So in theory what you are saying is "we must stop the bigger clubs improving because the smaller clubs won't keep up" in my opinion we should be saying "this is what you can be if you get your act together" You have to encourage growth not complacency.

The franchise system for me has created more of a mess than the salary cap. For example forcing a club to move to a new ground to stay in the league just means they'll spend more money than they've got trying to get a new ground. There are no enforced restrictions on that spending. Whereas saying "to stay in the league you need to maintain an average crowd of X thousand, or show an increase per year of X%" would mean the club would spend money on a good marketing team to bring in bigger crowds. As bigger crowds leads to bigger revenues, we'll eventually be in a position to say "right, all these clubs are generating £XXX of net income, therefore we can increase the salary cap to cater for inflation and match offers that Rugby Union and the NRL are throwing at our best talent"

Or who knows, maybe the clubs would spend their money improving training facilities and stuff in order to improve their teams that way? I mean, who wants to sit in a fancy pants new stadium when the quality of rugby is poor? Creating a franchise system that says "if you aren't in a stadium that costs millions to build and will probably bankrupt you we'll kick you out" is a bit daft when the RFL is saying "ooh hold on, you can't spend that much money on your squad or you'll get yourself in financial difficulties"

With the dark side rumoured to be sniffing around SuperLeague, do you guys think we need a salary cap increase to try and keep our top young lads in Super League?

Another salary cap thread - no.

The SC is only part of the problem. The main issue is the failure by the RFL and clubs to manage the game properly and achieve financial stability - we must have growth if the game is to prosper, but we haven't even got a position where clubs are stable and secure in their finances. Football can afford the odd club to go bust, it's a massive game. RL can't afford to carry on with club after club getting into serious difficulties.

RL clubs are going backwards in real terms. The SC discourages growth but is only part of a general malaise in RL, evidenced by pathetic envy from fans that players can earn £100k a year for playing RL (when many footballers earn that for a week's work!) and a desire to dumb down standards to prevent small, failing clubs being left behind (though that's happened anyway, the smallest club to win SL is St Helens!) in some ridiculous quest for a level playing field....

I guess that answers my question

I don't think that simply raising the cap will make much difference. Teams are operating at a loss just to reach it at it's current level so raising it will only make a difference to the teams that can spend beyond the current £1.6m wage cap. There can't be more than 3-4 teams in SL that are in a position to do that