Nothing will change at all as the same teams will be at the top whilst the others are struggling. This will make Super League weaker as not all teams could afford a marquee signing.

and les Catalans have the 2nd biggest turnover in SL. They aren't a little guy getting a leg up from the SC

Like I said, stamp your feet n others will give in eventually

Ok what about Cas being one win from finishing top?

Tough sh!7

Players know quality when they see it. When you have a world class player on the pitch that stands above everyone else then that will be recognised.

People need to think outside their immediate team , we need to stop players such as Burgess , Eastmond ,Tomkins leaving the competition and if this helps all well and good. I'm a Salford fan and despite spending a bomb we're 2nd bottom so spending doesn't always mean results.
There will always be winners and losers , it's all relative though so when people mean the lower clubs in terms of ££ it still means they can recruit ,no one has to spend the max salary cap as it is now so no one has to spend the max marquee budget either

Less than a year after their owner gave them an 800k gift? We are 15 years in to the SC. Wigan were spending 3.2m in 2001. In real terms we are spending about 35% of what we were on wages prior to the SC coming in and clubs are still going bust and the big clubs still win everything.

As Dr Koukash has found out. Far from evening the competition the SC entrenched the advantage of the big clubs.

Not across the 12 teams in SL the ££££££ won't be enough to talk. But the money that Koukash especially will be willing to throw about definitely will talk!! You're a fool if you think otherwise. Koukash is a billionaire with an addiction to Rugby League...


If a player in a team with a marquee signing doesn't like the fact another bloke is on 3x as much as himself then he can go see if the grass is greener and become a marquee signing himself. If Leeds for example signed Cronk and Hardaker didnt like the fact then where is Hardaker going to go? As brilliant as Hardaker is he is no where near the huge NRL names. Go to a club like KR, FC, Cas, be their big marquee signing and win naff all for the rest of your career...

I was under the impression there was a vendetta against Salford, so why would the RFL go along with this – outrageous.

I personally don’t see how it will help with the team dynamics, I’m sure there will be resentment from the rest of the team towards one player on considerably more cash.

A bit like when Chase was at Cas, the rest of the team seemed to let him shoulder the burden as he was on considerably more money.

It will also be interesting at Leeds with their reportedly stringent wage structures.

So the big clubs will still win everything with the added plus of a marquee player

Think why these clubs win everything, they have invested big style in youth, saints wigan and leeds can blend youth players into their squads as they have been bringing players through for years, other clubs have found that was the way, it takes time, we at fc are doing it that way now, even our much criticised neighbours are. Warrington are rumoured to bring in Cronk at the expense of a junior who is playing now just for quick success

A sad day for Super League. I know my club won't be going down the marquee player route. We should have waited until all SL clubs are paying up to the max SC limit first and then had a look at it.