Eels Salary Cap MK II

[Noise]

This is the most contentious sentence in the article.

"If a board member (fill in any name you like here) has been anywhere within a bull?s roar of that Eels boardroom, he is likely to have been party to deals that were not just rife but minuted because they were so, well, normal."

There is no way you could win a defamation case on that.

And as I said above, a corporation can't sue for defamation in NSW. And the allegations are not sufficiently specific regarding identity of those accused. She also protects herself by using 'likely'. Finally, there is a demonstrable truth behind part of the suggestions (i.e. we have been nailed for cap breaches over many years).

Not a snowflakes chance in hell of successfully suing on the basis of that article.

There is an other action called 'injurious falsehood' (I think that exists in NSW), but I don't think that would work here either.

Is that like when Matai stays down after every tackle?

 

[84 Baby]

no, they should do it regardless

if it takes a forensic audit to catch clubs then that's what they should do

they can't just do it to one club if their normal audit came back showing everything was OK when it really wasn't

The less exclusive you want audits to be the more costly and time consuming, but if circumstances like this are suggesting there has to be more invasive auditing then it should also tell the regulators that there is something inherently ineffective in the rules

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Is that like when Matai stays down after every tackle?

Yep, that's it.

 

[The EELiminator]

Maybe we can't sue but we need to put on a media ban or do something to tell these merkins we won't cop their shit anymore

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Maybe we can't sue but we need to put on a media ban or do something to tell these merkins we won't cop their shit anymore

Yeh, well I certainly wouldn't speak to her.

 

[El Diablo]

This is the most contentious sentence in the article.

"If a board member (fill in any name you like here) has been anywhere within a bull’s roar of that Eels boardroom, he is likely to have been party to deals that were not just rife but minuted because they were so, well, normal."

There is no way you could win a defamation case on that.

And as I said above, a corporation can't sue for defamation in NSW. And the allegations are not sufficiently specific regarding identity of those accused. She also protects herself by using 'likely'. Finally, there is a demonstrable truth behind part of the suggestions (i.e. we have been nailed for cap breaches over many years).

Not a snowflakes chance in hell of successfully suing on the basis of that article.

There is an other action called 'injurious falsehood' (I think that exists in NSW), but I don't think that would work here either.

you combine that sentence with a few others and it seems clear cut to me

The club has been cheating. It is a very hard thing to say and even harder for the Eels incredibly loyal and fanatical fans to stomach. But there is no doubt that the shonky backroom deals, the third party agreements, the overpayments have been going on for such a long time now that the Integrity Unit at the NRL is not even close to nailing the full extent of the disaster.

If we thought the Storm and the Dogs were shonky, that was kindergarten compared with what the Parramatta Eels have been doing for much, much longer than Melbourne, Canterbury or anyone else in the NRL.

 

[Noise]

No point banning her from our players because that bitch never gets interviews with anyone because everyone knows she's a f**king mole. Thats why her column is an opinion piece and never has anything of substance.

 

[mull]

Id like to see a list of all clubs registered tpa's. See what kind of level playing field the present structure really gives.

 

[The EELiminator]

Id like to see a list of all clubs registered tpa's. See what kind of level playing field the present structure really gives.

That's precisely the reason you will never see it

 

[Gronk]

Premature ejaculation much ?

https://www.change.org/p/parramatta...twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive

 

[Fathead]

Premature ejaculation much ?

https://www.change.org/p/parramatta...twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive

Obviously a DF production...he never ever gives up

 

[yy_cheng]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...orm-director-peter-maher-20160416-go81i2.html

Is that the connection to rochow. Somifmwe dont get normna, we might go aftee widdop

Parramatta Eels lucky to have Brad Arthur at helm, says sacked Melbourne Storm director Peter Maher
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April 16, 2016 - 5:53PM
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"He is as good a leader of young men as I have seen," Maher on Brad Arthur [pictured].
"He is as good a leader of young men as I have seen," Maher on Brad Arthur [pictured]. Photo: Getty Images
Sacked Storm director Peter Maher believes Parramatta are blessed to have Brad Arthur at the helm to guide them through the salary cap crisis as the NRL prepares to finalise its probe into the embattled club.

Arthur was a member of the Melbourne coaching staff when the club was sanctioned for systematically rorting the cap, resulting in penalties including the stripping of the 2007 and 2009 premierships and playing for no points in 2010. Now the head coach at the Eels, Arthur is poised to go through the dramas all over again.

To this day Maher, one of four independent directors sacked by then-Storm owners News Corp, believes the sanctions were "manifestly unfair" and didn't properly take into the account the health and welfare of the affected players and staff.

While concerned that Eels players will pay for the sins of some administrators, Maher believes one positive is the presence of Arthur, who has experience in such circumstances.

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"He is as good a leader of young men as I have seen," Maher said. "They are very fortunate to have someone like him there. He is exactly the person they need now, I really mean that. Brad has got a good family connection, his wife is outstanding is well. He is a leader, this fella, he's very smart.

"He was the initial coach of our under-20s and he did an amazing job. You can see that from the graduates of that Brad Arthur class in seeing where they are now. Not just at the Storm but elsewhere with [Gareth] Widdop, [Robbie] Rochow, etc. He did an amazing job."

Maher, an experienced media commentator and former breakfast radio host, believes salary cap cheating is as widespread now as it has ever been.

"The game has got to get better at policing this," he said. "I'm led to believe it's worse now than it has ever been. My information, and that's not just from here in Melbourne but everywhere, is that is the case. Everywhere."

Maher said the NRL had to tread the delicate balance of punishing guilty officials while limiting the impact on those unwittingly affected by their deceit.

"I know the power of those sanctions," he said. "At the time I didn't know the ramifications this would have on people's lives. Not only the players but all those other unwitting participants. What it has done to their lives is absolutely horrendous. The penalty here has to be really well thought out and the first people to be penalised are those responsible for the breach.

"They have to be careful here not to penalise everyone because of a few. That can't happen, that's what happened in our case and it's monstrously unfair.

"It did such detrimental things to the health and wellbeing of people's lives. I find it so unfair that those who follow the Parramatta footy club – and they have such a great following – that they suffer at the hands because some have done something so stupid."

The NRL is poised to hand down its findings within a fortnight.



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[El Diablo]

Premature ejaculation much ?

https://www.change.org/p/parramatta...twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive

probably started by Jake

 

[Oscarman]

Obviously a DF production...he never ever gives up

How many signing would be members of the Football Club? Not many I think.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

you combine that sentence with a few others and it seems clear cut to me

I'll defer to your experience, El D.

 

[eels_fan]

Somifmwe dont get normna, we might go aftee widdop

Say what?

 

[Kornstar]

Say what?

So if we don't get Norman, we go after Widdop.

 

[Dibs]

So if we don't get Norman, we go after Widdop.

Slightly better than his idea to go for benji

 

[eels_fan]

Slightly better than his idea to go for benji

Surely that was in jest.. We'd be bloody better off with Sandow... (Shudder)

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Slightly better than his idea to go for benji

Yep, Cujo or even Lassie would be better bets.