NRL Commission Dumps McIntyre Finals System (Merged threads)

[Hawkeye]

Much better system ..... have always said, you should know before kick off if a semi is a knockout or not, rather than playing your game then waiting around all weekend to see if you are eliminated !

[melon....]

Best news since Rudd resigned.

[Guest]

Best news since Rudd resigned.

It's been a good day.

[Guest]

Does anyone here actually know what the term "to quash" means?

I suggest you should have gone with "Abandons", the slightly clunky "has done away with" or even "has torn up the McIntyre finals system" but not quashed. It means something else.


Reject as invalid, esp. by legal procedure: "his conviction was quashed on appeal".

I know the second meaning is "to do away with" but that's in a non-verbal sense.

For example.

The Prime Minister wishes to quash any speculation of a leadership challenge.

I mean next you'll be splitting infinitives.

[rooster_booster]

Best news since Rudd resigned.

Don't hold your breath, he may be PM again soon

[chook 56]

Don't hold your breath, he may be PM again soon

A no win situ.
We end up with a politician, no matter what :/

[redwhiteblue]

A no win situ.
We end up with a politician, no matter what :/

Ha! Ha!

[Guest]

Can't agree there. In my opinion David Gallop is the best administrator this game has ever had.

Everyone was fully aware that the NRL has been dominating the Pay TV ratings for years. Yet somehow Foxtel ended up with a massive discount in the previous NRL TV rights deal compared to the AFL. Anyone who had anything to do with those negotiations should be sacked starting with Gallop.

I will not consider the Independent Commission as "indepedent" until all those previously affiliated with News Corp have been removed from the decision making process.

[Guest]

Does anyone here actually know what the term "to quash" means?

I suggest you should have gone with "Abandons", the slightly clunky "has done away with" or even "has torn up the McIntyre finals system" but not quashed. It means something else.


Reject as invalid, esp. by legal procedure: "his conviction was quashed on appeal".

I know the second meaning is "to do away with" but that's in a non-verbal sense.

For example.

The Prime Minister wishes to quash any speculation of a leadership challenge.

I mean next you'll be splitting infinitives.

Who said anything about quash, the thread title says squash, as in to crush! See below:

squash 1 (skwsh, skwôsh)
n.
1. Any of various tendril-bearing plants of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers.
2. The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.
[From alteration of Narragansett askútasquash.]
squash 2 (skwsh, skwôsh)

Also lovely mixed with butter & some mixed herbs and even more pertinent to the thread:

v. squash, squashed, squash·ing, squash·es
v.tr.
1. To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See Synonyms at crush.
2. To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
3. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.
v.intr.
1. To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.
2. To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.
n.
1.
a. The act or sound of squashing.
b. The fact or condition of being squashed.
2. A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people.
3. Sports A racket game played in a closed walled court with a rubber ball.
4. Chiefly British A citrus-based soft drink.

[Guest]

It said quash last night, when I wrote that Arcturo.

[Guest]

It said quash last night, when I wrote that Arcturo.

Oh, ok sorry, missed that!