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  Dave April 9, 2016 at 10:00pm

  While I am a little surprised that betting hasn't been suspended, the fact it hasn't has nothing to do with whatever penalty is getting handed down, even in the case of the Dogs and Storm I beleive betting wasn't suspended until the league announced it was ready to hand down the penalty

  one thing I do find interesting is I haven't seen a wooden spoon market this year instead it has been a "most losses" market, I think this could be due to the Eels salary cap and the Dogs and Storm when a couple of people in the know put bets on those teams winning the spoon before betting was suspended
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  eels_brad April 9, 2016 at 10:07pm

  The bookies are happy to take money on us to win the competition, if we lose points all the punters lose their money...
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  Dave April 9, 2016 at 10:10pm

  ok so I was right that it may have been done in relation to the Dogs and Storm cap issues
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  josh jones April 9, 2016 at 10:16pm

  As it currently stand we're not over the cap this season. If we won premierships back 2013 2014 2015 they could strip premierships if we found to exceed the cap my 2mill each season which is probably equivalent to storm as cap was much less when storm got caught.
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    Tin Tim > josh jones April 10, 2016 at 11:49am

    Well they can have there spoons back.
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  Eel Nut April 9, 2016 at 10:25pm

  I can see the writing on the wall! How many points is the issue!!?? I do have a question for my fellow learned eels supporters....would they spread the points over two seasons??? Example we lose 4 points this year (2016) with 6 points suspended from 2017 on the proviso that certain board members are suspended??? Just a possible theory where parra players and supporters are not completely bent over and the NRL still keeps the power in this relationship?!?! The league are aware that they need a strong parra to promote the game in the west and to compete with the growth of the western Sydney Wanderers and now the Western Sydney Giants!
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    Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > Eel Nut April 9, 2016 at 11:11pm

    Theres no way they will spread deducted points over 2 seasons, that would be terrible for their product, they will want to get this out of the way this year.
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  The Captain April 9, 2016 at 10:48pm

  Conversation for another day, let's just enjoy the absolute show the boys put on for us today!
  
  We've been waiting for our team to play like this for so long, let's just enjoy it!
  
  We'll cross the penalty bridge if and when it comes.
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  Dave April 9, 2016 at 11:32pm

  While a points penalty hasn't been spread over two years suspended sentences have

  In the case of the Storm, while they played for no points in 2010, they also had the threat of being kicked out of the comp for the 2011 season if they didn't shred just over $1 million from their cap by the end of 2010, which is why Hoffman and Inglis (along with lesser names) left after 2010.

  Given that the Eels issues are more board governance issues rather then a dead set rort like Melbourne's was I could see some sort of suspended points penalty if the board members the NRL blames for this fiasco are not removed by a certain date, depending the date it might be suspended for the 2017 season or at least for later in this year.
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  Dave April 9, 2016 at 11:36pm

  The cap being clean for this year is really the only hope Parra have to not get at least some sort of points penalty.

  In each of the cases (Bulldogs 2002, Warriors 2006 and Storm 2010)  the teams were over the cap in the year of the penalty as well as preceding years with the severity of the amount over the cap and the process of cheating determining the penalty.

  Not sure how it will fly in the NRL and the court of public opinion but it is a hope.