Storm report

[Guest]

Surprise surprise. Inglis signs with another News LTD owned team. One with a water-tight salary-cap rort in place.

[stephenj]

has that grub signed with someone? brisbane rorters of course?

[Guest]

Frank Stanton wrote this and it was up on their website.

As you have no doubt heard, the findings of the Deloitte investigation into salary cap breaches at the Storm have just been released.

It is now estimated that the total value of salary cap breaches between 2006 and 2010 is over $3 million.

There will be a lot of media coverage today and in the days ahead, and this will be another difficult period for the Melbourne Storm family.

But you have proven over the past few months that Melbourne Storm supporters are the most loyal and dedicated in the NRL.

I want to thank you once again for the extraordinary support you have shown and I urge you to maintain your faith.

We are determined to rebuild this club and ensure that the Storm will be a serious contender for the NRL Premiership in 2011.

We still have a lot to do and we do not underestimate the enormity of the challenge ahead of us. A new chief executive officer will be appointed soon and his job, together with the club’s management, will be to ensure that we field a competitive team next year that is under the salary cap.

News Limited confirmed today that it is committed to the Storm in Melbourne – and to rebuilding our great club.

John Hartigan, chairman and chief executive of News, said he shares the pain of Storm supporters because we are all paying the price for the actions of a small group of individuals.

Like me, John believes the Storm will be premiers again – and that the path to that future premiership begins today.

Our team has shown remarkable resilience since April and proven many people wrong by the way they have played for pride, their teammates and their supporters. I am sure that they will do us proud against the Warriors in Auckland on Saturday.

Thank you again for your ongoing and magnificent support and I look forward to providing more information in the weeks ahead.

Frank Stanton
Acting Chief Executive Officer

[Guest]

Is that the same Frank Stanton who new about the rorts in the first place?

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...719-10hw3.html

SENIOR News Ltd executives were told of salary cap breaches at the Storm as early as February but did nothing to address the problem, the rugby league club's former acting chief executive Matt Hanson has alleged.
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Chook.

[stephenj]

he was always the shifty cranky franky at manly, why would he change?