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What do these scum clubs have in common?
All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
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All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
FF
When did Melbourne play in the Super League? Must've missed that.
What do these scum clubs have in common?
All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
FF
Add Titans, Brisbane, Manly, Parramatta, Newcastle, Canberra,
and the Roosters to that list.
Add Titans, Brisbane, Manly, Parramatta, Newcastle, Canberra,
and the Roosters to that list.
What do these scum clubs have in common?
All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
FF
Add Titans, Brisbane, Manly, Parramatta, Newcastle, Canberra,
and the Roosters to that list.
in 1990-91 the salary cap was $1.5 million.Canberra - so long ago it don't matter and hardly to the tune of todays amounts
simo, are you bringing these up as talking points or trying to excuse the storms scum bag actions?
I hope its the former and not the latter, as nothing will.
Even Newcastle, whom I don't particularly like, did not do it in this manner.
When did Melbourne play in the Super League? Must've missed that.
:lol::lol:When did Melbourne play in the Super League? Must've missed that.
What do these scum clubs have in common?
All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
FF
When did Melbourne play in the Super League? Must've missed that.
What do these scum clubs have in common?
All super league clubs, and all cheats! News Limited reaps what it sews!
FF
Breaches
The penalties for clubs found to have breached the NRL salary cap and salary floor regulations include fines and/or deduction of premiership points.
The following breaches of the salary cap and salary floor have occurred:
- In 1991, the Canberra Raiders were fined $100,000 and ordered to pay $85,000 in unpaid salary from 1990.
- Eight clubs were fined in 2000: Newcastle ($159,000), the New Zealand Warriors ($100,000), Penrith ($81,000), Canterbury ($50,000), Parramatta ($40,000), Melbourne ($24,500), the Sydney Roosters ($13,000) and Cronulla ($7,000).
- Three clubs were fined in 2001: North Queensland ($100,000), Melbourne ($90,000) and Brisbane ($84,000).
- In 2002, the Canterbury Bulldogs were found to have committed serious and systematic breaches totaling $920,000, which was enough for two extra top level players; these breaches were described by NRL Chief Executive David Gallop as "exceptional in both its size and its deliberate and ongoing nature". The club was fined a record $500,000 and deducted all 37 premiership points received during the season; the club won the wooden spoon as a result of the latter penalty. An extensive NRL investigation resulted in two senior club officials being charged with 21 counts of fraud, theft and forgery by the NSW Police; both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to nine years imprisonment with a non-parole period of seven years.
- Five other clubs were also fined in 2002: the Sydney Roosters ($149,000), Newcastle ($85,000), Melbourne ($67,000), the Wests Tigers ($58,500) and Brisbane ($57,500).
- Nine clubs were fined in 2003 after a crackdown in light of the Canterbury scandal the year before: Melbourne ($131,000), Penrith ($60,000), Newcastle ($40,000), Brisbane ($20,000), South Sydney ($15,250), the New Zealand Warriors ($15,000), Cronulla ($10,000), and Canterbury ($10,000).
- Seven clubs were fined in 2004: Melbourne ($120,000), Canterbury ($82,500), St George Illawarra ($32,500), Penrith ($25,000), the Sydney Roosters ($25,000), and Canberra ($5,000).
- Four clubs were fined for minor breaches in 2005: St George Illawarra ($20,000), Newcastle ($11,000), Canterbury ($8,500) and Canberra ($1,000).
- In 2006, the New Zealand Warriors revealed that their former management had exceeded the salary cap in 2004 and 2005. The club was fined $430,000 and were ordered to start the 2006 season with a four premiership point deficit and to play the 2007 season under a reduced salary cap of $3.15 million (salary floor of $2.79 million).
- In 2007, the Canberra Raiders were fined $175,000 but did not have any points deducted.
- Six clubs were fined in 2008: South Sydney ($71,000), Wests Tigers ($47,000), Canberra ($46,000), Canterbury ($25,000 and given a $25,000 good behaviour bond), Melbourne ($14,000) and Brisbane ($10,000).[22]
- Five clubs were fined for minor breaches in 2009: St George Illawarra ($15,000), South Sydney ($12,500), Gold Coast ($5,500), Bulldogs ($5,000) and Wests Tigers ($3,500).
- In 2010, Melbourne Storm officials confessed to running a well-organized dual contract system which left the NRL unable to know of at least $1.7 million of payments made to players outside of the $4.21875 million salary cap between 2006 and 2010. The club have been stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships and their 20062008 minor premierships; the club was also fined $500,000, ordered to repay $1.1 million in prize money (which will be re-distributed equally between the remaining 15 clubs), deducted all 8 premiership points received during the season, and were barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season, meaning that the club will win the 2010 wooden spoon. The matter has been referred to the Victoria Police.
Breaches
No clubs have yet been penalized for violating salary floor regulations (i.e. deliberately underpaying players).
The following breaches of the salary cap have occurred:
- In 1987 (the cap's first year), Sydney were fined the maximum of $20,000 and forfeited a first round draft pick after being found to have almost doubled the cap with a total payroll of $2.4 million.
- In 1992, Hawthorn was fined $28,500 for a minor breach in relation to benefit payments.
- In 1993, three clubs were fined for minor breaches: Western Bulldogs ($3000), Carlton ($10,000) and Melbourne ($13,500).
- In 1994, Carlton were fined $50,000 for minor salary cap breaches.
- In 1995, Sydney were fined $20,000 after key documents relating to contract and financial details were lost by club officials, leaving the club with no cap room; Sydney had to skip the pre-season draft and play the season two players short as a result of these errors. The club officials were fired by the Swans.
- In 1996, Essendon were fined a record $388,500 and ordered to pay a further $250,000 in back tax and penalties after an ATO investigation and an AFL investigation into draft tampering found they had repeatedly breached the salary cap by a total of $514,500 between 1991 and 1996; the club was also barred from the pre-season draft, the rookie draft and the first three rounds of the National Draft.
- Ten other clubs were also fined in 1996 for minor breaches in a crackdown following the Sydney incident the year before: Fitzroy, St Kilda and North Melbourne ($30,000 each), Richmond ($20,000), and Brisbane, Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Fremantle, Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles ($10,000 each).
- In 1997, Port Adelaide was fined $50,000 for a minor salary cap breach.
- In 1998, Geelong ($77,000), Collingwood ($47,500), Hawthorn ($45,000) and Richmond ($21,000) were fined for minor breaches, with Geelong and Collingwood both being barred from the pre-season draft; during the season, the West Coast Eagles were fined $100,000 and also forfeited a draft pick.
- In 1999, Melbourne were fined a record $600,000 and barred from the first three rounds of the 2000 National Draft, with Fremantle being handed their first round selection from the 1999 draft as compensation for losing ruckman Jeff White to Melbourne. Carlton ($44,000) were also fined and barred from the pre-season draft.
- In 2000, Fremantle were fined $54,500 and were barred from the 2001 pre-season draft; North Melbourne ($35,000), Richmond ($10,000), Brisbane ($7500), and Melbourne ($5000) were fined for minor breaches.
- In 2001, Carlton was fined $125,000 for salary cap breaches and late lodgement of additional services agreements for the 1999 season; they were also barred from the pre-season draft on and forfeited second and third round picks in the 2001 National Draft. North Melbourne ($20,000) and Melbourne ($5000) were fined for minor breaches.
- In 2002, Carlton were found to have systematically breached the regulations between 1998 and 2001 after an AFL investigation. The club was fined a record $987,500, and were also barred from receiving priority picks and banned from the first two rounds of the National Draft for two years. The club experienced its toughest years as it was restricted from rebuilding its team, and went through a series of disastrous years as it recovered both on-field and off-field from these significant penalties. Carlton would finished last in 2005 and 2006, and 15th in 2007. Carlton were compensated for these placings by receiving a multitude of priority and first round picks.
- In 2003, Essendon were fined $85,000 for a minor breach, the Western Bulldogs were fined $30,000 for minor salary cap breaches in 20002002, and Brisbane were fined $260,000 for late lodgement of documents relating to the contract and financial details of 26 players.
- In 2005, St Kilda were fined $40,000 for a minor breach.
- In 2008, Adelaide were fined $20,000 when a player failed to notify the club and the league of personal arrangements made with club associates before the reporting deadline. St Kilda were also fined $10,000 for a minor breach.