Quote: Him "Yep the biggest clubs in our game have both claimed admin errors. Either the method in which the clubs report the cap is fiendishly complicated or the clubs simply aren’t giving it enough attention. Either way it’s up to the clubs to sort out.
Or of course they’re lying and it’s deliberate. Either way a points deduction would incentivise compliance/improving the cap reporting much more than a fine.'"
If those clubs are clever enough to do all of the other things right (apart from the current Leeds squad
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), they are clever enough to be able to manage their cap spend.
It is just possible that the recent breech by Wigan was a genuine error, as we were told that this was in relation to agents fees ?
However, if I have understood the Leeds case, they went over the cap on 4 occasions ?
Every club knows that there is a supposed live cap and IF there was a points deduction that was imposed for breeching the cap, they would make absolutely certain that they didn't go over.
As things stand, EVERY club will be happy to cry "administrative error" whilst overspending, especially if their spend allowed them to either survive in SL or make the play offs.
Juat as other posters have suggested, a precedent has now been set and it will be interesting to see what happens to the next offender.