Philistine
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We were salary cap compliant in 2004 and we won fair and square. We cheated in 2002 and we had points deducted, which meant we could not win that year. I am fine with that.
Melbourne won in 2007 and 2009 and their transgressions only came to light some time after the second win. The NRL reacted by declaring that their two wins were null and void, and nobody won the premiership in those years. This was a totally empty and meaningless gesture, even by NRL standards, as, apart from the beaten finalists' supporters, there would be nobody who follows the footy who doesn't regard Storm as premiers in those two years. What the NRL might have done could be the subject of a whole new debate, but what they did do was pointless and ineffective.
Melbourne won in 2007 and 2009 and their transgressions only came to light some time after the second win. The NRL reacted by declaring that their two wins were null and void, and nobody won the premiership in those years. This was a totally empty and meaningless gesture, even by NRL standards, as, apart from the beaten finalists' supporters, there would be nobody who follows the footy who doesn't regard Storm as premiers in those two years. What the NRL might have done could be the subject of a whole new debate, but what they did do was pointless and ineffective.