Instead of spending millions on overseas stars we should be investing in youth, keeping our own stars and raiding Union. Which we did to some success in the 80/90's.

I agree we need some exemptions. Not sure it would work as you suggest though...how would you keep Tomkins under that system? Sell him to Union then buy him back?

Raiding Union would cost just as many millions unfortuately.

True, but at least they'd be able to represent the international sides.

Raising the salary cap on its own won't help. The currency exchange will see to that.

There are going to be plenty of opportunities for English players to play with the best in the world.They will pay in NRL.

So if you have say "international players don't count to the cap" all that happens is Leeds & Wigan buy the best players and we are back to the same pre-Superleague debacle

The BIGGEST single block to signing marquee players from Aus is the refusal of Aus, SOO and now Kiwi selectors to pick Super League players for internationals, any player worth his salt wouldn't want to risk that

Players like Lyons and Monaghan only came to SL cos they got sacked...

What about a crazy idea of giving teams a seasonal option of going over the salary cap ceiling based on last seasons league position.

Wigan would only be allowed to spend this season at current cap level for finishing top.
Wire get to spend 7% over the limit for finishing 2nd
3rd 14%
4th 21%
5th 28%
6th 35%
7th 42%
8th 49%
--------- bit of a jump for teams outside playoffs
9th 63%
10th 70%
11th 77%
12th 84 %
13th 91 %
14th 100%

They don't have to spend it but the limit option is there, could stop teams running away with things season after season and means any big players would be shared around.

Er no.

I did say crazy

Warrington have a very classy team with stacks of top players whilst playing under the SC

Maybe the problem is how the other clubs use the available money

Well it's long been an issue that struggling clubs can't attract top players no matter how much money they offer

Indeed it might be a top flight player would go to say Wigan for less then they could get at Salford

I dont really agree with that because i think one of the benefits of it would be that players in or about the fringe of being 'marquee' would be more likely to move from a big to a smaller club if those smaller clubs were offering 'marquee' contracts. At Leeds for instance we Have Hall, Burrow, Mcguire, Sinfield on the top 4 contracts, There is Watkins and Hardaker who should be getting close. At least one of those couldnt be offered a marquee contract by Leeds. But i can't imagine Salford would have trouble offering one.

Rewards failure.

Not sure how that system would work either really, a club could only really spend the salary cap and then bolster the squad with a couple of 1 year signings as you wouldn't know what you could spend in year 2 or 3.
The only way that kind of system could work really is by taking an average of a clubs league position over 3 or so years, and then saying for the next 3 or so years a club could spend so much more than the cap.
But I still wouldn't be in favour of it.