I know its off topic but has anyone heard the breaking news on the melbourne storm ?

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Totally agree! :thumbsu:;;A

CROOKED team in a CROOKED competition has been caught! :D

Any decent sporting body would have expelled these SCUM forever! :mad:

But not the Nationalal Rubbishsh League! :mad:
You're a Brisbane Lions supporter?

You do know that Brisbane and Sydney had/have(?) salary cap concessions allowing I think a 15% higher salary cap to everyone else... During your premiership years too.

Is being backed by a corrupt league better than being supported by corrupt team officials?
 

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It is a bit of a mess, isn't it.

If this happened to Richmond... words.. I have no words..
It wouldn't happen at Richmond!

Richmond are a good club, and play by the rules! Not like that cheating SCUM the melbourne storm!
We better not get stripped of our wooden spoons and 9th place finishes!
 

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Joke of a competiton run by jokes followed by jokes

The WWF is less transparent

Fitzgerald will be a happy man tonight
The blokes at Fox Sports News could hardly keep the smile of their faces..

Disgrace. Do they have any idea there are passionate league fans down here, as passionate as any NSWRL fan, that have had their hearts broken today.
 
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What odds an NRL "stunt" designed to shore up the game in its heartland of Western Sydney and its new frontier the Gold Coast with the spectre of the AFL looming large ...

Loved how Gallop was quoted as saying that there had yet to be any decisions made .... but .... a betting plunge was launched into the wooden spoon ;)
 

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LMAO

the icing on the cake is that they are playing the rest of the season for ... get this ..."no points"

Why laugh... sounds no different to Richmonds 2010, playing for no points. :rolleyes:

At least their players only have to get through the embarrassment of the next 5 months. They leave, pick up a cheque and go on winning games of rugby again.

Us on the other hand....
 

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LMAO

the icing on the cake is that they are playing the rest of the season for ... get this ..."no points"

... and ... there was a massive plunge on the Storm this morning to win the wooden spoon at 250 - 1

Gallop - News LTD. - the whole shabang ... just LMAO

all over what amounts to 3-400k a year .

Who else wouldn't be doing it ????
That's the bizarre part. 2 premierships lost, and the club will likely fold....for that amount of money?????? Storm fans I feel for you. What a ****ing mess.
 

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Not many occassions you'll see Parra & Manly fans united in celebration...but I dare say this is one...
The more i think about it the more it wreaks of a stunt

Absurdly harsh penalties .

... Would love to see all the other clubs stand up , put thier hands on the bible and say that they have not had some dodgy dealings ;)

Ahhh the NRL ... what will they think of next ?

What odds a gold coast or a Wests/Penrith flag this year :thumbsu:;)
 

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The more i think about it the more it wreaks of a stunt

Absurdly harsh penalties .

... Would love to see all the other clubs stand up , put thier hands on the bible and say that they have not had some dodgy dealings ;)

Ahhh the NRL ... what will they think of next ?

What odds a gold coast or a Wests/Penrith flag this year :thumbsu:;)
NSW clubs HATE storm with a passion, and waldron made it EASY...he has a bit to answer for that fella, as CEO thru most of it
 
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NSW clubs HATE storm with a passion, and waldron made it EASY...he has a bit to answer for that fella, as CEO thru most of it
I love how News LTD are wiping thier hands of it
700 k of that 1.7 is this year ...

Our code GAVE Brisbane 600k a year

so is a quarter of a mill a year ... for 4 years ...worth stripping premierships ?

Stunt
 

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They used to I think...nothing on a GC or GWS level in regards to players...League doesn't have a draft either.....I don't follow things that closely anymore...but News Limited have basically propped them up financially for years...

BTW....I've been asking for years how it's possible Brisbane can field a near state of origin strength side season after season...long before Melbourne came on the scene...
 

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What a joke of a league, to let it get to that stage where premierships where won/lost and taken back is an absolute disgrace.

What happens to the history of the NRL? Null and Void, its the most corrupt league and should just fold altogether.
 
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BTW....I've been asking for years how it's possible Brisbane can field a near state of origin strength side season after season...long before Melbourne came on the scene...
I still LMAO @ them winning it in 06 coming from 8th ... go back and have a look at the refereeing in that grandfinal ... hilarious ;)

Brissy Lions making such inroads up there .... answer ? ;)
 
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What a joke of a league, to let it get to that stage where premierships where won/lost and taken back is an absolute disgrace.

What happens to the history of the NRL? Null and Void, its the most corrupt league and should just fold altogether.
That is precisely the point
 

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#47
Totally boring game. Cant even present itself as an alternative to Richmond when we are playing the way we are.

Should be good audience for thier Rugby League Footy Show tonight if even someone like me will tune in tonigh to have a look at it.
 

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#48
Yeah real ****en funny.
Pffft
im sorry for ya tugg I know you're a fan, I recall workmates that were canterbury fans being devastated a few yrs back...If the salary cap has any integrity whatsoever than the penalties make sense...The club is gonna need alot of help from here, I don't believe they are financial beyond the NEWS Ltd lifeline...if that was cut and without an independant commission governing the game, god help their prospects if left to the mercy of the rival club chiefs
 

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They really do deserve to get punished but this is just totally over the top.
Compare their punishment with what the NRL gave to Cantebury a few years back who were a shit load more guilty then the Storm and didn't get half the punishment.

Cantebuty cheated 1.1 M over 2 years

Melbourne cheated 1.7 over 5

Cantebury got their current points taken off them (the year they were caught), taking a likely contender down the bottom.

Melbourne got their current points taken off them (the year they were caught), taking a likely contender down the bottom + not allowing them to accrue any future points (ruining every remaining match for fans, finances, pride, etc) + stripped them of 2 premierships and three minor premierships!!

Doesn't seem right!

Yes, the NRL is really after a Melbourne presence, they only wanted them for some exposure in Melbourne, but their plans went down the toilet when Storm dominated all the other sides from RL areas.
I am done with the NRL and Storm
 
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