what is the point of having rules

Not really, no.

question did wigan go over the cap or not yes or no

I'll answer it for you puroresu_boy it was a yes not much but a yes so the rules are a fine and points deduction but wigan being wigan have to bleat on to get they way, if they was a quid over its breaching the cap

the only good thing that has come out of it is leeds are closer to the bottom and shudds are nailed to the bottom

If you were up in court for a 3rd offence you wouldn't get a suspended sentence. If it was drink driving it would matter not how little you were over the limit.....you'd be jailed.

the RFL are now looking into the London v Wigan game to see if the can overturn the result and give them the two points as the only just lost by a close margin

no but when you park on a double yellow expect a fine

Which is why i used an example of a tiered penalty system, which the salary cap is based on...

And your 3rd offence should come into the tier....meaning even an upheld 2 point deduction is lenient considering Wigans recidivism.

Our last offence was 12 years ago. If it was last year i'd agree. Come to think of it, if it was in the last 5 years I'd agree. 12 years is a long time.

The salary cap indicate the MAXIMUM spend and is not some approximate figure.
I believe that Wigan's accountants are clever enough to know where the line is and equally bright enough to know if they've exceeded it or tried to cheat the system.
It's not like they havent done such things in the past, is it ?

If there should be no penalty, then fair enough but, how much is little enough to escape punishment.

The worst aspect of all this is not the deduction or, the "refund" of the 2 points, it was the new supremo coming out and saying that it was wrong, before any appeal had even been lodged.
He should have allowed due process to take place and THEN passed comment.

Under a different owner etc.