Who needs Deloitte when we have Phil Rothfield?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:29 am
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/b ... 5878139332
Another example of why the players are legitimately concerned about the leaks from the NRL and News Ltd, speak to Deloitte today and the details of your contract (at least the made up details) are on the backpage of the Telegraph tomorrow!!
Maybe the NRL should be trying to find out who is doing the leaking, just like they are investigating the leaking of the penalties and the betting fiasco!!! The NRL or News Ltd directors - oh, that's rght, they're one and the same!!Brian Waldron's letter of lies
* Exclusive by Phil Rothfield
* From: The Daily Telegraph
* June 11, 2010 12:00AM
THIS is the bombshell letter disgraced former Storm boss Brian Waldron sent to the NRL in 2005, vowing to act with honesty and integrity in all salary cap dealings.
Instead he engineered the most elaborate cheating scandal in Australian sporting history, leading to the club being stripped of two premierships.
Read the letter below
The letter, signed by Waldron, was sent to salary cap auditor Ian Schubert in February 2005, not long after Waldron became chief executive of the club.
"It is a commitment of this administration to work within all rules and regulations of the NRL," Waldron wrote to Schubert in explaining a $120,000 cap breach by the previous administration. "Melbourne Storm is committed to acting with honesty and integrity in its salary cap dealings, a stance fully supported and expected by News Limited executives."
Melbourne-based crisis PR expert Michael Smith, who is acting for Waldron, sent us a text message, saying: "Brian has nothing to say about the letter - it seems to speak for itself. Thanks for the offer."
In the letter, Waldron claimed the Storm would operate $35,000 under the salary cap that season.
Instead, it has now emerged that a year after sending the letter to Schubert, Melbourne Storm was close to $300,000 over the salary cap in 2006.
Now we know that, far from adhering to the lofty principles set out in his letter, Waldron set up a secret second set of books to hide his charade. One player, skipper Cameron Smith, even had three different contracts, though he may not have known this amounted to a breach.
The extent of cheating grew each season as young players like Smith, Billy Slater, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk emerged as champions and superstars of the code.
The rorting reached $900,000 in 2009, an estimated $950,000 this year and up to a staggering $1.5 million for 2011.
NRL officials refused to comment last night on the letter leaked to The Daily Telegraph because of the ongoing court action by the Storm's independent directors against the games's administrators.
Investigators working on the Storm scandal have a copy of the letter and hundreds of emails seized from the hard drives on computers at club headquarters.
The investigators are continuing attempts to interview players and their agents.
Another example of why the players are legitimately concerned about the leaks from the NRL and News Ltd, speak to Deloitte today and the details of your contract (at least the made up details) are on the backpage of the Telegraph tomorrow!!