Eels Salary Cap MK III

[PARRA_FAN]

So 12 points, fined $1m.

I think we can recover from this.

 

[Snoochies]

What exactly did the NRL look at during their first investigation?

 

[parra-matters]

Watmough retire

case closed

I'm more worried about next year, will we have enough to re-sign Norman and get a replacement for Junior now?

 

[Stagger eel]

Stay strong brothers and sisters...

Let's not let the bastards drag us down..

Forever blue and gold

 

[emjaycee]

I just heard that the NRL included all TPA's into our cap for this year.

Waiting to hear whether this is also some from 2014 and whether it is just the questionable ones (i.e scorecube, fa'aoso's rental house, Jarryd's ambassadorial payment, etc) or ALL TPA's we currently have registered.

 

[Delboy]

Given the propensity for new Parra boards to sack coaches you'd have to think he's days unfortunately could be numbered, which is extremely disappointing.

DA being banned is ironic given how this all came about.

Dopey comment, no one would sack BA! I have known him for 30 years and would be VERY surprised if he did anything but build th club from here, as he has done earlier, if anything, it may give someone like him more control

 

[natheel]

Because you lied to the NRL about your cap position and were subsequently caught out

Or because they're now counting TPAs as part of the cap now

 

[eels_fan]

Andy Raymond just tweeted

I'd reckon the 2 underachieving snitches that have systematically leaked this info AND are taking joy in it will be exposed real soon! #eels

 

[Rhyno]

Not as bad as I was expecting

 

[Delboy]

So can we now assume that the auditors will examine all clubs in the same way, or will it take a disaffected former employee to open the cans of worms at all clubs.

 

[IFR33K]

Watmough retire

case closed

Watmough has all but retired. He's waiting for his insurance to be approved. Surely the NRL is aware of this????? If it get approved in the coming weeks, surely this will be sufficient grounds to appeal on???????

 

[Gronk]

Stay strong brothers and sisters...

Let's not let the bastards drag us down..

Forever blue and gold

I need a hug Muz.

 

[Chipmunk]

Nobody who is a fan of the Parramatta Eels can feel anything other than gutted at what has happened today and over the past few weeks.

As you say, Fitz is probably chuffed at the outcome, Sharp and Co to stand aside... The r@ping of the team's on field achievements in 2016 so far considered collateral damage by him no doubt. Therefore, he is not an Eels man. He's a Fitz man and that's where it ends.

If he proposes to nominate and return to a position of influence, he should be made to stand outside the leagues club first and look all those members in the eye, 1 by 1, and let them say to his face what they think of him. Those who can see past his BS would no doubt have a hard time not spitting in his face.

Stand aside from what? The Parramatta NRL Team?? The NRL has no jurisdiction over the Parramatta Leagues Club board. If the Parramatta Leagues Club board could have no say in the Parramatta NRL Team, why would they bother continuing to fund the football team?

Surely they will just have puppets on the board?

The bigger issue is probably the CEO and the Football Manager.

 

[ek999]

Or because they're now counting TPAs as part of the cap now

That sounds like a conspiracy theory to try and justify your team cheating the cap. The RLPA would have a field day of that was the case

 

[IFR33K]

So we are 500k over the cap, and docked 12 points????? Didn't warriors lose 4 points for being 1 mill over????????? Am I mistaken??????

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

What exactly did the NRL look at during their first investigation?

This clearly down to new information received about the nature of some of our TPAs. Based on what they knew last year, the TPAs were ok and were outside the cap. They now seem to have new information we suggests that the TPAs weren't at arms length, and so they are going to count towards our cap expenditure.

This is the sort of thing that you are much more likely to find if tipped off by someone inside (or formerly inside).

 

[Noise]

So are the NRL saying that we lose 12 points no matter what but we can start earning points (starting form zero) once we get under the cap? Why would we bother, 12 points wipes our season anyway

 

[Chipmunk]

Dopey comment, no one would sack BA! I have known him for 30 years and would be VERY surprised if he did anything but build th club from here, as he has done earlier, if anything, it may give someone like him more control

Well that would be great, but who knows what a new board would do. Hopefully not much.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

So can we now assume that the auditors will examine all clubs in the same way, or will it take a disaffected former employee to open the cans of worms at all clubs.

Well, without that whistleblower, it's a much tougher job finding evidence of what has been withheld from you....

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Let's just try to avoid the spoon now lol.

Lol fml.