On a lighter note www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... re-signing Should they get it?

On a lighter note www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... re-signing Should they get it?

Didn't Wigan do that with Tomkins?
Lot of good that did other than inflate his price in the transfer market, but good luck to him I say.

Of course he should

Only if other clubs are given the green light to do the same if they find a suitable player.

That's interesting Maurice, expand please?

John, welcome.
Not many clubs could afford to do so tho'

John, I believe in the cream will rise and the laws of business are paramount. If the Doc wants to spend £500k pa to bring in Sam Burgess then let him get on with it, provided it isnt done via 'loans' is my only caveat ie don't spend what you don't have.

Using a cap to limit the ambitious clubs is wrong imo, be that SL or our level, again the caveat being 'loans', so if say we at Leigh wish to spend £500k over our projected income in say, 2015, provided it is done by donation/shares/sponsorship why should we be stopped from doing so? (replace Leigh with any club btw)

Our sport should be about ambition, the excitement of being part of that ambition tends to have a very positive impact on income both through the gate and in sponsorship, we need to make our sport sexy again on the national stage and having a cap massively below when SL started is stopping that imo

What's the Championship salary cap? Still £350'000?

Quote ="halifaxjohn"On a lighter note www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... re-signing Should they get it?'" No rules are rules are rules you have to be consistent and stick to them otherwise what is the point? Like if you have 12 points for speeding should they ban you if you get another 3 or say hey its okay we will let you off this time as a special case? No, no no this guy is a megalomaniac make him stick to the games laws, it would not be fair on all the other clubs also.

Quote ="halifaxjohn"On a lighter note www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... re-signing Should they get it?'" No rules are rules are rules you have to be consistent and stick to them otherwise what is the point? Like if you have 12 points for speeding should they ban you if you get another 3 or say hey its okay we will let you off this time as a special case? No, no no this guy is a megalomaniac make him stick to the games laws, it would not be fair on all the other clubs also.

But have n't they already allowed this and therefore set a precedent?

Thimk I read somewhere that it were £300K but Im sure it used to be £350K or slightly more. Rising to 1 Million next year for those that can afford it Ie. Fev.

If the top two this year don't spend it on a £1m FT squad next season then what a waste

Would hope the 2 lads Sheffield got aren't up
to much as i would have thought Nobby would
have given us first refusal.

Its a tough one. Most players who work and play top end Championship rugby may be reluctant to go FT and essentially earn less money and you wont be able to put together that good of a squad if you only have 1 million to spend on FT players. Its going to be interesting to see how the top 2 try and transition to bridge the gap.

I reckon they should spend the money assembling the best part time players that they can get as I feel the best part time squad would be more than a match for say the teams that Bradford and London will put together on their FT budgets.

If they're Jonny Foreigners, i suspect our head coach might see things differently on recent form.

That shouldn't be a reason to not introduce it. We can't keep stagnating the league because of other clubs who aren't as financially well off otherwise the league will only go backwards. Plus if the likes of Wakefield, Bradford, Castleford and so on had a sniff of signing SBW, Slater, Inglis etc they'd have sponsors clambering over there selves to help with funding such signings.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... -code.html I'm warming to him. As he says why should the administrators earn more than the top players? Is there a salary cap at the RFL? ?

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... -code.html I'm warming to him. As he says why should the administrators earn more than the top players? Is there a salary cap at the RFL? ?

Fat Controller is on a massive salary I believe, but not salary capped, his food in take though is capped by the size of his table.

Pretty much agree with what he's saying, let's hope somebody else agrees with him.