God-King Dean
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he and the players have been cheated: their premierships stripped, prizemoney refunded, made to play for zero points all season but he doesnt seem to understand we have ALL been cheated: every club, every player, every fan
its mindblowing to think of how this act by just one club has created a ripple affecting the whole nrl, things have been so fundamentally changed its impossible to imagine how the last 5 years would have played out if melbourne had been competing legally
Seriously, what else do you people expect Bellamy to say?
i agree can you imagine the public outcry if the storm were accused by the nrl of cheating the salary cap without any proof and found innocent? they could sue the nrl for millions
Wow, how long it take you to come up with this?An angry Craig Bellamy makes a phone call to David Gallop.
Craig Bellamy: "David, I want the trophies back."
David Gallop : "No Craig, you can't have them. Did you forget that your club won those under false pretenses?"
Craig Bellamy: "But we won those games. The players and the fans are angry. They deserve the trophies."
David Gallop: "But your club broke the rules, giving your team an unfair advantage. That is unfair to the other 15 clubs."
Craig Bellamy: "But it was us who won, not the other 15 clubs. Do I have to get a lawyer like my mate Wally does?"
David Gallop: "Ummm Craig, you do realise that legally you don't have a leg to stand on?"
Craig Bellamy: "This is unfair. We have worked hard for this, only to have it taken away over some technicality. This club has worked so hard to gain the support of Victorians, and there's a big TV deal coming up. You don't want to jeopardise that do you?"
David Gallop: "Well then your club shouldn't have cheated. Maybe because of the actions of your club, the other 15 clubs could launch a class action. If they were successful, it could put your club in a very bad financial position."
Craig Bellamy: "But we are playing for nothing! There is no point in playing for nothing."
David Gallop: "I'm sure the fans don't see it that way Craig. If it wasn't for the fans, the club could have had their license suspended. You wouldn't want that would you?"
Nowhere near as long as you guys have been cheating the cap.Wow, how long it take you to come up with this?
haha not bad mateNowhere near as long as you guys have been cheating the cap.
it's called denial
In the abc interview, Gallop said something along the lines of any player who signed two contracts HAD to have had alarm bells ringing
common sense, no?
and another angle is has the club been declaring all it's income to the ATO which is another can of worms in itselfplayers MUST have known this
because when they put in their tax return, SURELY it was less than what they got?
or the total amount was more than what they signed for?
either way there is a discrepancy.
and if bellamy had no idea
he definitely would be angry with the management, if he was totally blindsided by this problem then his indignation would be directed elsewhere.
i mean if ur workplace rorted the govt and the govt caught them out
and so u paid some penalty to the govt
u would be angry with the govt but also ur workplace
unless u knew what ur workplace was doing in the first place
and another angle is has the club been declaring all it's income to the ATO which is another can of worms in itself
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Wow, how long it take you to come up with this?