Big Mac and a bagful of cash

[Casper The Ghost]

Big Mac and a bagful of cash
By Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson
From: The Sunday Telegraph
August 08, 2010

THIS is the car park of McDonald's at Padstow that is apparently
well known to a few rugby league player agents
- and not for the Big Macs and Quarter Pounders they serve inside.

Various sources have revealed it is the drop-off point used by one NRL club for secret cash payments inside a paper bag to players that are not included in the salary cap.

And just so readers don't think it's the Bulldogs, we can reveal that the club in question is a long way from the Padstow area and the money is delivered by a person with no obvious connection to the club.

It is seen as a much safer way of cheating the books, unlike Melbourne Storm, who kept records of two contracts for some players, even if one set was hidden inside the chief executive's home.

We're told as much as $50,000 was handed over in the car park this year to the manager of a big-name forward.

We'd like to tell you more but legal restrictions prevent us from writing which club we believe is involved, because there is no documented proof to back it up in court.

Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/big-mac-and-a-bagful-of-cash/story-e6freye0-1225902493212

 

[TheParraboy]

what a piece of trash journalism

 

[sarahk]

what a piece of trash journalism

Written by none other than the genius phil ROTfield for the daily Telecrap.

Need i say more?

 

[fish eel]

Looks like maccas on parra rd near the Annandale

Trash story though, we won't name anyone but implicate everyone except the bulldogs

 

[belmoreeel]

And just so readers don't think it's the Bulldogs, we can reveal that the club in question is a long way from the Padstow area http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/big-mac-and-a-bagful-of-cash/story-e6freye0-1225902493212

must be the cowboys or warriors they ar ethe furthest away from padstow. Hmm anyone seen thurston or vatuvei hanging out there lately?:sarcasm:

 

[Twizzle]

DT sinks to new lows, if thats at all possible

 

[hineyrulz]

Slothfield and Chewbecca, the lowest of the low. Typical sh*thouse article.

 

[strider]

:lol: ... it is pretty low

mind you, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it went on .... i was actually shocked of the extent that the storm cheating was documented .... there was probably more that was undocumented - and i wouldn't be surprised if other clubs did undocumented maccas carpark payments :lol:

 

[oldmancraigy]

Good story - he even manages to say "there's no proof in what I'm writing" at the end of it all.

Nice job!

 

[gUt]

I like how it took two of them to write that.

 

[belmoreeel]

I like how it took two of them to write that.

well obviously one of them had to order the big macs during the stake out

 

[PJ Marshal]

most mcdonalds take away is carried in a brown paper bag, must be paying overs in cheese burgers

danny wicks probably wishes he was still around to meet up with a player manager in a maccas car park

 

[Captain BF]

Is this how we will be paying Mark Riddell? $50,000 worth of McDonalds vouchers?

 

[Parraren]

lol I thought this thread was going to be about Piggy Riddell

 

[strider]

i'm gonna start frequenting padstow maccas on the off chance someone slips me the wrong brown paper maccas bag and I get $50K instead of a quarter pounder

 

[TiggaPlease]

lol I thought this thread was going to be about Piggy Riddell

LOL. I thought exactly the same thing!

 

[TheParraboy]

i'm gonna start frequenting padstow maccas on the off chance someone slips me the wrong brown paper maccas bag and I get $50K instead of a quarter pounder

Go for it mate, You kinda do look a little like Kurt Gidley


























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