Melbourne Storm Salary Cap Breach. What would it do to the Swans.

[Matty10]

I suppose that the difference with the Swans is that you have a long history to look back on and remember fondly - even if for most of their history they were not really that successful. Individual games, players performances, brownlow medalists, the history of community and re-establishment etc. The current players, coaches and administrators can all be replaced and the club would still have a great past to look back on with admiration and respect.

The problem for the Storm is that when you strip them back there really isn't any other history to fall back on.

[Bloods05]

cheques and balances

Love it.

[Damien]

Carlton got to play and accrue points, they just lost draft picks. A lot different to the Storm situation where every game is a dead rubber. It would be so hard for fans to deal with 20 rounds of that.

That would be way above average for an NRL game.

Slightly below average. 17K is the 2010 average for NRL, was 16K plus last year.

[goswannie14]

Carlton got to play and accrue points, they just lost draft picks. A lot different to the Storm situation where every game is a dead rubber. It would be so hard for fans to deal with 20 rounds of that.

To say I am extremely pissed off would be an understatement.

[ash3]

Just because you don't want it doesn't mean that is the general consensus. On the other hand, there are many people who say the same thing about Aussie Rules in Sydney. That being the case, the Swans should pack up and come back to Melbourne? Or does the argument you have put only work when it fits your parameters?

By all means bring the swans back to Melbourne and take that crap back up to Sydney.

[smasher]

Maybe the NRL should have given Storm the extra million in the salery cap that we get.(and Brisbane as well).Hindsight is a great thing.

[goswannie14]

Maybe the NRL should have given Storm the extra million in the salery cap that we get.(and Brisbane as well).Hindsight is a great thing.

I had thought the same thing, although they wouldn't need anywhere need that much. For the previous 4 seasons the breach totalled $1,000,000.

Interestingly, the Bulldogs were that amount over in 2 seasons and only copped a slap on the wrist compared to the Storm.

[stellation]

I think that Sydney and Brisbane were allowed 115% of the salary cap and it looks lilke the Storm with their breaches would have spent about 110% of the salary cap.

[ROK Lobster]

Pity that the NRL plays for a trophy and not prize like ours. The we could have made jokes about storms in premiershiip cups etc.

From a RWO point of view it would have been so much better if this had have blown up in the off season. We could have merged the thread with a death penalty one.

[goswannie14]

Pity that the NRL plays for a trophy and not prize like ours. The we could have made jokes about storms in premiershiip cups etc.

From a RWO point of view it would have been so much better if this had have blown up in the off season. We could have merged the thread with a death penalty one.

What happened to that annual thread this off season???

[Triple B]

What happened to that annual thread this off season???

That's what you get for punting Layby.

He was integral to all the feisty threads.