Melbourne Storm, a rugby league side. Yeh they kept 2 seperate books on what players were paid, and when this was discovered they had I think 2 premiership titles stripped from them - as well as their World Club title they won against Leeds Rhinos.
Its one thing for a club to get caught cheating and get punished, but for the record books to say 2011 - "no champion" brings the whole league into disrepute. On 22 February 2012 17:37, Eric B <barl...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah. the salary cap model can be easy to circumvent.. in some leagues > players have been "paid" with cars, services etc. Wasnt it a Melb. rygby > club that was busted big time and they had to sell off lots of players? > Didnt this club win a few trophees as well? If thats the case it shows > its not only our sport that is struggling with finance and level play. > > Eric > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:18 AM, David Komadina <david...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In Oz I'm very used to seeing salary caps in most of the various >> sporting leagues here. Does it work? Despite it there are still clubs >> that are better supported than others, and those that are >> traditionally "big" always seem to fair better than others who still >> manage to get themselves into financial trouble. >> >> There is also the brown paper bag scenario where a player who requires >> more dosh will get it somehow. Like prohibition, something that is not >> wanted will unfortunately see more laws broken. >> >> From a prem league perspective a salary cap would (perceivably) reduce >> English clubs chances of succeding in Europe - therein lies the major >> hurdle I think though. >> >> >> On 22 February 2012 07:01, John Sykes <jsy...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> > All this talk of money and where it goes, brings me to several points. >> > >> > Realistically, how can the Premier League continue to operate unless >> > there >> > is some major shakeup....i.e. some form of equality for the league's >> > teams. >> > Write down on paper the attendance figures for the 20 teams.......and >> > write >> > down each team's payroll if its available. How in hell can a club like >> > Wigan ever expect to win the league championship....never mind more than >> > 50% >> > of the others.....and down into the Championship, how can most of the >> > clubs >> > ever expect to get 1) to the Premier League, and then 2) expect to stay >> > there for very long, unless some sugar-daddy comes along and blows one >> > huge >> > wad of cash. Not too many sugar-daddies around these days. >> >> > >> > Rangers, one of basically two Scottish clubs in recent memory who win >> > the >> > league title.....now in administration, but even with the ten points >> > taken >> > away, remain in second place. That says a lot for the other ten teams >> > in >> > the SPL doesn't it. >> > >> > In my view, the only way there would be any equality in football in the >> > EPL >> > and the FA.....is a salary cap. The top five or six in the PL would be >> > screaming bloody murder, particularly Man U. How could they dominate if >> > they couldn't buy allegedly the best players....and lord it over all the >> > rest like they have. >> > >> > It's worked in many other sports....maybe its about time for >> > football.....different salary caps for the various levels. Yes? No? >> > >> > Sykes >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leedslist mailing list >> > Info and options: >> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> > >> > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
