That's a bit harsh. Its just an issue that's never come up before, so isn't codified. The cap exemption will only have been applied a few times since it was first mooted (be interesting to know, as absolutely certain pre season-ending injuries aren't that common). Anyone who has any experience of contracts or legislation will know that these things are often drafted with what seem to be "obvious" gaps. Filling those gaps, despite how obvious they might be, often isn't straightforward, as there may be a tortuous process to do so.

Nah, it's much easier doing a brain-dead pile onto the RFL and mis-spelling Hetherington's name.

Matty Lees anyone rumours that Saints are losing Morgan Knowles and Matty Lees due to Capp space Knowles to Dolphins Wire sniffing Lees.
Come on Leeds great prop if we have any spec due to Sivo.

Those moves are not going to be for this season. The Sivo cap space is so they are unrelated timing wise.

I’d say the brain dead ones are the ones who fail to consider overseas players when allowing salary cap dispensation. Amateur.

It's far from a brain dead pile on. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of the RFL to consider the OQ situation at the same time as the cap when drafting regs. Occurrences may be rare, but clearly have been considered likely enough to draft the cap dispensation rule. If it hasn't been considered that this may apply to an OQ player, and therefore the impact on said OQ then yes, it is amateur.

Did you think of it when the first occuronce happened? It's only fairly recent that I can think of it happening, within the last couple of years as far as i know. If you thought of it did you say " what about quota players? why haven't they made provisions?"
If not, why not?

fair enough that nobody considered it, but why it's taking so long is amateurish.

My point is, regardless of how frequently it has actually happened, the RFL has a policy to cover the cap aspect. But that policy doesn't address the OQ implications. So no one thought "what if the player involved is on the OQ?". I find that staggering, don't you? And yes, I did think how does it impact our quota spots, but didn't fret as I assumed (wrongly, as it turns out) the the RFL policy would provide clarity.

Only reason I can think of is that they might need the clubs to approve it. No idea if that's right though

Maybe they need to consult with lawyers, and that's never a quick process