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Eels Salary Cap Mk V

Chipmunk

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Well it served a purpose, we saved 250K - lol ... hopefully it got even more than that

Ironically, withdrawing the appeal for the thing we were appealing, got us what we were mostly appealing about in the first place (the $250k...)
 

Gronk

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Not much point going through with an appeal to get your For and Against back when your running 14th.
IIRC it was more about the fine being excessive.

The NRL have pulled back from $1m to $750k, so Mad Max would have to spend another $100k prolly to see uf he can get the fine reduced more than $250k. Those numbers down't add up for a bean-counter.
 

IFR33K

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I assume with the appeal being dropped we finally recieve clarity on our cap for next year. No surprises (if true) this happens after titans snare Hayne. I guess we'll start seeing confirmation of signings and re-signings over the next day or two.
 

Chipmunk

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I assume with the appeal being dropped we finally recieve clarity on our cap for next year. No surprises (if true) this happens after titans snare Hayne. I guess we'll start seeing confirmation of signings and re-signings over the next day or two.

Will be interesting to see if we have made any signings. The only player we currently have un-signed that I'd re-sign is Norman, outside of that I'm not fussed what happens with the rest.
 

IFR33K

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Will be interesting to see if we have made any signings. The only player we currently have un-signed that I'd re-sign is Norman, outside of that I'm not fussed what happens with the rest.

If we have any remaining cap space for this year, we will definitely extend and upgrade someone already on our books if that's possible. Front load them for the reamainder of the year while getting them to extend.
 
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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.

It wouldn't have mattered what we were looking to get back.

The true result would have been a finding from an independant former High Court judge that the process was not fair - that Greenburg should have recused himself, that he was not fit to judge statements from Seward, that Seward made self-incriminating statements knowing he could not be punished and therefore using them as a weapon against us, and in general that the whole was basically as dodgy as f**k.

We get our differential back? Who cares? But now there's something to build a story around in regards to Seward and Greenburg...now THAT is a result.
 

Chipmunk

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It wouldn't have mattered what we were looking to get back.

The true result would have been a finding from an independant former High Court judge that the process was not fair - that Greenburg should have recused himself, that he was not fit to judge statements from Seward, that Seward made self-incriminating statements knowing he could not be punished and therefore using them as a weapon against us, and in general that the whole was basically as dodgy as f**k.

We get our differential back? Who cares? But now there's something to build a story around in regards to Seward and Greenburg...now THAT is a result.

With what we were actually appealing (getting our For and Against back), the information you want to come to light above, would never have been bought up. It was a pointless exercise.
 

Gary Gutful

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It wouldn't have mattered what we were looking to get back.

The true result would have been a finding from an independant former High Court judge that the process was not fair - that Greenburg should have recused himself, that he was not fit to judge statements from Seward, that Seward made self-incriminating statements knowing he could not be punished and therefore using them as a weapon against us, and in general that the whole was basically as dodgy as f**k.

We get our differential back? Who cares? But now there's something to build a story around in regards to Seward and Greenburg...now THAT is a result.
Wishful thinking.
 

forward pass

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It wouldn't have mattered what we were looking to get back.

The true result would have been a finding from an independant former High Court judge that the process was not fair - that Greenburg should have recused himself, that he was not fit to judge statements from Seward, that Seward made self-incriminating statements knowing he could not be punished and therefore using them as a weapon against us, and in general that the whole was basically as dodgy as f**k.

We get our differential back? Who cares? But now there's something to build a story around in regards to Seward and Greenburg...now THAT is a result.

I doubt that Greenburg was even involved in the process. It would have been Nick Weeks and the integrity unit doing all the interviewing and investigating - not Greenburg.
 

ash411

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I doubt that Greenburg was even involved in the process. It would have been Nick Weeks and the integrity unit doing all the interviewing and investigating - not Greenburg.
doesn't he just get a report at the end then make a determination based on the investigation report?
 

Joshuatheeel

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I doubt that Greenburg was even involved in the process. It would have been Nick Weeks and the integrity unit doing all the interviewing and investigating - not Greenburg.

He still has responsibility for making / signing off on the final decision. No government department or court will let you be anyway associated with making a decision on a matter for someone you know. It's a big no no !!
 

phantom eel

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The NRL is not a government department or court.

We chose to play in thir competition, under their rules and governance arrangements. Time to move on from thoughts of the appeal - Max has, Brad has, the players have.
 

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