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  RIDER July 2, 2016 at 8:09am

  Isn't that a bit of an obvious statement given what's happened already this year.
  
  It's already been started
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  jm054 July 2, 2016 at 8:16am

  It's a nothing article all right. It seems every man and his dog has to have a say on this.
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  John Eel July 2, 2016 at 8:17am

  What would he know about the Eels or NRL for that matter he is a Rugby tragic. Have you ever read one of his books they are as boring to read as he is to listen to talk. They just go on and on with waffle.
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    Yobz > John Eel July 2, 2016 at 8:24am

    Exactly. But just seeing the headline and not who the author is, you may be tempted to click on it. This was just a warning.
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  Yobz July 2, 2016 at 8:17am

  Yes it his usual two line comments on everything happening in sport, but uses the Eels as a headline this time to get the clicks.
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  John Eel July 2, 2016 at 8:34am

  I have stopped reading articles about the Eels. As soon as I see a journalist who is willing to do a bit of research into the NRL and the salary cap and the TPA's and expose it as the broken system that it is I will go back to reading Eels articles in the media. at the moment journo's are relying on leaks from the NRL and player managers.

  Right now the system is not working, not evening talent as the NRL claim or making the competition fairer. The system is currently error provocative and ensures not only the Eels but most other clubs are cheating the system.

  Not only does it not even the talent it allows player managers to exploit the rules and the NRL has no way of auditing clubs properly unless there are whistleblowers. Even then they will not act unless they are forced into it by the media. everyone knows what is going on it is the elephant in the room.
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    Muttman > John Eel July 2, 2016 at 9:44am

    John wins the internet today. That's exactly how I feel too.
    Kate McClymont has tried with her story on NRL bagmen but there was no follow up. She needs whistleblowers too and only Parra has scores of whistleblowers just dying to dish the dirt and destroy whoever is running the joint.
    The NRL could absolutely fix the salary cap if they wanted to. It's actually rather simple. But they just don't seem interested.
    It is absolutely the elephant in the room.
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      RIDER > Muttman July 2, 2016 at 10:00am

      Not to mention the Foran unpaid $140k with Manly. That's gone cold too.
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    Parramatta Tragic > John Eel July 2, 2016 at 10:05am

    Agree John Eel. Maybe the delay in the final announcement by the NRL is indicative of something happening behind the scenes. Don't forget we also have the right of appeal against the final decision when it comes which will not be heard by Greenberg. I suspect things are getting interesting. The biased one sided media reporting, the leaks from the NRL, every television talk RL host, may yet end up as a large "attempting to pervert the course of justice" case
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  Craig Bridger July 2, 2016 at 9:39am

  Yeah & RLW come out this morning asking how the hell can Parra sign Robson for the rest of the year when they had to ditch players to get under the cap. - Well if they even did some research at all, & this from the editor of that fine magazine!!, would have realised that Junior was let go early, after we were cap compliant, thus freeing up whatever money he was on. D..head journos everywhere now all jumping on the bash Parra bandwagon.