what I heard of it sounded a bit dodgy. not surprised.

Where's the problem, is it the NBL approving the deal or is it Rogers approving the salary. If he is geniune about owing to the Sixers, then he'll accept the Sixers deal over the Pigs Deal regardless of salary.

Come on Paul, if you read this at all, the SIXERS NEED YOU!!!

EC, the deal put to Rogers was very good (nowhere near the minimum we believed) but an external job was a fairly substantial portion of that.

Shifty business all around the league, why not approve obvious ones :-) At least they are open about outside employment - Maybe someone from the Sixers office should take him to the Casino...

Are you saying DJ that last years tiger team were all employed croupiers at Crown?

Bradtke and Gaze being employed as Vegas style meet and greet celebreties?

LOL :-) Maybe head to BrisVegas for the big money!

nice forum speculation on the wildcats site with many lineups with Rogers in them... the plot thickens

AFAIK, Rogers is not coming to Adelaide. It's between Perth and West Sydney.

The roster we'll have is:

Maher/Hill
Farley/Nash
Holmes/Forman
Rychart/Hambour
Cooper/Rees

Dammit Rogers would have made a huge difference.

Im thinking this team will play the same style as last few (run and gun) but Rogers could have given us a plan B so to speak

The 36ers have struggled in the past on offence every time we have had a true 'tall' in the paint. Doesn't really go with our offensive style.
But a fit Rogers would have helped immensely on the defensive end, where we struggled to contain the big teams league last year. It would have been nice to sub Reesy, Rogers and Coops when we have to contend with monster teams like Brisbane this year...

Considering the 6ers have announced Hambour as their 10th man, I would have thought that the team was in place.

Mind you I have a friend with VERY close inside contacts with both PR and Rogers, and late last week told me that PR as a 6er was a done deal.

But then I guess that cant include the NBL yet again denying Adelaide's aspirations, whilst allowing blatant rorting by Brisbane.

Just heard on channel 9 sport that rogers will sign for CAIRNS??!!

How are they going to fit him in with Burgess, Cat, Darnell and himself?

Cheers!!!

Seb007

Just heard the same thing. They could be good - but it's not the best fit of players.

so if true would this mean that Rogers has infact shopped himself around to basically every club in the league - so much for his loyalty and wanting to pay back the 36ers for shafting them in the past

oh well it was a nice dream to have for a while!

Cairns needs to be investigated if this is the case.

It is widely rumored that Darnell does not play for less than $250,000 and we all know that Cat aint playing just for the love.

The sixers put a deal passed Rogers that would have grossed him over 100k. So it would reason that he is getting more than this from Cairns.

2/3 of the $ cap spent on 3 out of 10 players. Plus 30 points of 76 on three players.

I think we should probably wait until he's signed with someone before the daggers start flying around.

There is nothing on nbl.com (surprise surprise), nothing on Ozhoops, and here's a shock, nothing on the 36ers site, nothing on Foxsports site. I have faith in you Yogee and I'll sit in your corner until things are offical.

On the other hand if it's true, (and I'll probably be staked over an ants nest and have my head smeared in honey for saying this) but would you blame him. It is a business after all. If Cairns offered him the money they were going to give to Burgess (which would be good $$$$) then he would have to job at the chance.

Cairns are gonna be tough this year regardless of them having either Rogers or Burgess.

rogers will just snake us out again.he can po.

Here is a conspiracy theory for you all to ponder:

I've been having a look over the past few years and have noticed that basically every team that Sydney won the championship with there has been question marks over the salary cap. Wasn't it about 3 or 4 years ago that the NBL was saying that they need to get basketball back in Sydney and make it the hotspot in Australia. Seems funny to me that the NBL would say this and then Sydney start actually winning playoff games and putting together a talent, but dodgy (salary cap) roster.

The NBL has probably decided that Sydney has had enough winning and whilst Sydney isn't exactly back to it's glory days, it's a hell of a lot better than it was 3-4 years ago.

Now, has the NBL decided that they need a champion from another state to recreate interest again, hence the Brisbane Bullets being allowed to sign some marquee names for the upcoming season. Cairns has done very well (I don't think they have cap issues), and I suspect that Townsville will be strong.

I suspect that the NBL is happy with the numbers (whilst on a decline for a while but still pretty good compared to other clubs) that the 36ers generate and the package they put on the floor, and they have also had their time with the championships in 1998,1999,2002.

It's funny that a few years ago when Derek Moore could of played for the 36ers that the NBL became suspicious of the deal and ruled against Adelaide and Moore. It's funny again that the opportunity to sign Rogers to a contract and once again the NBL stuck it nose in and made an issue where really there was none.

I don't know, maybe I'm seeing skeletons in the closet and shadows that aren't really there or I'm being a bit over-sensitive after the last few days, but things just seem a little suspicious to me........

Did anyone hear what the board member said on Talking Hoops re Rogers?

Nagy was reporting today that Rogers was likely to end up a Wildcat.

Now Cairns is being mentioned.

A very weird situation and I'm with Yogee in there definitely appears to be NBL intervention because a deal was looking likely at the end of last week.

Then again, it could just be a case of other teams popping up with better offers at the last minute.

I never condemned Rogers for leaving for Europe as even the most loyal of 36ers would not have knocked the crazy money offered to him in Spain.

However, will leave a bitter taste if Rogers signs with a rival NBL team for what could only be an insignificant pay increase when you factor what he has earned over his career.

Its not like he needs the security of a long term deal either. Of course there will be a spot for him on the 36ers or another NBL team next season if he wants to remain in the NBL.

Ok, I think there's enough evidence to start sharping those daggers and to warm up the throwing arm.

I could understand Rogers going to Cairns for Burgess type of dollars and minutes, but I don't believe that the Wildcats could of made such a better offer than the 36ers to get his services. After the hard yards have been done with seeking approval from the NBL dictators, and if reports are true coming up with a pretty good contract he then jumps ship after going to the media stating he would take a paycut to play in Adelaide.

I'm with Stephon on this one, if Rogers does jump ship to a rival NBL for only a insignificant increase over the Adelaide offer then it does leave a little sting and bitter taste, but I'm sure the feelings will be vented by the Adelaide faithful if he enters the Dome with a rival team.

People seem to forget that Burgess has signed with Cairns. If he's not playing then contract breach or 'out clause' must have been actioned.

As with a couple of other posts I really don't want to speculate on events that we don't know are true/false. Wait for some REAL news before sending out the lynch mob.

TR, agree with you on the conspiracy theory. Have been thinking that for a while now.
It's like the NBL turns a blind eye when convenient.

On another note, if the NBL hasn't approved the 'deal' then what would people expect Rogers to do? Of course he's going to look somewhere else to play - the important thing is if he actually gave it a shot with Adelaide or not.

wak, Burgess has reportedly been injured in the off season and required surgery on a bad ankle.

Eddie Groves owns the Bullets and also league sponsor ABC learning centres. He has definetly got some leverage over the NBL to allow certain issues to be over looked.

oh really we cant do that well then i cant sponsor the league. type attitiude

I feel Adelaide may be being looked at closely due to cap infringements in the past.

Sounds like if the Rogers deal wasn't squeaky clean so the NBL are not approving the contract.

If Burgess injured then a loss for NBL - was great to watch last season, hope he makes it back.

Apparently radio in Perth has just announced that Rogers has signed for 2 years

http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=2117