Hello everybody finally the NRL has laid the punishment out for the Cronulla Sharks.
Cronulla fined 1 million dollars and Shane Flanagan suspended for 12 months.
My question is was it fair punishment or not?
If I was a Canterbury Bulldogs supporter or Melbourne Storm Supporter I would have to say no it isn't fair. I'm referring back to when The Bulldogs lost all their competition points in 2002 and Melbourne were made to play the 2010 season with no competition points and to finish last, which was shattering for the players and most importantly the Fan. I mean cheating is cheating isn't it?
Now whose to say the NRL takes 1 million dollars from Cronulla with his left hand and gives 1 million dollars back to Cronulla with his right hand.* Conspiracy Theory anybody? As for coaches there are a lot of options out there. I'm not saying they're all quality options but never the less options are there. Look what Trent Robinson done with the Roosters in his first year as an NRL head coach in the 2013 season.
Now if I look at the above argument I think the Cronulla fan has come out of this quite fine excuse the pun. Yeah for sure in 2013 the Cronulla fan copped a fair bit of ribbing in the Smoko room, the office, face book, local watering holes and around the grounds, all in good fun I hope. That's what being a true fan is all about rolling with the punches as they say. But the fact is Cronulla got to see finals footy in 2013. Which was great for the Cronulla fan.
I asked my Cronulla supporting friend Bill if it was a fair punishment and he texts me back "2014 they say is the year of the Shark" reading between the lines I know he is happy with the result.
I'm not going to say they should've been punished this way or that way, but what do think should've happened? Was it fair or not? Comment your thoughts below.
In my opinion I'm happy a verdict has finally been delivered so we can all get on with the footy in the 2014 season and hopefully plaster the headlines with positive rugby league stories.
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Disclaimer: *There is no truth to this statement marked with the *.
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