Eels repossess Nathan Peats’ club car to avoid NRL salary cap punishment .

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/eels-repossess-nathan-peats-club-car-to-avoid-nrl-salary-cap-punishment/story-fni3ga7t-1227415109864EMBATTLED Parramatta have been forced to repossess a club-approved car given to hooker Nathan Peats to avoid facing further salary cap punishment from the NRL.In a horror week for the Eels, who are desperately trying to hold on to marquee signing Kieran Foran after bungling his contract, the blue and golds have now put Peats offside with this latest calamity.Having already fined Parramatta $525,000 for significant salary cap breaches last month, the NRL have threatened to dock the Eels four premiership points for next season if they went over the cap again before 2016.Under Peats’ deal, which former chief executive Scott Seward approved, the 24-year-old was promised a car supplied by the club.Peat is said to be furious with the club’s mistake.JOKE: Foran’s $1m get-out clause not funnyMATTY JOHNS: Fiasco could set Eels back yearsTALKS: Foran on brink of Eels dealARTHUR: ‘I won’t walk away’Now Parramatta officials have been told the Holden Commodore SSV is not compliant with the club’s salary cap — and they’ve taken back the keys.Peats is furious and demanded to keep the vehicle, but that would have ensured the Eels again breached the salary cap rules.The Eels, who are conducting a thorough review of all contracts negotiated during Seward’s tenure, declined to comment on the issue.Officials are working overtime to try and uncover any further small print and then hopefully find Peats another car.Peats, whose management team is closely monitoring the situation, was given the car in lieu of a third-party agreement, but it wasn’t approved by the NRL.The governing body has allowed Parramatta some time to fix the problem.“The club would have been fined by the NRL had the car not been returned,” one source close to the drama said last night.“The NRL has given the club a chance to fix the problem. Parramatta are trying to get to the bottom of it.“Thankfully, the NRL has been quite understanding. The club is trying to find out what it can and are working through everything.“The club hasn’t breached the cap but they would have had Peats kept the car.”Mark Gasnier on Foran, Eels and the Titans' halves crisisParramatta are discovering several promises made to players weren’t officially documented or ratified.Another source said: “Parramatta are systematically going through everything.”The drama comes as Parramatta fight to keep star signing Foran.Manly hope Foran will walk away from the Eels and stay at Brookvale — but that appears unlikely.“A lot of effort and resources have gone into making sure those players (like Foran) mature and they are great players,” said Sea Eagles coach Geoff Toovey. “I have spoken to him, he has to sort those issues out with his management.“And obviously it may leave a little door open for him to stay here as well. The club would be wanting to retain both halves and I still maintain that.“His contract with Parramatta was set in place and now things have changed. I’m not sure what happened but obviously the Manly club has always interested in keeping both halves.“There is no denying that but the situation hasn’t changed from the end of last year, the beginning of this year. We still thought we were in a competitive market and possibly able to retain both halves. I think that still remains the case.”

"The whole team was terrible, the attitude, the effort, everything was shocking!! We have had the whole preseason to get this right and we look a bunch of clowns!!
Brisbane will put 60 on us if we play like this next week"

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Brax June 25, 2015 at 9:40pm

And the hits just keep coming
- Brax > Brax June 25, 2015 at 10:18pm
  
  It's like watching a car accident in slow motion, you know what's going to happen, but there's nothing you can do to stop it....you just hope and pray that the fall out won't be too serious.....that's what it feels like right now being a parra supporter. Seriously when will this shit stop.....we need accredited/successful business people running our club. Too many years of dodgy/ unsuccessful/ego driven idiots running our once great and mighty club has lead us to this. Please let this week end.
luk3_182 June 25, 2015 at 9:41pm

Oh well nathan. I'm sure if you are provided a company car and it gets taken away you wouldn't pack your bags and leave. I understand why he would be pissed but this article is as low as Matthew John's.

Be original with your reporting and stop bashing our club scumbags.
slip June 25, 2015 at 9:43pm

Repo Man (1984). Great movie. "Most people in life avoid tense situations, Repo man spends his life getting into tense situations". Did Peats put up a fight? Lol
Speech June 25, 2015 at 9:44pm

As I have said before how many Bronco's players have vehicles. None of which are counted in the salary cap . All organised by the club but regarded as third party deals. The salary cap is a joke and third party deals must be counted.
Hellmut June 25, 2015 at 9:45pm

Mods. Please.
Kurupt June 25, 2015 at 9:46pm

Wow, seward was a clown. Hope the money was worth your reputation.
- Hellmut > Kurupt June 25, 2015 at 9:48pm
  
  Is it all the CEO ? Isn't DA the cap man ?
- slip > Kurupt June 25, 2015 at 9:50pm
  
  He became a clown once he said 2 premierships by 2020. The way it's going Parra won't make 2 finals by 2020. The guy had to go.
- 348pl7h2lgzrj > Kurupt June 25, 2015 at 10:05pm
  
  Kurupt when seward comes out and tells all well see who has egg on their face.
  Be interesting who's signatures are on the for mean contracts.

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