I'm not sure where the rumour came from but when it was rumored that Melbourne would do the same a few months back it was very quickly hosed down by the officials at wenty after a bit of a backlash from parra/wenty supporters ... Parra will be affiliated with wenty next year, deal is done, the NRL is expected restructure the tiers below NRL to have secon grade or state cup as the true 2nd tier comp and all NRL club will be expected to field at team as their secon best squads meaning the wentys, newtowns, Windsor, norths etc may need to be part of the Ron Massey cup.