Parramatta coach Brad Arthur is adamant his team will continue to compete in NRL games no matter the outcome of the club's salary cap scandal.
Eels fans will be a step closer to a resolution when the club on Friday lodges its response to the breach allegations made by the NRL in May.
The lodging just a day after the five Eels officials at the centre of the scandal submitted separate responses to show-cause notices seeking their deregistration from the game.
A final determination will be made by the NRL within the next two weeks, but Arthur has all but accepted the punishment, which includes the stripping of 12 competition points.
"Our fate's already sealed. We know what's happening," Arthur said in Darwin, where Parramatta play Gold Coast on Saturday.
"It won't change our approach to footy. We have our standards we need to meet. Nothing will change."
The NRL has proposed stripping the club of 12 competition points and its 2016 Auckland Nines title, as well as handing down a $1 million fine.
The club will also be slugged an extra $100,000 as part of its punishment to cover the NRL's legal costs stemming from the so-called Gang of Five's unsuccessful Supreme court challenge against their provisional suspension.
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