Because of the irregularities, The League had the power to "wipe out" the wins over the 36ers and Melbourne.

However "the club was given leniency because the grossly undermanned League head ofice accepted some of the blame for not picking up the errrors"

"neither NBL chief, nor the Perth Managing director would disclose the penalty and the league has worked hard to keep the matter secret, but the West Australian understands the club was fined $20,000

Im somehwat concerned that the league would try to keep this kind of thing secret...kinda makes you ask
WHAT ELSE?

Give the money to the Hawks !

Give the win to the Sixers!

Seriously

some of these rules regarding rosters really should be looked at. How has Homik given the Wildcats any unfair advantage?

why wasnt Erik Burdon filling in for Brett Maher on a road trip to BrisVegas against the league's no 1 pressing defence? I heard a rumour he could not go because as a development player he is only allowed so many matches on the road, and he has already reached that limit.

If there is a 6th man on the floor..but he doesnt touch the ball, does he influence the game?

rules is rules, the 20k sounds like the league saying...

"we should have docked the points, but coz we stuffed up to, we are going to just slap you real hard"

Why should any team get special treatment? You break the rules, you forfeit - simple.

Remember when the league office had balls ? Those were the days - when the Tigers forfeited a win over Adelaide for fielding a player who had not received his clearance (Bradtke) ...

ha, you guys are so inconsistent. when the 36ers were fined for salary cap breaches (read: the league office had balls) you all moaned about it....

That's because we thought we were Sydney!

Or Brisbane or .......

Not for the lewd close dancing routine by the cheerleaders in the timeout a couple of weeks ago?

This thread is a major disappointment.

It really disgusts me that the NBL have the power to strip a team of wins for breaches to the rules yet it can watch a video tape of a game, see that a team was unfairly disadvantaged by incorrect calls made by the refs to the extent that it cost them the game and yet they cannot reverse the win/lose outcome. Isn't that a form of hypocrisy?

If Perth do have to pay a $20,000 fine, then I agree with Defence wins Games, give it to the Hawks. Let one of the ailing teams of the NBL benefit from it.

Hoop Fiend, I think they could've played Burdon if Maher was put on injury waivers - is that correct?

EC, honestly, what kind of precedent would it set if the NBL started overturning game results because of some iffy officiating in the last minute? Are you serious???

What about if the bad decision was in the first quarter, and the team then went on to lose by a point? It is a sport, you cop the calls and you move on.

Unless you can prove that the Umpires cheated (accepting cash bribes, betting on the home side etc), why should the league even consider doing this? Is that what you are suggesting of the officials on the night? (read: if you say so without evidence, that would be slander)

Where is the hypocrisy? I just don't see it. One is a technical breach where they fielded an illegal team that entitles the NBL to enforce a forfeit (but where in the circumstances, it just isn't deserved), the other is a couple of 50/50 calls that went with the home side.