http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/paul-ritchie/ Paul Ritchie is a former media manager for the National Rugby League, he worked for the NRL during the Bulldogs salary cap crisis of 2002.  He is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and has just finished a book on media called “Stay on Message: the spin doctor’s guide to effective and authentic communication”. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbourne-storm-crisis-will-save-rugby-leagues-soul/ In our shock, it is so easy to think of yesterday as a black and terrible day for Australian sport. In that we discovered one of our sporting teams cheated and deceived it was – but in time, yesterday will be remembered as the day Rugby League regained its soul.  It will be remembered as the day that David Gallop and the Board of the NRL decided they would rather fold their tent than tolerate cheating in their ranks. It’s the day when a major Australian sport said that the values on which it was founded was more important than the corporate support and the enterprises that fund it. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Paul Ritchie) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbourne-storm-crisis-will-save-rugby-leagues-soul/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbourne-storm-crisis-will-save-rugby-leagues-soul/#item2913 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:03:23 +0000 Paul Ritchie | Author bios | The Punch