UPDATE: The NRL has released a statement regarding investigations into reports that the North Queensland Cowboys bought land and built houses for 10 of its players over the last 10 years.
This means that for now the NRL had avoided its largest salary cap scandal since the Melbourne Storm debacle in 2010 which saw the club lose its 3 Minor Premiership titles won in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and its Premiership titles in 2007 and 2009, as well as given the automatic wooden spoon in 2010.
Earlier, a tweet revealed the following text and triggered a fury of attention and intrigue.
Fairfax subsequently released a report on its website about investigations into the connections between properties owned by the Cowboys CEO and players, and whether the salary cap had been breached as a result of the homes of the likes of Johnathan Thurston, James Tamou, etc. being deliberately excluded as part of player remuneration.
Matthew Bowen and Luke O'Donnell are of course no longer with the Cowboys with Bowen now at Wigan and O'Donnell retiring at the end of the 2013 season after winning the Grand Final with the Sydney Roosters.
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