Fair enough….they can have Ratchford

[quote="Crosswire":bfl8px1z]Salford lost the least of all SL clubs last season - they are just in trouble because they don't have a wealthy benefactor. Where would we be without M&M? [b:bfl8px1z]rather than trying to cherry pick from their carcass, wouldn't it be better if the clubs got together to try to work out a plan to keep them going as a viable SL club pending some meaningful outside investment?[/b:bfl8px1z] If we don't start looking at the bigger picture we might not have a professional game to support soon, they could be the first of many dominoes to fall.[/quote:bfl8px1z] Didn't they do that with the £0.5M early cash injection / emergency loan? Salford must have known about this cash flow crisis well in advance but still managed to sign Chris Hill, Bullock, Esan Marsters etc. Plenty of clubs would like central financial assistance to gain entry to/remain in Superleague. Clubs with bigger underlying support bases (Bradford/Widnes) and well run clubs like York. Maybe Salford need to accept they are a Championship level club in terms of finances.

Apparently salary cap dispensation for players signed from Salford. I hope we are picking over the carcass.

[quote="Wires71":2lwn9zmm]Apparently salary cap dispensation for players signed from Salford. I hope we are picking over the carcass.[/quote:2lwn9zmm] There is a caveat to that though it will only count for this season so any players signed will have to be implemented into the cap if signed for more than one season.

[quote="karetaker":ax9106cg]There is a caveat to that though it will only count for this season so any players signed will have to be implemented into the cap if signed for more than one season.[/quote:ax9106cg] Ah, so which is it? 1. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2026 and beyond cap. 2. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2025 and 2026 and beyond cap.

[quote="Wires71":2gfxwi8d]Ah, so which is it? 1. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2026 and beyond cap. 2. Players signed with contracts > 1 year will count on 2025 and 2026 and beyond cap.[/quote:2gfxwi8d] That’s the line I found in the post. That's because if dispensations are to be approved they are only likely to remain in place for this season only.

[quote="karetaker":14hog20y]That’s the line I found in the post. That's because if dispensations are to be approved they are only likely to remain in place for this season only.[/quote:14hog20y] I don't mind 2026 cap implications as we have players off contract at the end of 2025 and we can plan for that.

There is another meeting of all clubs this afternoon.