and....POP goes the balloon of good feeling.
Quote Up to 14 Sharks players are understood to have been offered six-month bans if they plead guilty to using prohibited drugs. But it is understood they argued that if they had taken drugs, they did so unknowingly. It is unclear whether former Cronulla players now at other clubs have been offered the same deal, which would save them from the usual two-year bans handed down to athletes testing positive to performance-enhancing drugs.'"
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Have to say, this is a really important period for the NRL.....Unleashed from the constrictions of ownership and cashed up to the eyeballs, the CLUBS now have a duty to kick on and increase memberships and attendances as well as developing infastructures that will make them ALL self sufficient by the time the next TV deal is up for negotiation.
By the sound of it, signing SBW has been a good move forthe roosters......They are expecting a 44k sellout tonight.......the roosters averaged less than 12,500 last year........Kiwi sources reckon that once SBW is confirmed for next week, Eden Park will be close to full for the game v the warriors........loathe him or like him, the w(-)nker is a drawcard
