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  slip April 23, 2010 at 8:51am

  Is it possible the Storm won't even play another game, because what's the point? Maybe to stay fit?!?!?
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    Hindy's Hienie > slip April 23, 2010 at 9:30am

    i read that they are contractually obligated to play, because the NRL are contracted to provide a certain number of games for TV. For the Storm to not play will cost the NRL $$.
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  Michael Ericson April 23, 2010 at 9:05am

  Mate I think all NRL teams (and fans) should just take a deep breath, make sure there own houses are in order and thank their lucky stars that nobody ratted them out to 'schuey' if they have anything to hide!!
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    Embo > Michael Ericson April 23, 2010 at 9:09am

    I'm sorry mate, you need to appreciate the magnitude of their breach....$700K this year aloine!!!
    
    I'm not that forgiving and you can't tell me that all clubs do it, do you think the Sharks even have any money to cheat with???
    
    Wake up and smell the roses mate, cheating is cheating, the means never justify the ends that what I teah my kids.
    
    Show a little more passion, you sound like fuc%ing allan jones!
    
    Any dyed in the wool fair dinkum passionate people can join me, any soft hearted politicians can drop off
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  Michael Ericson April 23, 2010 at 9:16am

  Mate I am as passionate a fan as anybody, I am not disagreeing with you that Melbourne deserve what they have got.
  
  But imagine it was Parramatta who were now playing for no points, remember its not the fans or even most players fault.
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    Embo > Michael Ericson April 23, 2010 at 9:25am

    i appreciate your comment, but at thistage we are not in breach and for me its innocent until proven guilty, its clear that some clubs decide to go the whole hog and thumb their nose at fair play any decency, fucki&g makes my blood boil.
    
    and people who now say "oh its the salary caps fault" have their head up their arse, there is no excuse to cheat, never and its bullshit to try and blame "the system" and say "poor old us, all we want to do is play footy" fuckin% bullshit mate. The better that waste of time outfit leave the NRL the better and give the game to the peple who appecaite it
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  Normo April 23, 2010 at 10:01am

  Just a note we are actuallly the first Sydney side the cheats play away. Before round 13 they have away games in NQld and canberra, but we are the first Sydney team's fans to get a crack at them. Good! Thats if they show their faces.
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  Bourbon Man April 23, 2010 at 10:23am

  It's not the salary cap's fault - however, it's a byproduct of a competitive market place with not only intra but inter code competition. Clubs are forced to use any means, fair or foul, to gain that competitive edge and it would be naive to think that the Storm are the only team to have flouted the cap in the last 5 years.
  
  The great tragedy of all of this was that the NRL actively stimulated the Storm so as to build a viable presence in Australia's second largest urban centre and the supposed 'sports capital' of the country. This would inevitably lead to a lucrative TV rights deal in 2013, an across-the-board increase in the cap for all clubs, and the ability for the League to preserve it wealth of player talent rather than losing it to rival codes or competitions.
  
  Thanks to the Storm administration's selfishness that's gone out the window. Mate this is bigger than just our club vs theirs.
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  slip April 23, 2010 at 11:19am

  Is it possible the Newcastle Knights were over the cap in 2001? Remember they had financial issues about keeping the Johns brothers!! They probably handed Joey money under the table.