Cameron Smith’s stunning call for NRL to return Melbourne’s stripped titles

[sheridanstand78]

Scam Smith epitomises everything that stinks about the modern game. Win at all costs wank@@er who uses every dirty trick in the book to get an advantage.

I was at Drizzle park in 2017 when the NRL allowed the Drizzle to commemorate their illegal 2007 win and showed highlights to the crowd of Snake getting taken out of the game and they have not one bit of remorse for the crimes they committed to win that year and a couple of years after.

Remember that this team was spawned from the infected News Filth empire and the blue print for success that Ribot used to start was straight out of the Donkeys handbook.

When they measure a players career and decide if a player is to be an immortal, it appears that Scam Smith is a shoe in for this honour and I find that a total disgrace to the legends that are already there. I will remember him as a dirty player who once as captain stood over a stricken players with a broken neck and showed more interest as to why his team were penalised rather than the welfare of the player.

You are a poor example of what it takes to be a champion Scam!!!

 

[Order66]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/spor...k=2a725d0744443dc54800551dd6c03323-1551959412

Cameron Smith has sensationally called for the NRL to consider handing back Melbourne the two titles they had stripped for salary-cap rorts after cheating rivals Cronulla escaped a premiership sanction.

Speaking at the code’s 2019 season launch in Sydney on Thursday night, Smith came out swinging, expressing his dismay at the Sharks retaining their 2016 premiership despite the NRL integrity unit uncovering a salary-cap breach last week.

Melbourne were embroiled in one of Australian sport’s biggest scandals in 2010 when the Storm were found to have cheated the salary cap by an estimated $1.7 million over a five-year period.

Cameron Smith wants the NRL to reassess their stripped titles. MORE NRL NEWS

Former NRL CEO David Gallop threw the book at the Storm, fining the club $1.1 million and stripping Melbourne of their 2007 and 2009 premierships, plus three minor premierships.

The current NRL administration, led by Todd Greenberg, last week issued Cronulla a breach notice proposing a $750,000 fine for systematic salary-cap rorts dating back to the 2013 season.

The NRL alleged the illegal payments did not affect their title-winning 2016 season, allowing the Sharks to keep the premiership they won, ironically by beating Melbourne.

Smith - the most-capped player in NRL history with 384 games - was left devastated by the Storm salary-cap affair and believes there are clear inconsistencies between the sanctions handed out to Cronulla and the Storm.

Smith says Melbourne’s offences were similar to Cronulla’s in 2016. Picture: Stephen Cooper Asked if current NRL boss Greenberg should look to reinstate Melbourne’s stripped premierships, Storm skipper Smith was unequivocal.

“Absolutely,” he said.

“They have a lot on their plate at the moment (with a spate of off-field scandals) and I don’t want to take away from some of the things that have happened over the past six months.

“But if the NRL can have a look back and go over what happened at the Storm over those years, they may find there is a different outcome.”

Sharks CEO Barry Russell quit on Tuesday after self-reporting Cronulla’s salary-cap irregularities.

Melbourne had their 2007 and 2009 titles stripped. While Smith did not dispute the Storm were guilty of serious salary-cap breaches, he says other offenders in recent years, such as Cronulla and Parramatta, did not receive such heavy-handed penalties.

“We were made to play an entire season without points,” Smith said.

“We had premierships taken off us - this (the Sharks salary-cap scandal) is almost like a similar crime with a completely different punishment.

“It (the Storm and Cronulla breaches) are reasonably similar.

“A lot of people got caught up in the overall amount we were over the cap. The NRL did a strategic job of using that entire amount ($1.7 million).

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“The most we were over in one season was $500,000.

“If you look over the course of time since 2010 until now, there’s a handful of clubs who have been over the cap by similar amounts and they haven’t been made to sit out a season or not play for points.

“They have been deducted four points and two points.

“For me the main differences I have seen with the new administration and that is Todd (Greenberg) being involved, he has taken the correct amount of time to go through all the information gathered and come to his decision, rather than seeing a club breach the salary cap and just wielding the axe.

“What happened to us was fairly harsh, we haven’t seen anything like it since.”

The stones on this CHEAT fmd

 

[The Wheel]

I am calling for Manly to awarded the 2007 premiership due to being dudded by a calculated and deceptive bunch of cheaters - suck on that Scam

 

[Peter C]

He's right that Cronulla should have their 'premiership' taken from them.

And any future ones

 

[Captain Moondog]

NRL CEO in waiting? He's showing all the qualities.

 

[cherry_poppins]

I am calling for Manly to awarded the 2007 premiership due to being dudded by a calculated and deceptive bunch of cheaters - suck on that Scam

While that would be nice then Parramatta gets a premiership so I'm not sure I want that

 

[The Wheel]

While that would be nice then Parramatta gets a premiership so I'm not sure I want that

Good point- i didn’t consider that

 

[Eagles2nv]

I see scam is trying his hand at stand up.

He is right about gummies. If they cheated, they should lose their premiership.

But he can stick the comment about the storm where it fits.

 

[Harvies elbow]

And any future ones

If their record stays intact it will be a long long time before we have to worry about that...

 

[MissKate]

Hold the press.......... is scumbag scam admitting guilt here, well that would be a first. Didn’t the scum have a big fancy pants reunion to celebrate 10 yrs since their shonky 2007 win. No one who has anything to do with that club has ever admitted guilt or shown repentance, why now. Must be losing his touch

 

[Cioran]

Is this bloke 5 years old? What adult thinks “they got away with it!” logically extends into “we should be allowed to get away with it!”?

 

[Class of 96]

I see scam is trying his hand at stand up.

Certainly doing his best impression of Uncle Arthur.

 

[MadMarcus]

NRL CEO in waiting? He's showing all the qualities.

Oh god, that would be funny if I didn’t suspect it may actually happen one day...

 

[Fibro Eagle]

 

[yokahontas]

Fk Cam.

I wouldn’t.

 

[mave]

I wouldn’t.

I would,,,,
As long as I could use the 2008 Premiership Cup.

 

[yokahontas]

I would,,,,
As long as I could use the 2008 Premiership Cup.

Well, I hadn’t thought of it that way...

 

[Frogz]

Just keep throwing up alternative headlines to camouflage the fact that they are still over the salary cap and keep it out of the papers.

 

[maxta]

I reckon the Storm copped fair punishment for their actions and to even consider giving them trophies for cheating would be a joke.
The only thing that is true, Sharks did cheat the cap and the only option in that case is to take away their premiership....I have a feeling if they had won a few this would be the case, but as this was the ONLY Premiership they have....the NRL are going soft and AGAIN showing zero consistency.
The answer to Cam Grub Smith - You will Never get those Premierships back as you cheated and knew all about it, but.....we will take Sharks Premiership because they done the same damn thing and we want the Rugby League world to know, we are finally making consistent lines in the sand.

 

[The Who]

"Scus me Mr Referee. You penalised us in the first half for cheating in a scum but Cronulla just did it and got away with it. Where's our penalty?
"Tis' not fair, tis' not fair . . .
I'm telling my daddy on you! Craig, Craig, oh Craig please do something. Tis' not fair."