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    Melbourne Storm stripped of 2 titles

    The Melbourne Storm rugby league club have been found to have breached the salary cap and have been stripped of their last 2 grand final wins. They have also been stripped of their points for this season and no matter what they do this year on the field they can not win the title.

    This is a major shock for our rugby league mad country. It's not clear as yet if players knew of the actions of the board members suspected of cheating but it seems possible that some may have been receiving under the table payments.

    Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.
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    THE NRL has stripped Melbourne Storm of two premierships, as well as any competition points this season, in the toughest punishment for a salary cap breach in NRL history.

    NRL chief David Gallop has just announced the extraordinary penalty, after it was uncovered that the club paid $1.7 million to its players outside the cap in the past five years.

    The Storm have been stripped of their premierships in 2007 and 2009, three minor premierships and their eight competition points this season. They will not be able to accrue any more points this season, have been fined $500,000 and must pay back $1.1 million in prize money.
    Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.

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      #3
      This isn't the first salary cap scandal is it? Just the most severe penalty ever handed down.

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        #4
        Originally posted by EwarWoo View Post
        This isn't the first salary cap scandal is it? Just the most severe penalty ever handed down.
        That's right. The bulldogs were caught a few yrs ago and they looked odds on to win the title but were docked their points for the season.

        This is a major news item here
        Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.

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          #5
          Wasn't there one with a few clubs quite a while back (~7 years when I first came over) and they just had them get their affairs in order and issued a final warning?

          I just seem to vaguely remember something.

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            #6
            Pretty huge punishment, Melbourne have been an absolute powerhouse the past few seasons haven't they? I really couldn't give a **** about NRL though. It seems a sport full of absolute Neanderthals.

            Rugby League mad country More like rugby league mad states (NSW, QLD)

            Every other state is Aussie Rules mad
            "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

            "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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              #7
              I hate Aussie rules. It's ****.

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                #8
                would this be the equivelant of Man Utd losing all their points and their last few premiership titls and european cup?

                i'd ****ing love that to happen
                i own everton fans on the internet....that's what i do

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by PTP View Post
                  would this be the equivelant of Man Utd losing all their points and their last few premiership titls and european cup?

                  i'd ****ing love that to happen
                  Exactly the same (but they'll never bring in a salary cap will they ? )
                  Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Harv View Post
                    Pretty huge punishment, Melbourne have been an absolute powerhouse the past few seasons haven't they? I really couldn't give a **** about NRL though. It seems a sport full of absolute Neanderthals.

                    Rugby League mad country More like rugby league mad states (NSW, QLD)Those 2 states cover nearlly half the country mate

                    Every other state is Aussie Rules mad
                    No arguments there
                    Me, I’m either planning a holiday or I’m on one.

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                      #11
                      Half the country with nobody living in them

                      WA covers half the country on its own though, then you have SA, NT and VIC, TAS.

                      We crush you NRL loving states
                      "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                      "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by PeteBest View Post
                        I hate Aussie rules. It's ****.
                        Its far from **** you small minded cunt.

                        Its a game of athleticism, speed, power, and pure brawn. Its also a very skillful game.

                        People argue that it isn't, but i'd give them 10 kicks on the run and see if they can perfect a nice drop punt 40 meters onto someone's chest.

                        I'd wager most wouldn't do it more than twice...and that's pretty much the most basic of skills in the game, apart from a handball.

                        Id also predict most can't actually handball properly either. Getting it spinning the right way, end over end.
                        "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                        "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                          #13
                          I didn't dispute that it's skillful or a pretty hard game to play, just that it's **** and boring. Some people like it and some not but I think a lot of people are pretty divided on the issue from what I've seen here. It will never be popular outside of Australia anyway.

                          I'd rather watch a rugby league match than an aussie rules match (or gaelic football which is the original version of it).

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                            #14
                            Boring? I can only seeing it being boring if you have no idea what's happening.

                            "Never be popular outside of Australia"......hmm, maybe thats why so many Irish lads are coming over to play it, or why American football coaches are looking at how good we are at kicking the ball, and our tackling skills.

                            Its not ****, you just have no idea about it.
                            "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                            "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Harv View Post
                              Boring? I can only seeing it being boring if you have no idea what's happening.

                              "Never be popular outside of Australia"......hmm, maybe thats why so many Irish lads are coming over to play it, or why American football coaches are looking at how good we are at kicking the ball, and our tackling skills.

                              Its not ****, you just have no idea about it.
                              I'd rather watch Bolton vs Blackburn where there's a lot of kicking mate.

                              I never liked American Football either, think it's ludicrously **** as well.

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