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Won’t tolerate salary cap cheating’: Warning after Smith’s manager makes stunning allegation
Brandon Smith’s manager last week made the stunning allegation that at least one NRL team offered the Roosters star an illegal payment outside the salary cap during negotiations last year.
Now ARLC Chairman Peter V’landys has responded to the “serious allegation” and sent a warning to all 17 clubs in the competition.
It comes after Stan Martin, Smith’s manager, told News Corp last week that one club “offered me a backhander”.
No brown paper bags,” Martin said. “Everything we do must be above board.
“But I had no interest in anything dodgy like that,” he added, also stressing that the Roosters had operated entirely within NRL salary cap rules in successfully signing Smith.
Martin did not name the team, although speaking to The Daily Telegraph, V’landys called on him to substantiate the claims while adding the NRL won’t “tolerate salary cap cheating”, should it be proven.
“If Brandon Smith’s manager has some information, I encourage him to make that information available to the NRL integrity unit,” V’landys said.
“It’s a serious allegation. If he has evidence of some club trying to cheat the system, he should immediately hand it to the integrity unit for them to investigate.
“If he can provide some evidence, we will certainly be taking action, no fear or favour.”
www.foxsports.com.au
He was in serious talks with Titans and the Dolphins. I doubt our club would risk doing something stupid like that and risk getting deregistered.
Brandon Smith’s manager last week made the stunning allegation that at least one NRL team offered the Roosters star an illegal payment outside the salary cap during negotiations last year.
Now ARLC Chairman Peter V’landys has responded to the “serious allegation” and sent a warning to all 17 clubs in the competition.
It comes after Stan Martin, Smith’s manager, told News Corp last week that one club “offered me a backhander”.
No brown paper bags,” Martin said. “Everything we do must be above board.
“But I had no interest in anything dodgy like that,” he added, also stressing that the Roosters had operated entirely within NRL salary cap rules in successfully signing Smith.
Martin did not name the team, although speaking to The Daily Telegraph, V’landys called on him to substantiate the claims while adding the NRL won’t “tolerate salary cap cheating”, should it be proven.
“If Brandon Smith’s manager has some information, I encourage him to make that information available to the NRL integrity unit,” V’landys said.
“It’s a serious allegation. If he has evidence of some club trying to cheat the system, he should immediately hand it to the integrity unit for them to investigate.
“If he can provide some evidence, we will certainly be taking action, no fear or favour.”
‘Won’t tolerate salary cap cheating’: Warning after Smith’s manager makes stunning allegation
‘Won’t tolerate salary cap cheating’: Warning after Smith’s manager’s stunning allegation
www.foxsports.com.au
He was in serious talks with Titans and the Dolphins. I doubt our club would risk doing something stupid like that and risk getting deregistered.
