$100K, $150K, $200K or $250K....its all unacceptable and way over the top IMO. I think it will be reduced to a more acceptable amount! we will find out soon enough I guess!I recon it will end up being $100k or $150k and the rest suspended.
I think there will be a "suspended" portion too. I doubt they thought that such a huge portion of the public would call it BS. Suspended is a way of reducing while keeping face.I recon it will end up being $100k or $150k and the rest suspended.
Today is the day the club have to tell the NRL if we are appealing I’d be shocked and disappointed if we don’t.$100K, $150K, $200K or $250K....its all unacceptable and way over the top IMO. I think it will be reduced to a more acceptable amount! we will find out soon enough I guess!
The last thing the NRL would want is us to appeal it and make them justify the decision. I think the facts about how this came about should see the light of day!Today is the day the club have to tell the NRL if we are appealing I’d be shocked and disappointed if we don’t.
100% agree. Also we've always been at war with the media and that won't change so better off fighting than playing nice.If anyone had seen the Kent V Beattie interview that was floating around on FB (Linked below now) then we would all be saying NO. I would be advising the NRL that we will pay 20k fine as that would be about on par for the normal, we will not continue to be made an example of (which is what Beattie said) especially while other clubs continue to be unsanctioned for their episodes (Fafita & Dugan podcast, Matt Lodge, Cronulla cheating, Cam Smith cheating etc etc etc). I would saying 250k is ridiculous and you cannot justify the amount based on precedence and if you wish to go to court than let's go. Plus the amount of disrepute the admin is putting the game through is way more damaging than a private function with some stalker taking picture with a telescopic lens.
Edit: Plus for once public opinion is clearly on our side in this issue, I would say 90% of the RL fans agree this is BS.
Edit2: Furthermore I would be taking the DT and photographers to court regarding the pictures and lack of permission. I would rather our club throw 250k towards court costs and making a statement that our club will no longer allow the biased attitude to continue and be made examples of just because we can afford it.
We should Say NO to the criminalsMy thoughts are we should inform the NRL we have fined the players and will not be paying the $250K fine, at the end of the day what can the NRL do to impose it? if we dont pay it are they going to Fine us again?