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Almost as much content as both Fans Forum agendas.

Sums up the clubs current position entirely. Sam Tomkins in the Indy today said that he would like to play for the London Broncos if they were a better team.

Don't forget milk.

If the better players up north would come down here for the same money as they get up there we WOULD have a better team.

Or the (cheap) curry powder.

And that failure to address the fact that we haven't been able to attract a single english marquee player in the last decade shows that the RFL are happy for us to start every season with a salary cap that is three players less than every northern team.

Living costs have cost us a shot at being a SL club, one thing that should have been shouted about, as it is a hindrance to us, not a benefit.

If we volunteer down the leagues than it would be a complete waste of time unless this issue was addressed. Ratify the cost of living and adjust the salary cap accordingly, even then we won't be able to attract players to play semi-pro.

We need a new IL to come in and pay the other half of the bills; media, promotion of the club, infrastructure, etc or we should go down on our terms, on a Salary cap that is fair to us, not fair for all.

Correct me if I am wrong but this is the fist season that Broncos have claimed to be you think spending the full cap. Why do you think raising the cap will help?

The three additional players on a SL av wage that has been ascertained as the figure by which London are at a disadvantage due to living costs would be of great benefit to a club which has gone into a season 22 against 25 on all clubs that spend to the cap.

In this season maybe but other seasons it would have made no difference because Broncos were not spending the full cap.

it wouldn't unless the people at the club responsible for spending the money are changed.

In respect of a higher cap for London

But why should the rules be changed just cos a bag of chips are dearer in London? It's not the RFLs fault or any of the other teams for that matter.
Why should the rest be penalised just to suit London ?

You don't really understand the concept of London weighting do you? It's not penalising others, it's putting London on a level playing field. We're currently being penalised as it is now. HTH

I despair for the educational system in the UK sometimes

It seems the self pity city wants it all ways. There should be no bias towards or against the Broncos. As an evil southern Tory once said "on your bikes"

The club is nomadic and doesn't need to be in London so any bias is self imposed, if you want the kudos of being in the capital then don't be bleating about any hardships you encounter, with all this bleating and hand wringing you are turning people off the idea of a team in the capital. Grow a pair and get on with supporting your club , instead of trying to scrounge outside the rules. You are starting to sound like wakey fans

Er it is normal practice for people in london to be paid a london weighting, even those who travel from the North and for the simple reason for this additional payment is that it is expensive living in london. For the price of a house in london you could probably buy a whole street up north.

Don't feed the troll!

Sadly I fear he isn't trolling.

when walking to the ground for our game against Leigh in 2005, my mate called an estate agent to enquire about a house on one of the main roads into the ground. Turned out I could have bought 1 side of the street (12 houses) for the price of my 1&1/2 bedroom flat in Brentford.



biggunbrad....do you think an assistant manager at the Halifax in Halifax earns the same as an assistant manager of a branch in Ealing? I can assure you that the person doing the same job in the south gets between 10 and 15% more in London weighting....it's what happens across the board.

I suppose for chaps like you it's hard to fathom given the dole is an exception to the rule

I doubt it.

I wonder how long the salary cap will last in RL? A lot of clubs seem to want to get rid of it

I don't see why we cant have a marquee player allowance for clubs that haven't gone into administration in say the previous 5 years.