It is true because like contracts, TPA's (which include boxing matches and presenter duties) have to be registered and approved with the NRL.
Do clubs breach the cap, absolutely, every year we hear of this club or that one (even mine) breaching the cap to the tune of 50-500 grand and many times they self-report when discovered as it's simply bad book keeping. I'm half expecting us to get breached next year with all the second tier players we used this year due to the injuries.
But the days or systemic rorting in the same vein as yours or the Storm set up are long gone as it's been proven you can't keep them secret. Players talk, employees talk, eventually someone who's involved either gets cold feet or ushered out the door and they spill the beans.
The fact you believe my club is involved in one of those types of rorts and has gotten away with it for this long is both insulting and complementary at the same time.
I have plenty of respect for your opinion on most things. But in this instance you resemble people in the thread about corruption and misdeeds of the church who are too emotionally invested to admit that the institution they love can do wrong.
When our cheating payments were disclosed it was by a potential builder from memory that lost out on a contract that was worth millions. He exposed the fact that the club was sponsoring Anasta through the Oasis project which supposedly led to the NRL investigating it fully.
When Melbourne were caught, it was supposedly a secretary who handed over the second set of books.
So far no player I know of has come forward and admitted that they've fraudulently accepted payments direct from the club outside the cap. You also rarely see bank robbers step forward and admit they were in the wrong. Burglars don't often walk into the police station and let them know they stole shit. Pedophiles don't often come forward of their own accord.
So it's not surprising to me that Roosters players don't put their names at risk by freely admitting they knowingly collect payments that cheat the salary cap.
Your club hasn't been caught out. Doesn't mean they aren't guilty of anything.