Boston faced the independent tribunal last night and the football community awaits the verdict.

There could be no bigger decision made by any tribunal in country football throughout Australia.

The Melbourne Storm in rugby league was in breach of the salary cap, which is by far a much bigger breach compared to Boston.

Many felt the Melbourne Storm had been dealt with harshly and many felt they had been let off lightly.

The Storm was allowed to continue playing but were stripped of all minor round points and will not receive any premiership points for the rest of the season and were officially stripped of two premiership wins.

Forget the Melbourne Storm though, but to heavily fine the Boston Football Club would place them in financial difficulty. To strip them of any minor round points and/or cancel any minor round points for the rest of the season would be fruitless as they have not won a game and in all probability will not win any of the five remaining games.

There can be no doubt that Boston are guilty of breaching the constitution,

The forfeit by law says a club forfeiting a match for any reason shall notify the secretary of the league of its reason for forfeiting.

The league may accept the explanation or deal with the club or players of such club as it may deem fit.

There are no guidelines in place for penalties other than what the commissioners deem fit and this means the commissioners have to impose a penalty of their own thinking, and this places a huge responsibility on the commissioners.

What penalty is imposed will be judged by many as either too harsh or not strong enough.

The decision could fall under that age old saying: "you can both be wrong but you can't both be right".

What do the readers of the Port Lincoln Times and supporters of Australian football think?