Five NRL clubs fined for salary cap breaches

[Loudstrat]

Ours would have been from Piggy Riddell running up his Maccas tab.

 

[unforgiven]

Parramatta are no different to the Storm. No different to the Storm.
as i said elsewhere..
A guy driving at 110 in a 100 zone is breakin the law as much as a guy driving 150 in a 100 zone.

Yes but im sure the consequences for the act are quite different, based on the severity of the speeding. So you just shot down your own argument

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregulations/penalties/speeding.html

 

[Eels Dude]

Parramatta are no different to the Storm. No different to the Storm.
as i said elsewhere..
A guy driving at 110 in a 100 zone is breakin the law as much as a guy driving 150 in a 100 zone.

No he's not. The former would result in a minor fine and loss of 1 demerit point. The latter would result in a much larger fine and an automatic licence disqualification for 6 months for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45 kmhs/hr.

 

[Eelementary]

At the risk of bringing some sense to the 'debate', the breaches would have been of a technical nature and not cheating. Nowhere near the systematic 'two books' cheating of the Melbourne Storm that ran into the million+ area and will stuff up the game for some time to come.

It seems that everytime a team does well now, there'll be anti-league types casting suspicion, and unfortunately it'll be a few Canterbury or Melbourne supporters fanning the flames.

What you say makes perfect sense, but I still can't help but feel a little disappointed (as I did when the Storm news broke; I don't hate the Storm or their fans even though Bellamy and some of their players rub me the wrong way). I mean, we are supposed to employ all sorts of experts to make sure things are fine - accountants, lawyers, etc. A little disappointing that a seemingly innocuous mistake can slip through the cracks.

 

[adamkungl]

Parramatta are no different to the Storm. No different to the Storm.
as i said elsewhere..
A guy driving at 110 in a 100 zone is breakin the law as much as a guy driving 150 in a 100 zone.

:lol: No they aren't you idiot! Why do you think there are different tiers of fines and penalties!

By your logic shoplifting and murder are the same

 

[Ulysseus]

:lol: No they aren't you idiot! Why do you think there are different tiers of fines and penalties!

By your logic shoplifting and murder are the same

Simo has the geniusation.
Just lave him be.

 

[Eels Dude]

What you say makes perfect sense, but I still can't help but feel a little disappointed (as I did when the Storm news broke; I don't hate the Storm or their fans even though Bellamy and some of their players rub me the wrong way). I mean, we are supposed to employ all sorts of experts to make sure things are fine - accountants, lawyers, etc. A little disappointing that a seemingly innocuous mistake can slip through the cracks.

They don't slip through the cracks. Every year once the NRL complete their aduits they annouce which clubs have technically breached the cap by a minimal ammount and announce them in one hit. It's the same every year for minor breaches.

 

[morri (cWo)]

lol @ simo's comment.

 

[Eelementary]

They don't slip through the cracks. Every year once the NRL complete their aduits they annouce which clubs have technically breached the cap by a minimal ammount and announce them in one hit. It's the same every year for minor breaches.

OK, not "slip through the cracks". But don't we have a specialist or two in that area to ensure that doesn't happen? Or am I being too paranoid?

I thought when contracts and whatnot are nutted out, accountants and legal advisors step in and make sure it's all fine.

 

[Eels Dude]

OK, not "slip through the cracks". But don't we have a specialist or two in that area to ensure that doesn't happen? Or am I being too paranoid?

I thought when contracts and whatnot are nutted out, accountants and legal advisors step in and make sure it's all fine.

Yeah but if bonuses and match payments come about and end up going into the following years cap, they can easily be missed. Or something turns out to be not under the cap which they initially thought it was. These are the technical breaches that cause clubs to go over by a minor margin every year. There's at least 4 to 5 clubs, often more, that go over the cap for technical breaches every year.

 

[Eelementary]

I see. Oh, well - at least it's solved, I guess.

 

[Willow]

What you say makes perfect sense, but I still can't help but feel a little disappointed (as I did when the Storm news broke; I don't hate the Storm or their fans even though Bellamy and some of their players rub me the wrong way). I mean, we are supposed to employ all sorts of experts to make sure things are fine - accountants, lawyers, etc. A little disappointing that a seemingly innocuous mistake can slip through the cracks.

We have a judiciary for mistakes made on the field. We have the same for what is a complicated salary cap system.

Just like the judiciary, every club has the right to appeal any minor cap judgments.

The notion that this in any way relates to systematic rorting of the salary cap is nothing short of laughable.

 

[Eelementary]

Oh, I didn't meant to imply that. I was just curious how in this day and age of professionalism we could still have little breaches like that.

But what has been explained to me makes sense, and I understand.

 

[taxidriver]

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[taxidriver]

hardly systematic cheating when you asked for and got approval

“For the Dragons the breach notice related to a circumstance that was approved by the salary cap auditor, but not deemed by the NRL to have been approved at or by the appropriate time,” said Dragons CEO Peter Doust

 

[madunit]

Time for the auditors to start looking for a second set of books at Manly

How is it that Canberra gets a fine, as pissy as it is, yet Manly are perfectly fine.

 

[madunit]

Bahahaha! Cheats! Sack them all, kick them out of the comp, strip their points, make em play for nothing, the sky is falling, the f**king sky is faaaaaaaaallllling.




Idiots.

haha,

you know, even with 6 teams stripped of their points, the Tigers will still manage to find a way to miss the top 8 by 2 pts.

 

[bileduct]

Parramatta are no different to the Storm. No different to the Storm.
as i said elsewhere..
A guy driving at 110 in a 100 zone is breakin the law as much as a guy driving 150 in a 100 zone.

The guy doing 150 would lose his licence, pay a large fine and could potentially do some time.

The guy doing 110 would get a disapproving shake of the head from the copper with the radar gun.

 

[petetheileet]

25k...pssshhht!!!

just have a lend of a paper bag from Inglis or Smith!

 

[Didgi]

Parramatta are no different to the Storm. No different to the Storm.
as i said elsewhere..
A guy driving at 110 in a 100 zone is breakin the law as much as a guy driving 150 in a 100 zone.

You think the potential harm, risk of collision, reaction time and stopping distance are all the same for 110km v 150km too?