NRL Storm

[Bacon]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/melbourne-storm-brace-for-salary-cap-penalty/story-e6frecj3-1225856996344

MELBOURNE Storm have been stripped of their past two NRL premierships, three minor premierships and fined for salary cap violations.

[rcon]

WTF? Article also says this....

It is understood any fine or sanction won't be retrospective, so Melbourne's 2009 premiership is not threatened by the findings.

[AceLosesKing]

Wait, so they can take the other premierships, but not the one in 09?

[Garth Kay]

More up to date news:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27022196-5018866,00.html?from=public_rss

[Swanky]

WOW!

[benschke]

How lame is AdelaideNow !! The subject is all about the Melbourne Storm & the NRL so the Advertiser has to throw in a poll from left field titled "ARE AFL CLUBS SALARY CAP CHEATS?" Champagne Journalism......

[Sinitster]

WOW , indeed ...


what sort of game will they be playing for the rest of the season .....

won't be real fair on their opponents will it ? ?

Maybe they should just be banned from playing at all the rest of this season , a bye would be better for the opposition than an injury in a game against them !

[Matty Norwood]

How lame is AdelaideNow !! The subject is all about the Melbourne Storm & the NRL so the Advertiser has to throw in a poll from left field titled "ARE AFL CLUBS SALARY CAP CHEATS?" Champagne Journalism......

standard ignorant adelaide journalism, every thing has to revolve around afl

[Matty Norwood]

WOW , indeed ...


what sort of game will they be playing for the rest of the season .....

won't be real fair on their opponents will it ? ?

Maybe they should just be banned from playing at all the rest of this season , a bye would be better for the opposition than an injury in a game against them !

A few things to consider:

Removing the team from the rest of the season would be impossible, there are coporate sponsorships tv rights, memeberships and season tickets. Other clubs would also face financial loss over this losing home game attendances and game revenues.

I believe the NRL sjould have stripped 16 or 20 premiership points from the storm which would mean they would defiantely have no chance for finals but realistically could still play for the chance of avoiding the wooden spoon. Would at least give the club something to play for.

An interesting point about how they play their football for the remainder of the season is this. The NRL uses a grading and point system for the tribunal. Depending on the charge and the players previous tribunal points decides the suspension issued. Points carry over from season to season. In theory they will be able to work out what kind of a charge will acummulate enough points to get a 3 or 4 week suspension and reset the carry over points to 0. Bassically giving all their players a clean sheet at the start of the next season. Also potentially could hurt certain teams at end of season by targeting opposition playmakers causing injuries.

Players from the storm should still play at a high level as at least 7 will be chasing representative jerseys in the coming months.

This has got the potential to completely ruin the club because there will be a major revenue loss for the remainder of the season as crowd sizes will be down, merchandise sales will also suffer. As a minority sport in melbourne may be hard for them to recover.

[bennymacca]

Players from the storm should still play at a high level as at least 7 will be chasing representative jerseys in the coming months.

if it was me, and this was the only thing worth playing for, it would be very hard to get motivated.

This has got the potential to completely ruin the club because there will be a major revenue loss for the remainder of the season as crowd sizes will be down, merchandise sales will also suffer. As a minority sport in melbourne may be hard for them to recover.

this is a good point. it will be very hard to survive.

casual supporters will want to disassociate themselves with the club, because lets face it, what can you brag about? your premierships were a lie, basically. i feel sorry for the players, because although some of them probably had knowledge of the salary cap rorting, i dare say that others had no idea at all.


the NRL was caught between a rock and a hard place, because as you say, it might very well cause the death of the club