ÂMatabele link said:[quote author=Jethro link=topic=183119.msg260399#msg260399 date=1271997084]
The only bad thing that I can see is injuries to players that have to play them.
It's too late to kick them out this season as it would have been best to have found all of this cheating before a ball had been kicked this season. The NRL could have then re-introduced a bye and give everybody 2 points.Â
The big problem with that would be the State of Origin series, What would a QLD side look like without Slater Englis Smith & possibly Cronk.Chip & Chase link said:Just pi$$ the Storm off for the rest of the year, anything less than that is just asking for arguments and allegations further down the track.
The big problem with that would be the State of Origin series, What would a QLD side look like without Slater Englis Smith & possibly Cronk.Utility Player link said:[quote author=Chip & Chase link=topic=183119.msg260412#msg260412 date=1272001149]
Just pi$$ the Storm off for the rest of the year, anything less than that is just asking for arguments and allegations further down the track.
PONTIAN SEA EAGLE link said:There's no motivation for the opposition to even turn up,
Canteen Worker link said:Contracts exist with the players, even if they are overpaid. You just can't jettison players who live in Melbourne, with no chance of getting other revenue.
Chip & Chase link said:No one is making them go anywhere. The Storm should be made to honour the contracts (presuming that the indivdual players weren't complicit in agreeing to illegal contracts). So if the Storm decide they have to cut X or Y player then X or Y get paid their full contract value, so they can stay in Melbourne if they like and have a fully paid holiday courtesy of the Storm. If my boss turned around and said we over our salary cap and you aren't allowed to turn up to work today, but we'll still pay your wage for the rest of the year/s we signed you up for, I'd hardly be crying into my beer drowning my sorrows. I'd be dancing a jig. If I decided that I had to prove myself in my chosen career then I'd be free to try my luck at another company and not be any worse off financially. It's not like I'm getting sacked and struggling to put food on the table.
I'm sure that it's not a simple procedure, but one that would be achievable nonetheless if they want a viable solution to the Storm continuing in the NRL this season.
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3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -15 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -22 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -36 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | -56 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | -64 | 0 |