No its thread that entwines a few subjects that are all related.ibeme said:So this ratings debate has now turned from actual popularity, to advertising revenue potential?
I thought the initial claims from reefy were that less people wanted to watch because of the Bulldogs. Overall, more people are watching the NRL now than ever.
No its thread that entwines a few subjects that are all related.ibeme said:So this ratings debate has now turned from actual popularity, to advertising revenue potential?
I thought the initial claims from reefy were that less people wanted to watch because of the Bulldogs. Overall, more people are watching the NRL now than ever.
blacktip-reefy said:Not just the dogs fault the poor ratings for the GF, but mostly.
blacktip-reefy said:Cogburn is an imbeciled granted. He supports a cheating club & he calls another club cheats.
Weird.
But he is right.
The Bulldogs won the premiership by cheating.
They rorted the slary cap, paid all their players lump sums in that year so they would not go away & now with virtually the same squad, win the premiership.
I wonder if after they had have been caught earlier for going a lazy Mil or two over the cap, if they would have been able to put Sonny Bill on the books .
Or if he would be at an honest club instead.
Kingytek said:blacktip-reefy said:Cogburn is an imbeciled granted. He supports a cheating club & he calls another club cheats.
Weird.
But he is right.
The Bulldogs won the premiership by cheating.
They rorted the slary cap, paid all their players lump sums in that year so they would not go away & now with virtually the same squad, win the premiership.
I wonder if after they had have been caught earlier for going a lazy Mil or two over the cap, if they would have been able to put Sonny Bill on the books .
Or if he would be at an honest club instead.
2 words - Greg Bird
blacktip-reefy said:The slpa on the wrist they got was grossly insufficient as many believe apart from complete expulsion from the league, at the very least they should have placed over 50% of their players on the market.
dodge said:blacktip-reefy said:The slpa on the wrist they got was grossly insufficient as many believe apart from complete expulsion from the league, at the very least they should have placed over 50% of their players on the market.
Yet again speaking for people reefy? Learn to keep your mouth shut mate, you can't proclaim to be the all-knowledgable man on public opinion :roll:
What limelight?????!!!!Kingytek said:blacktip-reefy, mate you can talk about off field drama's as much as you want, but when it comes down to that 80mins on the field between two teams decides who is the champion, not the fans, not bulldogs, nrl or foxsports administration, but the players, dont even dare try and take away limelight from them,
blacktip-reefy said:yes I am. I am also repeating the words of nearly all CEO's. The media. The threats the bulldogs made to the game of rugby league if they were expelled for good.
blacktip-reefy said:This dispicable club cheated the cap 1.5 million dollars! With plans to cheat it another 1 million up to & including 2004!
There penalty was a fine that equates to .025% of their annual turnover.
They also churned less players than other clubs over the same years.
Tell me george piggins wasn't cashed up & ready to buy the Asotasi's, Williams, Vaganas, Omeleys & Masons!!!
blacktip-reefy said:Dogs as a minimum penalty should have been forced to churn 50% of the top 30 players. That would have been only after not finding away to exclude the cheating club from the comp for good.
Maybe the good ol catho boys can get a nother bullfrog in charge of the club & the game itself & scour the country side saying things like, "you play for us, you are guaranteed to play for Australia".
blacktip-reefy said:What limelight?????!!!!Kingytek said:blacktip-reefy, mate you can talk about off field drama's as much as you want, but when it comes down to that 80mins on the field between two teams decides who is the champion, not the fans, not bulldogs, nrl or foxsports administration, but the players, dont even dare try and take away limelight from them,
They are team assembled after 5 years of salary cap rorting.
It was money that proved the difference. Money that provided a powerful bench team. Money that won 4 or 5 jersel flegg comps in a row. Money that won premier league comps at the same time.!!
Money money money!!!!!!!
& the Dogs rorted the money machine to the tune of millions of dollars!!!!!!
With plans in place to rort it a further million dollars.
There is no limelight.
They are convicted cheats & that team of players had no right whatsoever to be playing together under the cantebury banner.
blacktip-reefy said:Money money money!!!!!!!
They could always get themselves a Bulldogs home loan. you seen the Add for that at Belmore sports ground?Zef,
Any suggestions? Say.... would your Sharkies be interested in a loan? At competitive interest rates of course.
Its a Dogs World said:They could always get themselves a Bulldogs home loan. you seen the Add for that at Belmore sports ground?
Well there you go - is there a cash generating sheme that we haven't got our paws in?
Greed, greed, greed. Do it when you can.
blacktip-reefy said:This dispicable club cheated the cap 1.5 million dollars!
There penalty was a fine that equates to .025% of their annual turnover.
DJ1 said:a)The club officials simply paid far too much for certain players (i.e. $250K for Trindall)
But even that figure does surprise me. But still, 75k difference is a lot. The majority of the Sharks back line dont earn $75K.smh said:Darrell Trindall gets $60,000 on top of the $115,000 he is supposed to be receiving. The document says: L/c [leagues club] have guaranteed $175,000 in total
DJ1 said:blacktip-reefy said:This dispicable club cheated the cap 1.5 million dollars!
Not according to the salary cap auditor.
smh said:On Monday, the Bulldogs admitted breaching the $3.25 million salary cap by $600,000 last year and by $400,000 this season.
The league immediately began auditing the books of the BulldogsFootball Club and Canterbury Leagues Club, with the NRL salary-cap auditor, Ian Schubert, reporting the findings to Mr Gallop yesterday.
The four-man board of Dr Merv Cross, Bob Millward, Malcolm Noad and John Brass decided the Bulldogs' fate after the NRL chairman, John Chalk, said he would not take part after telling the Herald that the Bulldogs "certainly won't be playing in any finals".
The NRL will perform another audit of the Bulldogs later this year and warned that any further breaches that were not immediately disclosed, and which were later detected, would attract significant new penalties.
oohh sorry!!!!DJ1 said:There penalty was a fine that equates to .025% of their annual turnover.
What's this Reefy? More of your inflated figures?
willie mason in the SMH said:"We've copped the full brunt of it," Mason said. "It's devastating. We're all having a great season and then something like this happens.
"It's something that's out of the control of the players, but we're out of the finals and the club gets a slap on the wrist. I reckon $500,000 to the club is like 50 bucks to the average bloke. Do you know much the club makes?"
DJ1 said:No wonder you have no credibility quoting multiple breach amounts and now this.