It's madness isn't it.

Effectively, Saints could ask each of their players to defer 10% of their salary until the following year and do it every year, which would give them that extra money to spend on a player every year.

Provided all your new players defer the same amount too, it never catches up with you and you're perpetually over the cap by 10%. But that is fine apparently.

Weren't Wigan something like £222k over the limit that year ?

From what I can see it's because Cas deferred the [ipayment[/i of the wages, Wigan wanted to defer when the wages were actually accrued. It's like the difference between not being able to afford your tax bill and negotiating a repayment plan, or fiddling your tax returns.

Wigan didn't pay out more than the salary cap allowed in 2006 because they deferred wages. As a result they were able to sign players and still remain within the cap so ended up with a stronger squad. By deferring wages in 2009 Cas got to keep certain players in their squad who they obviously could not afford due to other financial problems. So deferring wages was a mechanism to have a stronger squad. In both cases neither club broke the salary cap. The differences in practicalities are moot since both are manipulations to effectively bolster squad strength.

(Whoever posted Wigan were at a cap level of £2.25m is getting mixed up about the time when the flat rate cap first came in at £1.8m (in 2004 I think). Wigan had existing contracts that meant the season after, that was going to be the wage bill).

Wigan cheated what? When the rugby league nearly went bust in 1995 before the superleague deal was signed up, who borrowed the rugby league £4m ? Wigan... because it was all repaid and brushed under the carpet wigan never got the recognition it deserved for that, in the process wigan nearly went bust. Think before you speak

Any moderators care to share why my thread regarding mcgoldrick joining hull FC has been locked?

I'd guess because there's already a thread on the subject.

Not regarding him joining hull there isnt

Yes there is, it's discussed in here from page 1!

So the penalty you got for doing that was wrong then. I don't remember the appeal.

They were rumours that was fact! It only got released this afternoon hence why I posted

Sorry to see him go without a proper goodbye from the cas fans, thanks for all your efforts in a cas shirt, one of the last personalities in the game.

Good luck goldie.

he played ok for us fri night, better than what we had and only here till end of season when he may or may not get another contract, win win for us really

Better then what you had? Banned for X amount of games. A win win for you guys? What's it for us then???? MASSIVE earner off our books, a competent half back IN. That is win win.

Looks like Ryan may pick up a 1 match ban for pushing the referee on Friday night whilst attempting to make a tackle. Must say that Mr Roby had a shocker with the whistle.

Been overuled mate.Much ado about nothing I.M.O.