Eels Salary Cap Mk V

[Gary Gutful]

More like a piece of wool (that then gets pulled over your eyes)

 

[Noise]

I like the bit where it states souths would make best endeavours to find him tpas.

Nothing to see here Greenberg....

That terminology is actually used in all contracts regarding TPA's.

 

[Stagger eel]

That terminology is actually used in all contracts regarding TPA's.

Except we recorded our intentions to assist with finding TPAs on tape...

 

[Chipmunk]

I still think we should appeal.

Anyone who thinks Greenburg didn't screw us has been pulling their bean for a good few years.

It may actually be possible to think that an appeal won't make the situation worse, yet might highlight a bunch of dodgy shit that merkins did to screw us over.

Anyone who doesn't recognise this has been pulling their bean for over 10,000 years.

What would the purpose of your appeal be? One of the issues we were appealing against it appears the NRL is going to give to us anyway ($250k).

The other thing we were appealing against is for and against. What kind of evidence do you think we would have to provide to appeal this? Nothing that went in the breach notice could even be used in this appeal.

The purpose of your appeal would be useless for the reasons that you want to appeal. The information you want to come out will not come out as a result appealing for and against.

 

[Noise]

Except we recorded our intentions to assist with finding TPAs on tape...

Haha yep I should have added all legal contracts

 

[Gary Gutful]

Except we recorded our intentions to assist with finding TPAs on tape...

I know we need to move on but if that is not one of the dumbest f**king things that anyone in sports administration has ever done then I will eat Hollywood's blue and gold cape.

What the f**k were they thinking?

 

[Gronk]

I know we need to move on but if that is not one of the dumbest f**king things that anyone in sports administration has ever done then I will eat Hollywood's blue and gold cape.

What the f**k were they thinking?

<queue Benny Hill music>

 

[ash411]

Would be a big story if it was the Eels

Keary not teary over split
Few people have any idea how close Luke Keary came to withdrawing from South Sydney's team last weekend; in protest over $70,000 worth of unpaid third party deals.

The background to the story is every bit as instructive as to why he has fallen out of love with the Rabbitohs as his infamous pre-season row with Russell Crowe.

In short, Keary did the right thing by the club 18 months ago. He agreed to sacrifice a guaranteed marquee deal so a team mate could be retained. In exchange he was promised that Souths would make "best endeavours" to find him a third party deal of equal value. That still hasn't happened and Keary has understandably grown more frustrated.

Tension reached boiling point following a meeting with Richardson last week, where Keary was told the deal has still not been struck.

He was ready to clear out his locker and stand down then and there. Loyalty to his team mates forced a change of heart.

In the most bitter twist of irony, the Roosters-bound playmaker suffered a torn hamstring just five minutes into the Raiders game that will most likely spell the end of his playing days at Redfern. The injury hasn't done Keary's cause to recoup the money any favours.

When it comes to players who are owed money, he's now at the end of the queue being injured and signed elsewhere for 2017. And make no mistake, there are others in the same boat.

Seven News revealed Sam Burgess is also awaiting payments. There's no suggestion Burgess is upset - we're told the delay has more to do with administrative issues in processing the payments, rather than sourcing them.

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sp...featuring-josh-massoud-and-liam-cox-round-22/

This is what shits me more than anything else.

Right smack bang in this article they are talking about a club securing TPAs for a player. This is clearly against the rules, but not a word is being said about it. How is the headline not "Souths arrange dodgy TPA's for its players" or something.

And you can't say "it's a legit TPA" because the second the club becomes involved in securing that TPA, it instantly becomes dodgy.

But they're talking about it like it's all well and good, and totally above board.

 

[Noise]

This is what shits me more than anything else.

Right smack bang in this article they are talking about a club securing TPAs for a player. This is clearly against the rules, but not a word is being said about it. How is the headline not "Souths arrange dodgy TPA's for its players" or something.

And you can't say "it's a legit TPA" because the second the club becomes involved in securing that TPA, it instantly becomes dodgy.

But they're talking about it like it's all well and good, and totally above board.

Clubs are allowed to introduce the arms length TPA to the player and the wording 'endeavour' to do what they can to secure the payments is also allowed - which is what the South Sydney / Keary scenario refers to. What they can't do (and what we did) is organise non-arm length TPAs and guarantee the TPA payments.

 

[strider]

Depends how long your arms are i guess. If you had little sandow trex arms tpas r fine

 

[The EELiminator]

who are these dodgy companies who wouldn't pay our TPAs?
the club should name & shame so we can refuse to buy from them

 

[strider]

who are these dodgy companies who wouldn't pay our TPAs?
the club should name & shame so we can refuse to buy from them

Well i assume the thing is that we were supposedly channelling the funds through them and maybe we stopped .... just an assumption

 

[emjaycee]

Well i assume the thing is that we were supposedly channelling the funds through them and maybe we stopped .... just an assumption

Not in all cases.
I am led to believe that some were definitely sourced legitimately however the provider chose not to fulfil their part and pay - although in at least one case it is clear the player wasn't happy to do their bit either.

 

[hineyrulz]

I like the bit where it states souths would make best endeavours to find him tpas.

Nothing to see here Greenberg....

I'm sure their best endeavours would be all at arms length......

 

[eel01s]

Not in all cases.
I am led to believe that some were definitely sourced legitimately however the provider chose not to fulfil their part and pay - although in at least one case it is clear the player wasn't happy to do their bit either.

Clearly the legitimate ones then weren't the Club's issue? Were these amongst those counted as illegal TPAs?

 

[Gronk]

James Hooper just said on NRL Tonight that Mad Max has dropped the appeal.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

 

[Chipmunk]

Not much point going through with an appeal to get your For and Against back when your running 14th.

 

[eel01s]

Exactly.