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Why? The Canterbury thing was released near the end of the season iirc, meaning that any points accrued from then on made no difference. Bit different to it happening 5 or 6 games into the year, when Melbourne could still easily make the finals and win a premiership this year. Its...

You cant really brush ethics aside here. It is the biggest systematic cheating of a competitions rules ever seen in Australian sport. Not sure how this can be in any way defended or brushed aside. I feel sorry for the fans, but I wont for much longer if the 'man this is bullshit, how can...

So it should. Two Canterbury officials spent time in prison, id say a few Melbourne officials will be doing similar.

How many did they win as a direct result of the cheating? None. Cant strip something they didnt win. Not sure how people see it as unfair to be honest. It would need depend on who they were paying but if it means that the Storm have kept 2-3-4-5 players that they shouldnt have....not sure...

So what actually happens now re: the premierships. Does the runner up now get named the premier, or will 2007 and 2009 stand as a N/A in the history books?

Harsh but seemingly very justified.

This is the sticking point for me. I think he most definitely could have invited them in. The fact he apparently acted like the ring leader....I wouldnt be at all surprised if he had some words with a few of the others 'just come in a bit later and we'll see what happens'. Does happen...