10 years ago today.... The storm lost two premierships

[The Mad Hatter]

with the nucleus of a roster that was assembled while cheating the cap. IMO the NRL should have gutted their roster completely and made them start from scratch.

They didn't do that to the Dogs in 2002. And the Dogs still managed to squeeze in Andrew Ryan (a SOO player too) in the off season.

 

[Knight Vision]

They didn't do that to the Dogs in 2002. And the Dogs still managed to squeeze in Andrew Ryan (a SOO player too) in the off season.

and as with the storm the dogs got a premiership 2 years later. They should have also had their roster gutted. History shows that cheating does pay.

 

[Perth Red]

and as with the storm the dogs got a premiership 2 years later. They should have also had their roster gutted. History shows that cheating does pay.

Unless your the eels lol

 

[kdalymc]

Something wasnt right.

i remember listening to JJJ and they said "someone has just placed a 15k bet on the Storm getting the wooden spoon"
Everyone went WTF, and then 6 hours later....

 

[The Mad Hatter]

i remember listening to JJJ and they said "someone has just placed a 15k bet on the Storm getting the wooden spoon"
Everyone went WTF, and then 6 hours later....

Wasn't it rumoured quite a few people cleaned up on that?

 

[kdalymc]

Wasn't it rumoured quite a few people cleaned up on that?

No idea. Would be good if there was some loophole, but like stated earlier I assume it all got shut down...

 

[Twizzle]

Wasn't it rumoured quite a few people cleaned up on that?

from what I recall, some people did

 

[This Year?]

Cameron Smith was probably one of them.

 

[Lebbo73]

award 2009 to the Eels ?

We would have pissed all over you in the GF. After all, it should have been us and not the Storm in the GF.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

with the nucleus of a roster that was assembled while cheating the cap. IMO the NRL should have gutted their roster completely and made them start from scratch.

This is the only correct answer. It's a message and a punishment nobody would want to risk

 

[Generalzod]

Wasn't it rumoured quite a few people cleaned up on that?

and the authorities where ok with that?

 

[The Mad Hatter]

and the authorities where ok with that?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/couple...n/news-story/5088d22912525cffca1048a8562f7ca4

 

[Generalzod]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/couple...n/news-story/5088d22912525cffca1048a8562f7ca4

SO what was the Outcome.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

SO what was the Outcome.

The ? marks weren't resolved.

Move along, nothing to see here?

 

[Perth Red]

This is the only correct answer. It's a message and a punishment nobody would want to risk

players have contracts, you can’t just rip them up.

 

[Generalzod]

players have contracts, you can’t just rip them up.

Really it happens all the time, how many tines have players gone from one club to the other?

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

players have contracts, you can’t just rip them up.

The competition has a salary cap, you can't just ignore it.

 

[Apey]

Storm fans didn't start this thread. The hypocrisy when it comes to bashing Melbourne is f**king hilarious.

As a storm fan I'll always admit, our cheating was horrendous. But we served our time, our punishment was swift and if it they were any worse we'd probably cease to exist.

Other clubs since then have cheated (one via systematic doping...) but apparently that's all behind us now and the poor players were just scapegoats.

I think people would have only been truly satisfied if we folded or fell into a heap after that and just plodded along like the Titans tbh.

I mean it's obviously related to the success of the cheating. Nobody really cares that Parra cheated because they lolParra'd it and won themselves a 9's title and a spoon. Imaging if the Roosters or the Broncos of 15+ years ago were found to be cheating, they'd be hated as much as the Storm. If Tigers did though? Well.... they did better than Parra I guess.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

players have contracts, you can’t just rip them up.

Why not? They had a spare.

 

[Knight Vision]

players have contracts, you can’t just rip them up.

in this case are you referring to the first contracts on the books or the second contracts that were hidden away ? that no player miraculously knew nothing about.....