I reckon there is a fair chance that Parramatta Eels supporters are feeling similar to how I did when the Cronulla Sharks were implicated in the peptides issue - not good.

The Eels appear to have breached the salary cap by more than $3 million since 2013 and the actions of those responsible seem not to have the club’s best interests at heart.

Last Tuesday Parramatta was issued a breach notice, deducted 12 competition points, and five board members believed to be heavily involved were issued show cause notices to explain why they should not be deregistered.

The Eels were also stripped of their 2016 Auckland Nines win.

With a mountain of electronic and paper evidence supporting the NRL’s findings, I would have expected the people involved to step down immediately, even without their possible deregistration.

They have let their supporters down in a big way and don’t seem to care.

Instead of falling on their swords, they went to the Supreme Court and gained an injunction to stop the NRL from implementing their punishment.

What makes matters worse for Eels supporters, of which I know a few, is that during the years they breached the salary cap, the team was hopeless!

They received the wooden spoon twice and finished second last another year.

The Sharks were allegedly using illegal performance enhancing substances and were never in the premiership picture either.

I guess my mum was right - cheaters do come last!

At least when the Bulldogs and Storm were caught cheating the salary cap, they had premiership winning teams.

When both these sides were caught out, the Storm had premierships stripped from them while the Bulldogs were basically rubbed out for a full season when they were a big chance of winning the title.

In this respect the Eels have gotten off lightly with a $1 million dollar fine (maybe what they had aside for next year’s extra payments?) and losing 12 points.

Maybe the NRL felt sorry for them after they spent all that extra money with nothing to show for it.

They can still make the finals this year if they win 12 of their remaining 15 games.

I don’t believe they should be eligible and hope they lose their next four matches.

What about the sides they have beaten this season already?

They don’t get the points Parramatta wrongfully won.

As a supporter you want your team to win, but on an even playing field.

All these officials trying to gain advantage by circumventing the rules is making it difficult for supporters to stay loyal to their clubs.

It seems rugby league can not stop shooting itself in the foot.

First the Mitchell Pearce thing and now this - I can see why former CEO Dave Smith jumped ship at the first opportunity.

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Congratulations Leicester City fans on your side winning the Barclays Premier League.

The 5000-1 outsiders at the start of the season have proven all their doubters wrong and cruised to the title with two games still to play.

The Foxes have shown poise, belief and team spirit are more than a match for buying big talent.

One of the favourites to be relegated this season, Leicester have been all class right from the outset.

The players they did buy were shrewd purchases who have bought the best out of the players they already had.

Claudio Ranieri came in as manager this season and would have hoped for a mid-table finish before a ball was kicked.

He has kept his side believing and helped them overcome any nerves to claim a monumental victory.

Congratulations again.

What the Foxes’ victory does show up is that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has nowhere to hide now.

For years he has claimed Arsenal could not compete for the title because he did not have the money to spend that the other big clubs had.

He could not compete in the transfer market with Chelsea’s Russian billionaire money or Manchester City’s Saudi oil money.

Arsene may have been right in that respect, but what Ranieri and Leicester have shown is that if you spend wisely, you can still compete for the title.

After beating Chelsea in the Community Shield pre-season game, Arsenal were tipped to go on and win the premiership.

It turns out a win over Chelsea, last season’s champions, was not that great an indicator of true form.

I am happy to call Leicester my second team, even more so because they stopped Tottenham from winning the title!

The Foxes were presented the trophy at their home game last weekend in a special display.

Famed blind tenor Andrea Bocelli, who is friends with Ranieri, sung a rendition of Nessun Dorma which gave me goosebumps.