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  ŦōmMýþØΨ-Parra Till I Die! July 15, 2010 at 11:43am

  By all accounts the report findings being given by News Ltd, is suggesting that they will keep the top 4, then pay 21 other players scraps, to field a pub side!
  
  The lack of co operation by the players though tells me that they were guilty as sin, and they knew they were doing wrong!
  
  This is a crock of shit, and IMO News Ltd will bear the brunt of it and the players and the club will come out smelling like roses!
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  Adskis.. July 15, 2010 at 11:50am

  how can u still field a side around them and be over 3 mill over...... dont they have to make up for that money in the cap or do they start from scratch
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    fpv eel > Adskis.. July 15, 2010 at 11:55am

    they have paid for it this year. all they have to do is stay under the cap next year.
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    Shire Eel > Adskis.. July 15, 2010 at 8:03pm

    Sutto....the Dogs did not have a cleanout til over two years after they were caught.
    They were caught cheating in 2002, but in 2003 & 2004 they fielded the same team and catually added Andrew Ryan to their squad. Their players took a 'paycut' to stay even though Willie Mason later admitted they all ended up getting all their money anyway. This is why NRL are not allowing Paycuts as they realised Dogs kept cheating and won the comp in 2004.
    The cleanout started in 2005.
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  DanMan July 15, 2010 at 12:09pm

  They said that if players are not given contracts at other clubs to the equal amount the Storm need to make up the difference. All 15 clubs should get together and not offer any of their players more than $1. Then they have to make up the difference. Trying keeping all your players then ass clowns!!
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  JL July 15, 2010 at 12:16pm

  its being reported the big 4 have approached the storm about taking paycuts however I doubt the NRL will sanction this.
  We did the same thing las tseason to try and keep Kevin Kingston and the NRL refused to allow players to take less money and amend contracts.
  I think the players are dreaming if the ythink the ycan stay together
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  blueNgold July 15, 2010 at 12:19pm

  What an absolute crock of shit
  
  http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/big-four-offer-to-ta...
  
  "Big four offer to take pay cuts to stick together"
  
  STORM stars Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk have approached Melbourne officials offering to take pay cuts to assist the club in their efforts to retain them all and form a competitive squad that fits under the $4.2 million salary cap next year
  
  The concept of salary reductions at the Storm next year is one the NRL are aware of. The NRL would not accept Storm pay cuts to get them under the cap in 2010 as mid-year alterations to salaries are not allowed. However, they will give them the green light for next year, although reductions in salary of an outrageous nature will not be acceptable. ''We wouldn't allow it in 2010,'' NRL chief executive David Gallop said.
  
  ''We'd certainly need to look at any proposal they put to us that will keep them under the cap in 2011, so long as it's fair to the other clubs in the competition.''
  
  
  If the NRL allow this to happen it will be just about the biggest disgrace in the history of the game. Other clubs better make some serious noise about this. Our players wern't allowed to take pay cuts to fit in Kingston last year for a measly 50k, now Melbourne want 4 players worth 2.2 million of the cap to be allowe to take pay-cuts, well that will do me.
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  Adskis.. July 15, 2010 at 12:24pm

  disgrace
• Scott Stevens July 15, 2010 at 1:34pm

  Why is that? What if those four players except to take pay cuts?
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    Adskis.. > Scott Stevens July 15, 2010 at 1:46pm

    then the club gets what they want...... why bend the rules for them...