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  • Melbourne Storm Salary Cap Scandal - three player managers banned.

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    THREE of the game's biggest player managers - Isaac Moses, David Riolo and George Mimis - have been sensationally banned over their roles in the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal.

    The trio has been suspended from representing hundreds of stars for the next six months after being found guilty of contributing to the systematic rort, which led to Melbourne being stripped of two premierships in 2010.

    A fourth manager, Allan Gainey, received an official caution after pleading guilty to the Player Agent Accreditation Committee (PAA).

    The quartet act for several of the 13 players the NRL's independent audit named as receiving illicit inducements, including Cameron Smith (Moses), Greg Inglis (Gainey), Billy Slater (Mimis) and Ryan Hoffman (Riolo).

    The Daily Telegraph can reveal they were informed of the punishments on Tuesday night, following a landmark meeting of the committee's seven-man board.

    The decision has since been kept top-secret, with leading NRL officials unaware of the development when contacted last night. An official announcement will be made today, but sources close to the suspended agents warned they could apply for NSW Supreme Court injuctions immediately.

    The exiled trio used the same barrister - Alan Sullivan QC - to plead their innocence, and do not understand why Gainey can still operate after admitting knowledge about secret inducements to Inglis. Along with Smith and Slater, the Test centre also received "side letters" promising payments in excess of his registered contract.

    The autographs of both Gainey and Moses appeared on letters given to Inglis and Smith respectively, but Mimis's signature was absent from Slater's letter.

    The PAA issued "show cause" notices over a year ago, but did not interview the agents until February.

    There are also private concerns the committee failed to address conflict of interest concerns given two members - Wayne Beavis and Andrew Purcell - are rival managers.

    Mimis was the lone agent to return calls last night and confirmed his lawyers had been told of the PAA's verdict.

    "As has been the case from the very start, I'll be vigorously defending my innocence and reputation," Mimis said.

    The bans will prevent all three agents from negotiating NRL contracts until after this year's grand final, but have no impact on their other business operations.

    Mimis is the managing director of SFX Sports and commands one of the game's heaviest stables, with Wayne Bennett, Des Hasler, Darren Lockyer and Danny Buderus all on his books.

    Perhaps more crucially, however, is the fact that Mimis has been overseeing talks between Canterbury and Manly over Kieran Foran.

    Riolo and Moses jointly front Titan Management, which represents elite players such as Paul Gallen, Michael Jennings and Todd Carney.

    Their bans could also impact on negotiations surrounding off-contract stars Tony Williams, Steve Turner and Anthony Minichiello. Neither Moses, Riolo nor Gainey returned calls, and PAA chief executive Neil Cadigan did not return calls.

  • #2
    Most are part of companies. so banning the individual has little impact IMO

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    • #3
      This has been a farce from the begginning. No suspension of Cam Smith proves it still is.

      Chook.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Chook:202394
        This has been a farce from the begginning. No suspension of Cam Smith proves it still is.

        Chook.
        Guilty until proven innocent hey?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Spanner in the works View Post
          Guilty until proven innocent hey?
          He was the only player to have signed two contracts = guilty of knowingly rorting the cap. Should have been banned for life.

          Chook.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Chook:202403
            Originally posted by Spanner in the works View Post
            Guilty until proven innocent hey?
            He was the only player to have signed two contracts = guilty of knowingly rorting the cap. Should have been banned for life.

            Chook.
            Prove it. Prove he knew. Unless you can prove it, the only thing you are doing is raising issues around defamation.

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            • #7
              Yet the players knew nothing?

              Give me a farrken break!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Spanner in the works View Post
                Prove it. Prove he knew. Unless you can prove it, the only thing you are doing is raising issues around defamation.
                Geesus, are you really this stupid? Smith signed two separate contracts for the same period at Melb, one registered with the NRL and one to be kept hidden. The hidden one included Smiths deal to provide "professional services" to Foxtel for 25K a year which he actually mentioned on air which wasn't part of this contract registered with the NRL. It's still very curious how that deal between two News Limited companies was never picked up or mentioned as part of the Delloittes report into the rorting?

                And to allay your fears there is nothing libel about anything I've said. It is all part of public record.

                Chook.

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                • #9
                  be easy to prove if all the documents were available and the players involved actually told the truth?

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                  • #10
                    i thought it was revealed that several of them signed two contracts, and Cammy actually signed three?!?!?!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by stephenj View Post
                      be easy to prove if all the documents were available and the players involved actually told the truth?
                      Good luck trying to get access to the complete Deloittes report. Not even Gallop has seen it...but that didn't stop that news limited puppet from endorsing it.

                      Chook.

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                      • #12
                        What an absolute joke. The agents do something illegal and get slapped with a 6 month ban. This will not affect them one bit as all have staff with player management accreditation. A life ban should have been a minimum. End of story. This punishment will only send a message to all other managers that it is ok to keep doing it.

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                        • #13
                          What a joke.

                          It's funny how the press went after O'Sullivan but Bellamy and Smith apparently did nothing wrong.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Chook:202415
                            Originally posted by Spanner in the works View Post
                            Prove it. Prove he knew. Unless you can prove it, the only thing you are doing is raising issues around defamation.
                            Geesus, are you really this stupid? Smith signed two separate contracts for the same period at Melb, one registered with the NRL and one to be kept hidden. The hidden one included Smiths deal to provide "professional services" to Foxtel for 25K a year which he actually mentioned on air which wasn't part of this contract registered with the NRL. It's still very curious how that deal between two News Limited companies was never picked up or mentioned as part of the Delloittes report into the rorting?

                            And to allay your fears there is nothing libel about anything I've said. It is all part of public record.

                            Chook.
                            LOL! You need to prove he knew they were cheating the cap. He can sign a hundred contracts. Until you prove he knew then all you are doing is creating rumour and half-truths. Dealt with enough lawyers in my lifetime to know you need proof....

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Spanner in the works:202460
                              Originally posted by Chook:202415
                              Originally posted by Spanner in the works View Post
                              Prove it. Prove he knew. Unless you can prove it, the only thing you are doing is raising issues around defamation.
                              Geesus, are you really this stupid? Smith signed two separate contracts for the same period at Melb, one registered with the NRL and one to be kept hidden. The hidden one included Smiths deal to provide "professional services" to Foxtel for 25K a year which he actually mentioned on air which wasn't part of this contract registered with the NRL. It's still very curious how that deal between two News Limited companies was never picked up or mentioned as part of the Delloittes report into the rorting?

                              And to allay your fears there is nothing libel about anything I've said. It is all part of public record.

                              Chook.
                              LOL! You need to prove he knew they were cheating the cap. He can sign a hundred contracts. Until you prove he knew then all you are doing is creating rumour and half-truths. Dealt with enough lawyers in my lifetime to know you need proof....
                              Unless you're a complete dumb arse, you'd have to question the reasons behind signing multiple contracts.

                              Smith is no dumb arse.

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