* May 21, 2015: Parramatta is fined $465,000 for breaching the main and second-tier salary caps for both their NRL and under-20 teams. NRL threaten loss of four points for 2016.
* March 2, 2016 – The club avoids four-point penalty over earlier salary-cap breaches after making core governance changes
* March 9 – Reports emerge of leaked documents alleging the club manipulated third-party player deals, prompting the NRL to investigate.
* May 3: Parramatta are issued with a breach notice for systemic rorting of the salary cap, stripping them of 12 premiership points and fining them $1 million. The club also faced having five key staffers deregistered, including chairman Steve Sharp and CEO John Boulous, for third-party breaches which have the Eels about $570,000 over the salary cap.
* May 3: Eels officials embroiled in the scandal secure a temporary court order barring the league from enacting registration sanctions.
* May 8: Injury-struck forward Anthony Watmough is jettisoned as the club attempts to shave $570,000 off their books.
* May 10: Hooker Nathan Peats also leaves as a result of the crisis.
* May 16: Former Eels superstar Jarryd Hayne claims to knows nothing about receiving off-the-record payments of nearly $500,000 when he was at the NRL club.
* May 17: NSW police confirm they are looking at documents pertaining to the NRL club’s salary-cap breaches.
* June 7: The provisional suspensions of five officials are upheld by the NSW Supreme Court.
* June 9: Police officially launch formal investigations into allegations of fraud.
* July 9: The NRL confirms Parramatta will lose 12 competition points and are fined $1 million.
* July 10: Fresh allegations of impropriety surface, with reports then-Eels employee Peter Nolan handed over cash to star playmaker Corey Norman in a western Sydney car park.
* July 11: Allegations emerge Peats was offered a third-party agreement on a cafe napkin while Will Hopoate reportedly received at least $50,000 in off-the-book payments.
* July 19: The NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority announces it will replace the Eels board with a temporary administrator. The decision effectively removed the Eels football club board as well as the two boards mirror each other.
* July 29: Parramatta agree to release troubled star Kieran Foran from the remainder of his NRL contract.
* Aug 3: The Eels fail to land former star Hayne, who joins the Gold Coast upon his return from stints in the NFL and with the Fijian rugby sevens team.
* Aug 4: Parramatta withdraw their appeal against sanctions imposed by the NRL for salary-cap breaches.
* Sept 7: Parramatta appoint former Sydney Roosters boss Bernie Gurr as the Eels’ new CEO.
* October 20: Three Sydney properties associated with four player managers are raided by police.
