Below is facts from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rugby_League_salary_cap
Have a read and make up your own minds. 2005 the Warriors did far worst and only loss 4 points.
NRL, Double Standards
- In 2000, the Newcastle Knights were fined $158,800 but did not have any points deducted after club officials revealed that they had exceeded the salary cap by a total of $454,100 and failed to disclose third-party payments during the 1998 and 1999 seasons.
- Salary Cap $3250000 13.972307% over Cap
- The Melbourne Storm were fined $89,900 in 2000 but did not have any points deducted after it was found that they had exceeded the salary cap by $177,400 during the season.
- Salary Cap $3250000 5.4584615% over Cap
- he Brisbane Broncos were fined $84,150 in 2000 but did not have any points deducted after it was found that they had exceeded the salary cap by $118,300 and were late in lodging documents relating to Salary Cap financial and contract details of 10 players during the season.
- Salary Cap $3250000 3.64% over cap
- In 2005, the New Zealand Warriors were fined $430,000 and were ordered to start the 2006 season with a four premiership point deficit and cut their payroll by $450,000 after club officials revealed that their former management had exceeded the salary cap by a total of $1.1 million during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The points penalty meant that the Warriors missed a finals berth in 2006.
- 2004 Salary Cap $3300000 2005 Salary Cap $3366000
- $550000 over 16.6666% $550000 over 16.339869% over
- In 2011, the Wests Tigers were fined $187,150 but had no points deducted after it was found that they had exceeded the salary cap by $374,300 during the 2010 season.
- Salary Cap $4100000
- 9.1292682% over cap
After the 2014 season had ended, the Gold Coast Titans were fined AU$300,000 after an investigation into several clubs.
Salary Cap $6300000
In 2015, Parramatta were fined $465,000 for breaching the salary cap in the 2014 season
Salary Cap $6550000
7.0992366% over cap.
And this is over 3 years, so % per year is way less
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Difference is they 'fessed up to the NRL (& warriors still lost 4 points). Our self interested "leaders" (note inverted commas) still aren't taking accountability and have consistently denied, even worse, lied to the NRL. Unfortunately a precedent needs to be set and our Board's attitude has made it worse. We'll cop at least double the 4 points. My personal opinion is they will decide in the next 2 weeks and remove whatever points we have to date - so 8 to 12 points. (I assume our for and against is zero too? Anyone know?)
Let's say then we are on zero after 8 rounds. We need 28-30 points to make the semis. We get 4 points from byes. So we will need to win 12 out of 16 games. Bloody tough.
Plus the side may even lift further after the NRL hand out the punishment. If we could do it it would be the greatest achievement by any side in the NRL for quite sometime - probably 09, our end of year run.
Who really cares if they reported it or not when it comes to a penalty for the team. I know it matters when you are looking at sanctioning the club as a whole but why should the NRL footy team be deducted more points if it is determined that there is some element of deceit by people employed by the club.
Unless you can establish that the players were in on it I don't think that the fact of reporting or not should matter when it comes to points deduction.
For sure.
Blaze : If the NRL even blinks at us we should go to the law. I am assuming that Sharp and the board have arranged that to happen automatically---knowing Sharp and the board for their incompetence they may be still in the dark. Declare war. Concede nothing. Fight the NRL every which- way. Take it to the High Court if necessary. See who says uncle first!
If the NRL is to interview our board, get them to come to Parramatta and do the interviewing in our club. We are not children called into an interview with the Headmaster in his office. The NRL should come to us. The NRL should also be prepared to take questions from us and answer our questions--if the NRL will not agree then all meetings are off till they do agree.
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