Melbourne Storm / Rebels / Waldrom
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Geoff Shaw (53)
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Certainly Noddy. I mean he wasn't spending his own $$$ and I have a feeling that no successful company wouldn't know exactly how their dollars were being spent.
It isn't so much that it's criminal or that he acted alone it's just that it would be bad PR to keep him on. He did at very least behave unethically.
Certainly Noddy. I mean he wasn't spending his own $$$ and I have a feeling that no successful company wouldn't know exactly how their dollars were being spent.
It isn't so much that it's criminal or that he acted alone it's just that it would be bad PR to keep him on. He did at very least behave unethically.
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Trevor Allan (34)
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It's very much so criminal. It's fraud. Rugby league is professional, therefore it's run as a business. All incomings/outgoings must be declared & on record. The architect of this is in serious shit.
Due to fraudulant behaviour, their incomings through prize money (over 1 mill), revenue from finals games, sponsorship, everything has been increased.
How you can say that this is only "unethical" leaves me completely bewildered!
It's very much so criminal. It's fraud. Rugby league is professional, therefore it's run as a business. All incomings/outgoings must be declared & on record. The architect of this is in serious shit.
Due to fraudulant behaviour, their incomings through prize money (over 1 mill), revenue from finals games, sponsorship, everything has been increased.
How you can say that this is only "unethical" leaves me completely bewildered!
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fraud is criminal
Aussie D said:
fraud is criminal
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maybe melbourne will be able to know what real rugby is now?
maybe melbourne will be able to know what real rugby is now?
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daz
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I'm no fan of league, but my heart goes out to the Storm grass-roots fans and supporters. I'd be absolutely gutted and filthy at the management.
Given how tough it has been for the Storm to get huge crowds, are we now watching the death of a footy team? Good news for the Rebels I guess, but still....
I'm no fan of league, but my heart goes out to the Storm grass-roots fans and supporters. I'd be absolutely gutted and filthy at the management.
Given how tough it has been for the Storm to get huge crowds, are we now watching the death of a footy team? Good news for the Rebels I guess, but still....
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Dave Cowper (27)
Re: Melbourne Storm stripped of 2007 + 2009 premierships
As a wise man once wrote a few months back....
As a wise man once wrote a few months back....
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Trevor Allan (34)
Re: Melbourne Storm stripped of 2007 + 2009 premierships
Yeah, I totally second you on that one. The fans have done nothing wrong but they are going to be the ones who suffer the most.
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Yeah, I totally second you on that one. The fans have done nothing wrong but they are going to be the ones who suffer the most.
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what was the faud?
Just to the NRL? I guess we don't know what was reported to the Govt.
If it was bigger picture fraud, as in they weren't declaring certain incomings and outcomings, then yeah, its fraud. But inr reality? In commerical terms? It aint big money. Its slap on the wrist stuff and the board are in more trouble than Waldrom.
If its just what was reported to the NRL that was manipulated, then Waldrom's scott free in my book. From a criminal sense. And I used to watch Night Court!
what was the faud?
Just to the NRL? I guess we don't know what was reported to the Govt.
If it was bigger picture fraud, as in they weren't declaring certain incomings and outcomings, then yeah, its fraud. But inr reality? In commerical terms? It aint big money. Its slap on the wrist stuff and the board are in more trouble than Waldrom.
If its just what was reported to the NRL that was manipulated, then Waldrom's scott free in my book. From a criminal sense. And I used to watch Night Court!
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Michael Lynagh (62)
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No, and you can tell him that Parra won nothing.
The Storm knocked out two teams which could've won in the semis. Plus changes the scope of the finals series.
The minor premierships and be re-awarded to the second team. You simply can't award the premiership to the losing grand finalists.
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No, and you can tell him that Parra won nothing.
The Storm knocked out two teams which could've won in the semis. Plus changes the scope of the finals series.
The minor premierships and be re-awarded to the second team. You simply can't award the premiership to the losing grand finalists.
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Hmm, the article says that it was 1.7 over the last 5 years including 700k for the 2010 year, bit harsh to blame it all on waldron, when did he finish with them? they basically moved 250k a year over the first 4, then went crazy this year
Hmm, the article says that it was 1.7 over the last 5 years including 700k for the 2010 year, bit harsh to blame it all on waldron, when did he finish with them? they basically moved 250k a year over the first 4, then went crazy this year
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Nev Cottrell (35)
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With Fox as the broadcast partner for SANZAR, there is no way Waldron can remain as CEO of the Rebels, regardless of what he might or might not have done while at the Storm. He's tainted by association, and particularly as they were a News owned club, there would always be a cloud over him.
Expect an announcement by tomorrow that the Rebels are in the market for a new CEO as well as a few Storm players, Waldron having stepped down for the good of the club, despite having no knowledge of what went on at the Storm!
With Fox as the broadcast partner for SANZAR, there is no way Waldron can remain as CEO of the Rebels, regardless of what he might or might not have done while at the Storm. He's tainted by association, and particularly as they were a News owned club, there would always be a cloud over him.
Expect an announcement by tomorrow that the Rebels are in the market for a new CEO as well as a few Storm players, Waldron having stepped down for the good of the club, despite having no knowledge of what went on at the Storm!
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Watch as Melbourne Storm crowds dwindle this year, that there beloved team will be excluded from the finals.
Waldrom's gone, no matter what. It's okay, we'll take someone who is willing to take the Melbourne Storm players.
I was reading Chambers' Reds profile the other day, says his most prized possession is that premiership ring they get.
Watch as Melbourne Storm crowds dwindle this year, that there beloved team will be excluded from the finals.
Waldrom's gone, no matter what. It's okay, we'll take someone who is willing to take the Melbourne Storm players.
I was reading Chambers' Reds profile the other day, says his most prized possession is that premiership ring they get.
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daz
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Agree 100%. There is no way a fledgling club in a hostile market looking for sponsers and dues paying members is going to carry a liability like this, regardless of what Waldron did or didn't know.
Sandpit Fan said:
Agree 100%. There is no way a fledgling club in a hostile market looking for sponsers and dues paying members is going to carry a liability like this, regardless of what Waldron did or didn't know.
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