So when other clubs rort the system they are maggots, but if we can get away with it "hey, why not".
Bloody oath. Anyone with half a brain can surely see that clubs who participate and operate "honestly" within the current NRL system are absolutely no chance of vying for a premiership. This is pretty obvious to most with a passing interest in the game.
Long story short, yep cheaters are maggots but to compete with the likes of Easts, Broncos, Storm, Sharks etc clubs will have to find ways to deceive the shonky, lopsided system currently in place.
Sick of supporting a club that is by and large run honestly, yet getting our arses flogged by clubs who are laughably considered to be operating above-board. So it is most definitely a case of "can't beat 'em, join 'em". 100%
Ask the s###bag Storm players and fans whether their celebrations for "winning" on GF night were dulled by being stripped of those premierships years later? I most certainly would still enjoy a WT GF win in 2019 and the weeks of partying afterwards even if we got caught out and stripped down the track.
Cheats win premierships, honest clubs prop up the ladder year after year. Sad but true.
Look at Newcastle, they are pretty much sick of finishing cellar-dwellars so are starting to show some real signs of brown-paper-bagging in order to get their club up to speed with the big boys.
All well and good if you think clubs are better off rorting, however you can't call some clubs maggots for doing it while patting others on the back.
Where did I state any cheats should be patted on the back? Your'e making stuff up to suit your POV.
Clubs who rort ARE better off. Check the premiership winners of every one of the last 14 or so seasons, their had been more than a strong whiff of rorting- including a few that have been caught cheating in their premiership winning season. WT were even caught over the cap in '06 or thereabouts and fined IIRC. Clubs that rort win premierships, going back to 2004 there is more than enough evidence to suggest this unless your head is buried in the sand or another orifice. Storm, Sharks, Roosters, Manly titles in particular are very iffy at best. Throw in NQ with their "free houses" incentive. South's with Rusty and his brown paper Gucci bags, Dragons and their "Gasnier is happy to play for a packet of chips and a Pepsi" contract, and the Broncos "thoroughbreds bonuses".
Good-guy clubs playing by the rules finish at the arse end of the comp. Its pretty simple really.