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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3289212, member: 8215"] There is also the argument that they are still benefiting from the salary cap cheating, despite those players having all retired. Gould hammers on about players biding their time with a club, developing either in the lower grades or off the bench, and willing to wait for their opportunity. He is of course trying to get a sneaky message to the Panthers players in order to avoid a mass exodus, but in reality it is *almost* impossible in a salary cap environment, especially with player's managers almost always going for the short-term payday. When the Storm were done for cheating, it wasn't just the superstars they were able to keep, it was the depth players. Sure, some of them left when they were supposedly working within the cap, but by keeping their big-name spine players, they were able to retain players who were willing to stay for the opportunity to play beside them, or at the very least, learn from them. They were able to retain players like Munster and play him at fullback when Slater was out, or at five-eighth or off the bench. They were able to convince Grant and Smith to develop in Q-Cup or off the bench knowing that one day Cam Smith would eventually have to retire. And they were able to do the same with Hughes, Paps, and until recently Hynes. And they'll have 3 or 4 younger players who are quite happily learning in Qld cup, despite vulturous player managers circling, for the possibility that they get to play in the same system. All because 14-15 years ago the Storm decided that they did not want to compete on an even playing field, and 11 years ago the NRL was too gutless to punish them accordingly by banning the offending parties from the game. [/QUOTE]

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