Isaac
Years ago

NH: Perth Glory breach cap, dumped from finals

Perth were second on the ladder, but will be dumped from A-League finals eligibility and put the 7th placed Brisbane Roar in contention for a post-season.

The governing body said Perth were guilty of three breaches, including payments outside a standard player contract; payments to a player's family member; payments of travel costs; provision of motor vehicles; and accommodation benefits.
A statement released by the FFA said its investigations had found that Glory had "deliberately failed to disclose reportable benefits and payments to at least six players, and from the beginning of the 2014-15 season has been operating in excess of the allowable salary cap of $2.55m by in the order of $400,000".

Fines totalling $269,000 were also handed down for breaches over the previous three seasons: $200,000 for the transgressions occurring this season, $43,000 for breaches during 2013-14, and $26,000 for breaches during 2012-13.
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Pretty moderate breach compared to the days of the NBL's Cairns spending the salary cap on just three players, Dragons with their signing bonuses, Brisbane, Adelaide getting busted in the distant past, etc. But decisive and tough action is how you get clubs into line!

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Haz  
Years ago

Good!

And I live in Perth, and follow the WA teams.

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Bear  
Years ago

Better now than taking a premiership from them if they win, like what happened to Storm. The ugly side of pro-sport I guess...

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Matthew  
Years ago

Dosnt anyone else find it funny that they dont get stripped of points until AFTER the season ends. Perth will end up becoming 7th on table. The issues here being if they beat some of the better teams in the last few rounds, it means that those teams will drop down and miss the home final advantage.. even after Perth is removed from the equation.

THe Penalisation needed to happen, its just a real crappy form of it.

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Dunkin' Dan  
Years ago

Doesn't it make sense for the penalties to kick in only after the season is finished? The other teams should be impacted equally, rather than the effects being dependent on whether they have already played the glory and whether they won or lost.

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