2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:35 am  

Should this be ours now?

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:37 am  

faxflyer25 wrote:

Should this be ours now?

can we have the prize money as well!?

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:43 am  

faxflyer25 wrote:

Should this be ours now?

No, I don't think so.
We didn't win it, what about the teams Barrow beat on the way to the Final.
It's done now, onwards to 2012.

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:46 am  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
No, I don't think so.
We didn't win it, what about the teams Barrow beat on the way to the Final.
It's done now, onwards to 2012.

I totally agree. That's in the past and we had the chance to win it on the field. I would feel uncomfortable winning it by default. As for the prize money, if Barrow was made to pay it back it could see them go bust and out of existence and I wouldn't want to see any team do that.

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:49 am  

In my view Johnson should be made to pay the prize money back and it should be shared out with the other teams in the 2009 play offs but in reality this will never happen.

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:25 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
No, I don't think so.
We didn't win it, what about the teams Barrow beat on the way to the Final.
It's done now, onwards to 2012.

not sure our solicitor or players missing out on bonuses will see it like that, the can of worms could be endless on this. and if you did this in boxing, horses or football to win the main prize u would be locked up for a long time so why should it be any different in rugby league

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:21 pm  

lmw wrote:

not sure our solicitor or players missing out on bonuses will see it like that, the can of worms could be endless on this. and if you did this in boxing, horses or football to win the main prize u would be locked up for a long time so why should it be any different in rugby league

Are you suggesting we will take legal action?
If so, against who?

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:42 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
Are you suggesting we will take legal action?
If so, against who?

the person who was found to be cheating us and the other teams out of prize money?
im saying the club and other clubs should stand up to any cheat of this nature for the sake of its fans who were also robbed of the reason they support their club.
do you feel being banned from the game is big enough punishment? i go to my earlier examples

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:50 pm  

Don't see how it legalally would effect the playing side of things. As a business they cheated and assembled something outside of the set ruling but our 17 players still didn't beat the 17 players they faced that day so they can't have a winning bonus. If those 17 players at Barrow were all taking drugs which had a direct positive effect on the performances throughout the season then that would be different. Barrow's players shouldn't be receiving any punishment in the way of suggesting THEY cheated because they didn't. Each week they turned up and beat other teams together, the fact they shouldn't have played together is the main issue but that's not their problem.

Re: 2009 championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:24 pm  

lmw wrote:

the person who was found to be cheating us and the other teams out of prize money?
im saying the club and other clubs should stand up to any cheat of this nature for the sake of its fans who were also robbed of the reason they support their club.
do you feel being banned from the game is big enough punishment? i go to my earlier examples

No wish to fall out, but, I do think an 8 year ban and 29 points deduction is sufficient.
On second thought's perhaps a lifetime ban and 29 points would have been preferable.
But, from my little knowledge of the law, a life time ban would be overturned by every court in the land.