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Kornstar

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ash411 said:
What's the rest of the Perrett article say?
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He asked for Sunday's off too, Des said no.

Interestingly though Perrett's father told him when he was going to give League a go as a career that playing on Sunday's was just something he'd have to do if he wanted to make it.
 
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Kornstar said:
He asked for Sunday's off too, Des said no.

Interestingly though Perrett's father told him when he was going to give League a go as a career that playing on Sunday's was just something he'd have to do if he wanted to make it.
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So on religious grounds I take it? Why is Hoppa's religion more important that anyone else's? By rights, Des has no grounds to deny any of his players days off for religious reasons, now that he has made accommodations for Hoppa.

He's inviting a rainstorm of protests and lawsuits and articles about discrimination.. which I would be completely happy about, cause at least them they'd stop writing about the Eels.
 
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ash411 said:
So on religious grounds I take it? Why is Hoppa's religion more important that anyone else's? By rights, Des has no grounds to deny any of his players days off for religious reasons, now that he has made accommodations for Hoppa.

He's inviting a rainstorm of protests and lawsuits and articles about discrimination.. which I would be completely happy about, cause at least them they'd stop writing about the Eels.
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Perrett indicated on the TV last night that it was something Hasler indicated that Hopoate negotiated before joining the Dogs. I'm sure Perrett could argue the same the next time his contract is up for renewal.
 
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Chipmunk said:
Perrett indicated on the TV last night that it was something Hasler indicated that Hopoate negotiated before joining the Dogs. I'm sure Perrett could argue the same the next time his contract is up for renewal.
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Precisely it's obviously a part of hoppas contract and not perrets
 
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Chipmunk said:
Perrett indicated on the TV last night that it was something Hasler indicated that Hopoate negotiated before joining the Dogs. I'm sure Perrett could argue the same the next time his contract is up for renewal.
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Good point.

I wonder if this could be the start of a lot of these types of clauses on contracts?
 
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Junior Paulo's move to Canberra based on concern for his welfare in Sydney. More, tomorrow 630am @GrillTeam @7Sport
 
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http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sp...round-10-featuring-josh-massoud-and-liam-cox/
Tackle Four – Sydney escape the key to Paulo’s woes

Those close to Junior Paulo have been worried for some time about various influences in the prop’s life.

Apart from a handsome new contract, Paulo’s decision to quit the Eels for Canberra was based on concern for his ongoing welfare in Sydney.

Let’s put it as delicately as possible: there’s certain individuals close to Paulo with links to unsavory business.

At particular times, that’s put pressure on the player – who is softly spoken, entirely professional and well-mannered in a football environment – to do things he might not normally do.

There was nothing sinister in playing park rugby – albeit disguised under a headgear and alias – for his brother-in-law’s team a few weeks ago.

But it was another example of a poor choice Paulo made while in the company of others.

And we’ve been told it’s not the only time the father-of-one has done his family a cross-code favour.

He might well pay dearly for it; with Parramatta now considering a punishment – albeit without any senior executives.

Paulo also has a criminal matter on his hands. He’s facing charges in relation to an alleged road rage incident that took place on the M4 last October.

The case was supposed to have been heard last month, but his lawyer was stranded in Fiji on a different case.

The matter has been adjourned until 4 August.
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I'm not the next Anthony Watmough, says Parramatta Eels forward Tepai Moeroa
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May 11, 2016 - 4:00PM
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Don't call Tepai Moeroa the next Anthony Watmough.

As soon as speculation surfaced about the playing future of Watmough, league luminaries including Parramatta great Peter Sterling backed Moeroa to fill the void.

Powerful Parramatta players: Forwards Anthony Watmough and Tepai Moeroa.
Powerful Parramatta players: Forwards Anthony Watmough and Tepai Moeroa. Photo: Getty Images
Indeed, Moeroa is now wearing the No.13 jersey that was Watmough's during an inauspicious stint in blue and gold that was prematurely cut short by a career-ending knee injury.

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Sterling described Moeroa as one of the most promising forwards in the game and the ideal replacement for Watmough.

"Moeroa is probably that guy; he's played his best football when he's played in the middle of the field," Sterling said recently.

However, the man himself isn't comfortable with comparisons with the player dubbed Choc.

"[I'm] not really having to fill the void, it's just stamping my own authority, to make my own name," Moeroa said. "He's been around for a long time and he's got [great stature] in the game. He's retired and it's my chance to step up.

"I don't want to be seen as just being put in because he's injured. I want that 13 to be my spot."

Given Watmough didn't provide sufficient bang for Parramatta's buck after shifting from the northern beaches, Moeroa's sentiments are likely to be music to the ears of Eels fans.

Watmough came to the Eels on a massive four-year deal, despite his age and medical history, and his latest injury problems could have set the club back a number of years.

However, the former NSW and Australian back-rower will be entitled to most of his money via an insurance payout that won't adversely affect Parramatta's salary cap.

Watmough's retirement came in the nick of time, with the Eels trying to squeeze under the cap limit in time for Friday's clash with South Sydney.

While Watmough made only 17 appearances for the Eels, Moeroa said the 32-year-old made his mark.

"He's probably one of the most resilient players I know," Moeroa said. "He had an operation on his knee and his shoulder and worked the whole pre-season to get back. During a training session in pre-season he got re-injured.

"He was still fighting to get back and it shows the type of person he is. He's a fighter and it's sad to see him retire."

Moeroa – who will mark up on Rabbitohs lock Sam Burgess in one of the key match-ups at Pirtek Stadium – is back in the starting side after missing the win over Canterbury due to injury.

After the salary cap scandal broke, fellow forward Kenny Edwards said: "I wouldn't want to be another team playing us in the next few weeks."

Asked if that was the sentiment at the club, Moeroa said: "Let's just say the boys are ready for the game."

While Nathan Peats is likely to be squeezed out of the Parramatta side to ensure they are cap-compliant, Souths have made a series of changes as well.

Hooker Damien Cook has been dropped, Luke Keary has been demoted to the bench and Greg Inglis will shift from fullback to five-eighth, allowing Alex Johnson to return from injury in the No.1 jersey.

Moeroa believes Inglis' positional switch will help spark the Souths attack.

"That's good for them," he said. "The more he gets the ball in his hands, the more dangerous they are."



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No wonder Semi chose to play for Australia

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Why sporting officials don't want salary cap scandals
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May 12, 2016 - 10:47AM
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If professional sports leagues the world over were serious about enforcing salary caps, instead of merely appearing to have them, they'd do things differently.

They'd employ an army of private investigators. They'd publish salaries. They'd work more closely with their respective national tax authorities. They'd offer rewards for tip offs of cap breaches. They'd sit in McDonald's carparks armed with telephoto lenses.

Handing down punishments: NRL integrity boss Nick Weeks and CEO Todd Greenberg.
Handing down punishments: NRL integrity boss Nick Weeks and CEO Todd Greenberg. Photo: Mark Kolbe
They, not Kate McClymont, would be getting the trust of anonymous "bag men".

But they don't do this because there is no value in it for them. They want to catch the odd fluttering, stray hornet in their showy net. They don't want to go near the nest.

The possibility that professional sports are rotten to the core when it comes to cheating has the capacity to destroy public trust and engagement. They need bitter ex-employees and bumbling officials, easy kills.

All of which is not to say the cap is a bad thing, or that the NRL has done anything wrong in investigating and punishing the Eels. It's just that all sports must be a little frightened of what they might find if they started looking a little harder.

Which brings us to a point made by another columnist about the plight of Parramatta, who will be back playing for points on Friday night.

What if another cheating club is found a month from now, over the salary cap by a smaller amount than the Eels but over it nonetheless? The precedent would say they would lose all their points and not be able to compete for any until they are cap compliant.

But because of when they are caught, their punishment would be more harsh for a less serious infraction – they would lose more points than Parramatta. I guess that creates an incentive to fess up as soon as you can if you're in hot water – but it also creates a worrying inconsistency.

Many fans have pointed out Gold Coast, who have taken Nathan Peats to put Parramatta under the cap, are owned by NRL and therefore could be acting in the interests of the competition as a whole.

Quite a role reversal there – a club being criticised for being sewww.leagueunlimited.comess!

But as long as the NRL has a controlling interest in clubs, it – and they – leave themselves open to such accusations.

No pay for Pacific Test players

Rugby League started back in 1895 because the fat cats from the south of England were getting gate receipts generated by players who were getting nada.

One hundred and 21 years later, the same thing happened at Pirtek Stadium on Saturday! City-Country drew 7000 fewer people than the Pacific Test but the players involved in that game were paid and many of those involved in the Parramatta double header were not.

Now, I am sure the NRL will tell you City-Country was on free-to-air television and the Pacific Test was a hard sell even to pay TV initially.

But it's a bad look. The NRL puts money into the women's game, which does not generate much income yet, but it lets professional players turn out for free while the turnstiles click.
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The most obvious thing to understand of the punishment handed down to the club was for a) past indiscretions and b) not advising the NRL when the Board acted in removing the CEO held responsible for them

The club appears to be under the cap for 2016, and was punished for this season by adding $700k from disallowed TPAs , seeming from 2012 to 2014, apart from the Watmough problem

So the hurdle we have to jump over is to comply with past "outside strict TPA rules " , as they could not punish the club for those years as we won nothing, and are financially stable so a fine alone would not be enough

The strident crap about releasing Jennings as he was last signed ignores the position for 2016 that we were presumably cap compliant. That seems to be borne out by the fact that the NRL added $700k and we were then $570k over, so they judged that as an additional punishment that we should get inside the cap, then made it even more difficult by not allowing Watmough's retirement to be dated to the beginning of the season , forcing the release of a player on I guess +$450k pa

Geoff Gerard's article in the today's Terrorgraph was pretty spot on,I can understand th Go5 wanting to get some reduction in their sentence as they apparently did not break the rules, but rather did not expose them to the games hierarchy when discovered. For that they were undoubtedly stupid and deserve some suspension

For that they need to be held accountable, but now we need to get behind the club in what should be an emotional night on Friday, if anyone can link Gerrard's article I think that would be of interest.

Still the media are happy to run with stories that do not suggest we were cap compliant this year, that's to be understood given the frenzy they reported the past problems. Perhaps they can also link the past CEO with his mentor at the NRL , but then that won't be a headline for clickbait

Still have my theory on who is should be held accountable for the majority of the reporting issue, then again I am not the smartest person in the room

That last sentence is enough room for Big Fella, Hineyrules and Jake to jump all over :)
 
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