The biggest salary cap rort and possibly the biggest in Australia which has now damaged the NRL code. The Melbourne Storm have been caught cheating. They will lose 3 minor premierships, 2 premierships(2007,2009) as well as having to return 1.1million dollars worth of prize money, and a 500,000 dollar fine on top of that, many predicting the storm wont recover from this. How could a salary cap breach such as this go on for so long un-noticed, with reports suggesting it has been going on for over 5 years, which dates back to Waldrons days of heading the Melbourne storm, Waldron has also resigned from the Melbourne Rebels(The new Super 15 team) almost instantaneously after the storm were found out. I for one think that the Melbourne storm will diminish after this incident, if i was a fan of Melbourne i surely wouldn't be now, and there have been people already dumping their jerseys and paraphernalia outside the Storm office. How will the club function if they don't have any supporters or sponsors? I also predict that a lot of the Melbourne players will leave Melbourne after this because if it were me i wouldn't want to be apart of a club that does things like this, i think we will see alot of the Melbourne top players move to other clubs, or other sporting codes. Now no names have been named on which players have been involved or who has received extra money on the side, but it isnt hard to put 2 and 2 togethor when you have people like Greg Inglis, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Brett Finish, Brent Kite, Cooper Cronk, the list goes on. The amount of high quality players that are at Melbourne does seem fishy. In my mind, Melbourne storm is done for. Bring in the Central Coast!
Personally i think this is the death of melbourne.
my friend wants rid of melbourne and the bears to join the main competition. with all storm players.ha.
ReplyDeletei was originally shocked when i found out about storm breaching the salary cap. but apparently the players had no idea because they don't ask eachother how much money they're making. it is the mamangement that is to blame. not the players.
some melbourne players were sitting out of the game on the weekend where they thrashed warriors 40-6.
so the team that played the weekend was probably within salary cap.
also i know some people dumped their jerseys and stuff but apparently storm club membership has risen since the controversy. perhaps fans making it clear they will stick by them.
i dont think it's right. but some people also made the statement others clubs are also breaching the salary cap they just havent been found out yet. i think all clubs should be investigated.
fines are good. but i dont think melbourne should play the games this year without getting points if they win. players wont put themselves on the line if there's nothing to gain
I used to be a North Sydney Bears fan back in the day before they were ousted and o definetley won't be a Bears fan if and when they come back into the comp becase its not the same club its central coast thats not NORTH SYDNEY!
ReplyDeleteon the storm front i feel for the players they all worked hard for their rewards and to be cheated by the people running the club is just wrong.
The NRL should listen to Gus Gould on the matter he has alot of good ideas about getting the Storm back playing for points during this 2010 season.
What i would live to see is all the players hold some PRIDE and say lets all take pay cuts get the club under the cap for next season and show the comp why they are so good and win the comp next year!