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This is why there was no real objection at board level to the selection of Israel Folau for Qld despite the fact you can bet David Gallop wouldn't have thought it was a good idea at all!
I don't think that the players cheating at the club level should impact administratively at rep level, however, I would say that by allowing the Storm to operate with an illegal roster of core players that comprise the Qld squad, they have fostered an environment where those key players are at unfair advantage in SOO and our players at a competitive disadvantage. Add to the fact that Qld blatantly ignored the eligibility rules and chose a NSWelshman in Greg Inglis and in my book, everything Qld achieved re their 5 series wins in a row is tarnished beyond repair.
I don't give a fuck what those toads think - every win they've had since selecting Inglis and since the salary cap breaches began at the Storm, in mine and many fans' eyes, are as hollow as the Storm's 'premierships' in 2007 and 2009.
If the ARL are in charge of rep selection criteria then why could they NOT stop Folau's selection for the maroons.
I do not understand why you say "there was no real objection at board level" when the head of the ARL was on tv saying it was the ARL's stance that Folau should not be selected and the Qrl told him to go and get screwed.
If they are the governing body then they must have the power to intervene or veto incorrect state decisions
And again if the NRL see fit to penalise a club for cheating, how is it that the ARL sit on their hands regarding State and National cheats?
Either way you look at it somewhere along the chain of command some section of RL must stand up and take responsibilty for the control of cheats - and it is not happening.
Much to the detriment of the game as a whole.
In any other pro sport these cheats would have been suspended, fined or simply kicked out.
We have ARL, NRL, NSWRL & QRL all condoning what these cheats are doing and being part of teams in which they have no right to be playing in.
A cheat by any other name is still a sleazy little man syndrome CHEAT and have no place in the game at all.
Now those Qld players and Mal have a pretty big sway on the board and while the NSWRL might have blocked the move, it was probably considered to be too fractious a strategy to create such a conflict at board level and create even more free publicity for the AFL.
I think as Tommyboy says below, the sooner we have an Independent Commission, the less likely we'll ever see this sort of sorry tale play out again!
The system in place at the moment, does not and cannot work fairly as there is too many fingers in the pie.
one ship one captain, otherwise we have a mutiny on the bounty.
Can't see why you would strip QLD of any titles.
But the fact that the cap rort has given a distinct advantage by allowing so many superstars to play together in the one team that represent qld, both now and in the past' is just infuriating for a blues man like myself.
If they sign a contract with the Storm for say $350 large but receive into their bank account 500 large are you trying to tell me they would not know that something is just a little bit out of balance?
OK so I am totally pissed about losing 5-0 but that does not say the governing bodies are not applying double standards by allowing the players into rep teams. The ARL or NRL has to do something about it.
Guilt is determined by involvement - so the players by accepting over their contracted income are complicit by NOT questioning where the money is coming from. By accepting the money they are guilty of salary cap cheating.
The NRL have told the Storm to pay back something like $1.7 mill in excess payments to players - they didn't pick this figure out of the air they audited the books to ascertain this figure. The NRL also have specific players they are investigating.
If the club is to be penalised then the players involved must also be penalised but this is not happening. They are still being put up as shining examples of RL which is WRONG - WRONG - WRONG.
Todays Courier Mail carried a story on Ryan James - the young 18 yo forward at the Titans going the same way as Inglis
Born in NSW - played U17's for NSW but it looks like he will end up in a maroon jersey.
SOO is a joke as long as NSW guys are poached into the Qld team and a bigger joke when salary cap cheats are allowed to play in rep .
There are your double standards.
I am sorry, but even a man with the brainpower of a small flea knows that when you enter into a negotiation or an agreement with another party - YOU SIGN ONE CONTRACT.
Even if Cameron Smith has less brainpower than a small flea, he MUST have realised something was wrong. You simply do not sign three contracts. And this inkling that something was wrong and not doing anything more about it is enough to constitute recklessness.
As you point out - 3 contracts signed and acceptance of over payments.
At the very least it is conspiracy to defraud I would think
The acceptance of the money is the crime.
IMO just about all the comments so far reinforce my point of the double standards being applied regardless of who is resposible for outing these cheats.
Pie in the sky "independent" governing body may be part of the answer but as yet it has not happened - so who picks up the cleaners job in the mean time?
Makes me wonder if I shouldn't defect to supporting a sport with ethics - like blind man's bluff
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