv deal sees the salary cap rise to $6 million

clubs will have enough money to keep their players and stay within the cap

if clubs are able to keep their players how will that go with the claim that the salary cap evens out the comp??

Yeah, the AFL is non-existant in Australia...