Because you can't prove it. No where on the contract will it say 'I know we're ororting the cap... F**K YEAH!' All the players need to say is 'I didn't know....'
What are your thoughts on Smith signing 3 contracts?
First, how about you show us where it says he did?
Some of the terms that get thrown around on here & elsewhere are becoming folklore...eg Gallop didn't say they were keeping a separate set of books, he made the comparison (yes, another one :sarcasm
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in that the system Waldron & a few administrators kept was almost like keeping a second set of books, and yet every man and his dog is now adamant that the Storm kept a second set of books. Same goes for Cam Smith's supposed '3' contracts. If, a third party contract was signed by Smith, it would've been a done deal & why would he question that it was not above board - players have agents to sort that stuff out.
The deception by Waldron & co was that agreed outcomes of negotiations for players & subsequent offers/contracts were not forwarded to the NRL. What the NRL received was letters, contracts and figures that said Storm was salary cap compliant. The players being held responsible for this is ridiculous. They had no reason to know what Waldron was doing. Should the players have been more savvy? - undoubtedly, & probably will be from now on. A lot of current & past players from all clubs would easily fall into that same trap & probably have.