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  RIDER July 29, 2015 at 9:18am

  NRL guy.

  I dont believe the NRL is necessarily incompetent. More to the point, you have the organisation who owns and runs a profitable competition, auditing and making judgments that if bad, could affect their own future earnings.

  This same organisation, own and or runs some of the teams in this competition.

  So, will everyone be treated the same? of course not.

  Do they need a successful team like the Cowboys to be found guilty? of course not

  What about punch drunk Parra? Well everyone expects it, even some fans, so why not keep stoking the fire.

  The issue is that this finding is a narrow minded short term solutions and now opens Pandoras box for team accounts to work their black magic. Tell me, how is getting a $200k saving on a house any different to being handed $200k?

  As far as Im concerned, there might as well not be a salary cap and we just go back to the old days where wealth teams excelled and poor teams died. At least Parra was successful under those conditions.
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    The NRL Guy > RIDER July 29, 2015 at 1:28pm

    Agree with giving up on the salary cap. Its just not working.
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  HulkSmash July 29, 2015 at 9:44am

  The NRL can't check personal bank accounts of players nor can they check the accounts or books of a business. So essentially on the face it can appear that the company sold the property at market value but that company can refund any figure between 25k to 200k back to the player directly to their account and the NRL don't have the authority to rule or check on that transaction as its not between the club and the player. Do that across 3 to 5 property purchases and it's a huge bonus for these players. That's how these clubs that have astute businessman as directors rort the cap legally and the NRL is powerless to stop it because technically its not against the rules they impose. Still doesn't make it right
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    RIDER > HulkSmash July 29, 2015 at 9:48am

    Thats all correct, but its what they do when they do find it happening eg Cowboys. I think we all agree that its an advantage to the club and the player and therefore no different to the club paying extra $ to a player to play at the club. Therefore no different to exceeding the cap. Its not about hiding this now, its about everyone getting onboard the loophole and using it to their advantage. Can a player have too many properties? Why have a cap then?
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  PM www.sportfirstnambucca.com.au July 29, 2015 at 10:00am

  I have no problem with what is happening at the cowboys as long as it's ok for all clubs to do it.

  It seems some clubs get policed more than others at present, wether that is true or not i don't know but that's how it looks from the outside looking in.
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  CP July 29, 2015 at 10:05am

  Can't help but feel that certain clubs get favouritism. Not sure if it's media or NRL.
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    The NRL Guy > CP July 29, 2015 at 1:29pm

    Media definitely. Starting to wonder about The NRL.
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  Tin Tim July 29, 2015 at 10:24am

  How is it that a club can do this kind of business & what? No other NRL side knew of this scam? All I'll say is being back Gallop, no doubt the game was in better shape when he was part of the NRL.
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  Muttman July 29, 2015 at 10:25am

  Interestingly that 3 NRL owned clubs are dead last. Are these the only clubs not cheating the cap?

  The answer: Yes. That's exactly what is happening. You can't win the NRL competition unless you cheat the cap. It really is that simple.
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    Bojack Horesman > Muttman July 29, 2015 at 10:36am

    Is poor performance due to nrl ownership (lack of cap cheating) or is nrl ownership due to poor performance?