Quote Originally Posted by Mr Beautiful 2.0 View Post
It’s actually illegal to pay players at this level and creates an unfair advantage to teams that break the rules…Suns have done this for years and are known bullies in this competition with it. I must admit I find it funny since Croatia have taken it to another level and since doing so have humbled Suns completely. As I have said earlier a once social comp is turning into a 20k minimum buy in to be competitive.

Would you say good for you to clubs that could pay off refs as well?
Illegal?
I assume you mean under competition rules. If yes, would you point us to the specific rule? I am not aware of any statute that does (or could) prohibit paying athletes.

To be clear, I am not disputing this, just interested in what the rule is and why