Not AFL, but biggest footy story EVER!!! Storm outed!!

Milan Faletic · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:01pm

Saintsfan wrote:Is this Saints Footy?

I don't get it.

saintsRrising · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:01pm

Most glad I am not going to NSW or QLD next week...or even even SA...just imagine the constant ribbing you would get even though one has nothing to do with the Storm.

SENsei · Post: # 910678Post **SENsei** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:02pm

Just quoted on SEN as John Hartigan saying "Brian Waldron was the architect".

Oh dear.

Milan Faletic · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:02pm

Who is going to sponsor this club now?

Saintsfan · Post: # 910680Post **Saintsfan** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:02pm

plugger66 wrote:The NRL have another problem and this time in their own head quarters. The storm were backed today to win over one million by finishing last. How could that happen.

bingo...but will the bookies pay out considering the way the wooden spoon is going to be won? Essentially the market has been tampered with (the storm losing everything)

Saintsfan · Post: # 910682Post **Saintsfan** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:05pm

Milan Faletic wrote:
Saintsfan wrote:Is this Saints Footy?
I don't get it.

T'was in jest re our previous discussions about defining our football etc and my disagreement at it all...

Milton66 · Post: # 910690Post **Milton66** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:08pm

Milan Faletic wrote:
Saintsfan wrote:Is this Saints Footy?
I don't get it.

Obviously not.

saintsRrising · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:09pm

Milan Faletic wrote:Who is going to sponsor this club now?

New Ltd own it and pick up the tab.

Reputedly they have been pumping in vasts sums over the years.....t

Sobraz · Post: # 910692Post **Sobraz** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:09pm

SENsaintsational wrote:Just quoted on SEN as John Hartigan saying "Brian Waldron was the architect".

Oh dear.

Why "oh dear"??... cos the Storm share the office down at Visy Park??... Maybe Brian picked up his payment scheme from his Visy collegues??

BAM! (shhhh) · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:17pm

Two words: Black Sox

It took Babe Ruth to save Major League Baseball from the fallout.

"Say it ain't so Joe!"

The cynic in me thinks that AFL HQ wonders why they didn't think of investing $1.7 Million that way - NRL has just had their "growth" strategy set back 12 years, their fanbase disenfranchised, and now one of the greatest dynasty's in the history of their sport told there's nothing to play for until 2011.

Personally, I bet whichever auditor found those "2nd" books must've wished at least a few times between then and now that they hadn't...

Milan Faletic · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:17pm

Milton66 wrote:
Milan Faletic wrote:
Saintsfan wrote:Is this Saints Footy?
I don't get it.
Obviously not.

Being sarcastic. What relevance does that have in any way to this thread? So funny

Mr Magic · Post: # 910703Post **Mr Magic** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:18pm

plugger66 wrote:The NRL have another problem and this time in their own head quarters. The storm were backed today to win over one million by finishing last. How could that happen.

Actually I heard on radio the bet was $40,000 @ 250-1 which makes the payout$10,000,000 adn not 1 million.

I'd love to know how the NRL can explain that?

Maybe it's those who were the architects of the scheme at Storm who wanted a final 'payday'?

saint66au · Post: # 910705Post **saint66au** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:19pm

Just a very slight clarification on the OP

AFAIK the Storms 1999 flag is not affected..so not stripped of ALL their premierships?

Milan Faletic · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:20pm

Saintsfan wrote:
Milan Faletic wrote:
Saintsfan wrote:Is this Saints Footy?
I don't get it.
T'was in jest re our previous discussions about defining our football etc and my disagreement at it all...

I know. I'm laughing my head off. How on earth is that relevant in any way to this thread? Hold on to that slender thread, you may be able to keep using it on any old thread...you King of Comedy!

I'm being jovial too....hilarious isn't it

mordi · Post: # 910718Post **mordi** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:22pm

he was at Richmond before us...........fat lot of good he did them...

SENsei · Post: # 910720Post **SENsei** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:23pm

Sobraz wrote:
SENsaintsational wrote:Just quoted on SEN as John Hartigan saying "Brian Waldron was the architect".

Oh dear.
Why "oh dear"??... cos the Storm share the office down at Visy Park??... Maybe Brian picked up his payment scheme from his Visy collegues??

Oh dear for two reasons.

I know him.

And odds on, investigations will go through other codes where those people have been. Was just spoken about on SEN. Where has Brian been before?

bergholt · Post: # 910723Post **bergholt** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:24pm

Mr Magic wrote:
plugger66 wrote:The NRL have another problem and this time in their own head quarters. The storm were backed today to win over one million by finishing last. How could that happen.
Actually I heard on radio the bet was $40,000 @ 250-1 which makes the payout $10,000,000 adn not 1 million.

I'd love to know how the NRL can explain that?

Maybe it's those who were the architects of the scheme at Storm who wanted a final 'payday'?

well, they have to pay back the prizemoney so maybe that's how they're planning to do it.

definitely time to try and poach a few more good hunts.

Mr Magic · Post: # 910726Post **Mr Magic** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:26pm

Does anybody seriously believe that the managers of the Storm players had no inkling of what was going on?

And given that they also manage players at other Clubs, that they wouldn't have been asking for similar 'creative arrangements' from clubs other than Melbourne Storm?

This is a far different situation than Carlton where many of the players involved in their rorting were managed by the same manager.

I would suggest that there may well be at least a cursory 'please explain investigation' from the AFL to St Kilda where Brian Waldron was the CEO in the early part of the decade.
Unless of course, as has been suggested earlier in this thread, the scheme was learned at Visy Park?

dcstkfc · Post: # 910733Post **dcstkfc** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:31pm

BigD wrote:I'm tipping Brian Waldron is waiting out at the International Terminal in dark glasses and a wig for the Argentina flight - Tony Mokabel style!

Most wanted man in Australia right about now.

Shame the planes aren't running....

Too bloody right.

Thank heavens he left us.

SENsei · Post: # 910735Post **SENsei** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:34pm

Mr Magic wrote:Does anybody seriously believe that the managers of the Storm players had no inkling of what was going on?

And given that they also manage players at other Clubs, that they wouldn't have been asking for similar 'creative arrangements' from clubs other than Melbourne Storm?

This is a far different situation than Carlton where many of the players involved in their rorting were managed by the same manager.

I would suggest that there may well be at least a cursory 'please explain investigation' from the AFL to St Kilda where Brian Waldron was the CEO in the early part of the decade.
Unless of course, as has been suggested earlier in this thread, the scheme was learned at Visy Park?

I hope nothing of this magnitude ever comes out in the AFL

Milan Faletic · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:38pm

With Waldron in charge of the new Melbourne Rebels rugby union team, they will have to move quickly to save face as well.

ozrulestrace · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:40pm

Someone will have to refresh my memory as to how long ago Brian Waldron shifted to the Storm.

But more to the point, do we have something to worry about in our past that may cause the AFL to go looking into our books?

meher baba · Post: # 910743Post **meher baba** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:45pm

I have a sinking feeling that this isn't good news for our club. I hope that Waldron only came up with this idea after he left our midst, but I fear that this won't turn out to be the case.

saint66au · Post: # 910749Post **saint66au** » Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:48pm

...and meanwhile in semi-related news, tens of thousands of Richmond fans have suddenly decided that the futures not so grim after all, realtively speaking

saintspremiers · Thu 22 Apr 2010 6:48pm

meher baba wrote:I have a sinking feeling that this isn't good news for our club. I hope that Waldron only came up with this idea after he left our midst, but I fear that this won't turn out to be the case.

our 66 flag is safe IMO!