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  Wile E. Coyote May 9, 2016 at 7:23am

  Agree Kurupt
  Support the boys but if is not going to support our team - just the NRL then don't do it
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  Jpav May 9, 2016 at 7:31am

  Well spoken, lets play for points. Word is this Friday will be a sellout. Amazing stuff.
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  Nutcracker May 9, 2016 at 7:40am

  Why are the making the Watmough decision today?
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    Kurupt > Nutcracker May 9, 2016 at 8:16am

    Shubert is meeting the nrls new Shubert today, nrl need to stamp the Watmough thing today and quit dragging their heels with everything.
  • Dave eel > Nutcracker May 9, 2016 at 1:44pm

    Like what ?? Cheating is cheating mate weather 200 000 or 570 000 it's still been intentionally hidden from the NRL as the article it a post below stipulated were far better off not dragging our heels ourselves and just accept things and move on this dribble from people like kurupt ( name speaks for itself) is so one sidedly bias that it isn't funny
    
    NRL dragging its heels lol if we came to the table with everything last year ( yep 8 months ago NRL have made us wait a week fool ) when we should have we would have just lost 4 points and it would be all over now my god
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  Nutcracker May 9, 2016 at 8:19am

  Ah right, I knew they wee meeting but didn't realise they would give us the answer today. Good stuff.
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  Nutcracker May 9, 2016 at 9:17am

  We should certainly argue that we deserve a reduced points penalty. Its open to the NRL to change the penalty.

  I think the NRL's theory was that we'd been intentionally rorting the cap for years and the culmination of all that dodgy stuff had enabled us to build the current team. So that anything won by the current team while over the cap should be lost. 

  I can see why they'd argue that but there are also some flaws with that argument. 
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  BiG G May 9, 2016 at 10:18am

  Well said mate
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  Y2Eel May 9, 2016 at 10:27am

  The NRL wont give us our points back... Even though they stated they took the points away only because we were over the cap...

  Dave Smith is looking alot better at the moment inst he....
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  Prof. Daz May 9, 2016 at 10:37am

  Agreed that we should show our support as fans, but I disagree that the NRL has to do anything this week. That fair process thing cuts both ways. The NRL announced its preliminary sanction and stipulated no points accrual until we were u see the cap and the Board stepped down. Yes, you are right that the Board called their bluff. But having done so, the NRL was afforded the luxury of granting 28 days. At the end of that, they can uphold the penalty, right? So at that point their initial allowance for us to save the season, 12 from 15, evaporates as if they deduct all points accrued we are obviously toast. Maybe they will only deduct 12, or less, who knows. But our bluff means the club is betting all or nothing while the NRL is in a win-win situation (they could look good by compromising or wipe our season and say it was the Boards choice to go all in). But, again, that 28 day process means the NRL is not obliged to do anything before it expires. Again, if you rely on process, it cuts both ways.