SO WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS

[BIG JIM]

Acting CEO Hanson, Former CEO Waldron so far.but in the press conference its says 5 people knew of the false auditing.Stood down at the moment is Hanson and a senior member of the team.Does this mean a player or Bellamy

[bula]

Ide hat to think Bellamy was involved or Cam given he's the captain.
I've got a bad feeling Waldron and Bellamy knew. Please be wrong

[BIG JIM]

Bellamy has made a statement but cant find it,he has said he will be there for the long run so will players TIME WILL TELL

[BigG]

Bellamy has made a statement but cant find it,he has said he will be there for the long run so will players TIME WILL TELL

O'Sullavan comes to mind!!!!

What the fans need to do is still get behind the players this weekend and show their support for them. It's the accounting that is at fault, the players have no idea what each other is on money wise, it's the bean counters at the top who have gone over the limit and now the Players and Fans are suffering. I have it on good authority that players are in bits and there were a few tears this morning when it was announced. How empty must they be feeling right now.

So lets get behind them this weekend and show the players, who you go to watch week in week out that we are behind them.

[BIG JIM]

Too right Big G its true let us get behind the players.

[Joe_Storm_FB_2025]

Bellamy has made a statement but cant find it,he has said he will be there for the long run so will players TIME WILL TELL

Also said that he, his staff and all the players had no idea that the club was doing shifties.

[minichick]

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Bellamy has made a statement but cant find it,he has said he will be there for the long run so will players TIME WILL TELL
Also said that he, his staff and all the players had no idea that the club was doing shifties.

If Craig or the players were involved then that will be the kicker for me. Craig really seems like a straight up bloke - if he knew then I'm quite possibly gone. I can support players and coaches who didn't know, after all admin is often quite removed from the 'ground' as it were. BUT if they were all in on it, I can't really support that kind of dishonesty.

[mahoobla]

I'm with you minichick - right now my heart is telling that there is no way Bellamy or the players could have known about this. If it turns out that they did - I would not be able to support them any longer. I will be there on Sunday for the players and coach and I will give them a standing ovation - they need our support. They have worked their guts out for the club - they must be shattered.

[bula]

Yep, if the players and Bellamy were involved, I won't support them until there's a new coach and roster.

[Michael :P]

There was speculation Storm was in trouble for salary cap breaches early last year, which could have been a result of the earlier seizure of documents, but that came to nothing due to the club's denials.

It has emerged that Hanson, who resigned his post last Thursday and then detailed the extent of the club's activities to the players on Friday, offered his resignation to Waldron in November 2008.

That was just six months after he joined the club on what was supposed to be a temporary basis, during which time he became aware of what was going on.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/audit ... 5858111065

Combine this with something I read yesterday and Matt Hanson may be as much a victim as anybody

[Thor19]

there was some absolute crap written(courier mail)  about Bellamy needing to resign - he must have known.
Watch out they will be a lot of "must have knowns".

The gist of it being he needed to have known what was paid to recruit and get rid of players.
So here is the scene - Bellamy to Waldron - Can you get me that file from your home to check out the player payments?
or let's go to your home to work out next year's roster?

I don't think so .. Bellamy seems like the type of guy that if there was wrongdoing he would crack it and walk away.
That is the mentality he has instilled into the team. That is what is coming out from the players.

There will still be more "gutter press" or "bum and tits" press to come out. 90% will be crap to get a headline

[Buzz]

Coaches are always kept away from payments and contracts with players. Coaches look at their list, and tell the football operations and recruitment guys "this is who is expendable" and "this is who we need". It's then up to those guys to work the numbers and the CEO to do the deals.

[Michael :P]

Yet more evidence that Matt Hanson shouldnt be ostrisized

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5858550782

Bolded the most important point in this article, seems like we may not have to get rid of many more players.

One source suggested yesterday he had already managed total player payments down over the next two seasons, leaving the Storm only $230,000 over the cap in 2011 and $260,000 over in 2012.

It has been made clear since the scandal broke that the amount of the club's breach on player salaries had snowballed from an average of $200,000 a year between 2006 and 2008, to $400,000 for 2009 and $700,000 for 2010.
At least one player agent was trying to negotiate a new contract for an emerging star this year and was told by Hanson words to the effect of: "This is all we can pay."

[CooperCronk]

Player agents have got a lot to answer for also.

[Ice]

Bolded the most important point in this article, seems like we may not have to get rid of many more players.

One source suggested yesterday he had already managed total player payments down over the next two seasons, leaving the Storm only $230,000 over the cap in 2011 and $260,000 over in 2012.

It has been made clear since the scandal broke that the amount of the club's breach on player salaries had snowballed from an average of $200,000 a year between 2006 and 2008, to $400,000 for 2009 and $700,000 for 2010.
At least one player agent was trying to negotiate a new contract for an emerging star this year and was told by Hanson words to the effect of: "This is all we can pay."

If that's true (lets face it we don't know what is and isn't atm) then it's very interesting indeed and obviously very good news for us in regards to player retention. That said i'm not getting my hopes up too much right now, i'm just wondering with all the talk of players we'd allegedly have to shed and the absolute shellacking we've copped from every angle why the Storm wouldn't have come out earlier than this was revealed and make it be known? Whatever the case that'll be great news for us if true so here's hoping.