Originally Posted by
sportsbetwin
Teams can get disqualified.
In 2002 in Australia the NRL team coming first near the end of the season (Bulldogs) lost all their points (wins) and were moved from first to last on the table.
Last year the same thing happened to Melbourne. Actually much worse. They lost all their points (wins), were relegated to last, were guaranteed to stay last (wins didn't count) and
they were stripped of their Premiership wins in 2007 and 2009.
To put that in perspective it is like stripping New Orleans of last years Superbowl (except twice!).
So - Aussie bookies don't generally pay early for that reason.