little_aza
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Today Ben Cross said that Melbourne were successful because of "doing the hard yards", not because of the cap breaches.
The total breaches are $1.7mil, with $400k in 2009 and $700k in 2010. That mean that means the breaches in the previous three years were $600k, or an average of $200k a season for those years. $200k is such a small amount of money - it represents LESS than 5% of the cap. Surely 95% of the Storm would have still be a strong force in those years. Surely the Melbourne Storm would have still be strong in 2007 without ONE middle-range player, such as Anthony Quinn.
So I think Ben Cross has a point for the earlier years of the (now defunct) "dynasty". I'm in the firm belief that Melbourne would have almost as successful in the early years if things were done honestly and above-board. But the more recent and more more significant breaches of 2009 and 2010 are a different story.
The total breaches are $1.7mil, with $400k in 2009 and $700k in 2010. That mean that means the breaches in the previous three years were $600k, or an average of $200k a season for those years. $200k is such a small amount of money - it represents LESS than 5% of the cap. Surely 95% of the Storm would have still be a strong force in those years. Surely the Melbourne Storm would have still be strong in 2007 without ONE middle-range player, such as Anthony Quinn.
So I think Ben Cross has a point for the earlier years of the (now defunct) "dynasty". I'm in the firm belief that Melbourne would have almost as successful in the early years if things were done honestly and above-board. But the more recent and more more significant breaches of 2009 and 2010 are a different story.