Not exactly, and of course we're in a completely different universe in terms of the numbers, but what I'm getting at is the question asked - about naming a single benefit of a higher cap ( though of course strictly I'm talking about cap reform rather just a flat increase )

One of the things that the cap is doing, for example, is frustrating what Koukash seemingly would like to achieve, which is to RAPIDLY bring Salford to the top table (in every sense of the phrase) - just as City were quickly transformed. Koukash (I think) believes that with money and star players he can quickly transform Salford, including making a massive impact on the size of their fan-base. I applaud the man. Huge numbers of know-it-alls assert that he has no clue, that such a plan will lead to disaster, "look what happened to club x, y, z, etc." and that the only sensible course of action is a long, slow and patient build up.

Maybe, but people like Koukash want to act quickly and expect quick results. Good luck to the man I say. Naysayers can lecture him all they like about doing it more slowly, or 'investing in the sport' (rather than one club) but he probably won't (and shouldn't) give a t**s what these armchair businessmen (me included) think.

I absolutely agree that it makes sense to do what we can to have mechanisms to prevent owners bankrupting clubs, but there simply has to be a smarter way than simply blocking money out of the game. In Koukash we have a bloke who has money ready* to bring superstar players to the North West of England and SL. That is a GOOD THING. Surely we're smart enough to find a way to let him do it. It's not my club, but I want to want to watch the best.

( *For those who insist that Koukash is all hot-air, I think you're wrong, but even if you're right, it doesn't matter, it's not about Koukash per-se, but about deliberately blocking money out of the game as a matter of policy).

If we increased the cap we could also spend more money on bringing in better players, and keeping some of those we are losing.

Well put. Precisely.

The cap is realistically going up anyway, in a sensible way.
Homegrown players (ie the ones we want to keep) will count as only £ 100k from next year, so clubs with a good youth setup could easily spend over 2 million.
Theres no point in upping the cap generally as it'll just get spent on players that will hold development of our future stars back.
The good Dr says he's commited to Salford, let him plow millions into a world class academy at Salford and grow a world class side. Or does he just want to buy instant success? Thats how you make a good team, not how you make a great club.

I wouldn’t just up the cap generally, because whilst it might somewhat mitigate the negative effects of the cap, it doesn’t solve the problems we need to solve. I think we need to look again at what we are trying to achieve and the ways we can achieve those things.

There is no necessity for us to have a cap at all, if we have measures to spread talent, to slow wage inflation, to help clubs stay solvent, and to level the playing field.

Its a difficult issue.
1) we want more competative games, so dont let the big teams spend way more than anyone else
2) we want a better international setup, so encourage clubs to promote youth over imports
3) we want financial stable clubs, so dont let clubs spend more than they can afford.
4) we dont want to lose our best players to RU or the NRL, so pay them enough to at least be competative

2 of those point to having some sort of a cap, 1 to being able to pay top homegrown talent more, 1 to a quota system.

So the system we have now addresses all of them, to a degree. What would be a better system

The cap in 1996 when Superleague first started was £1.600.000.00! In today's money that's £2.543.840.00! A least raise it to match inflation! I believe at least six clubs could afford a cap rise, that will be half the league next year. So you would have six strong teams full of superstars that would bring more attention to Superleague, and maybe just maybe sky will put us back In the Saturday night slot rather than Thursdays (I wonder why they did that?).

People may say half the league would be a lot stronger than the other half, there would be no competition, but thats how things are now. Only four teams have ever won Superleague! so for the RFL to say "the cap is there to increase competition" there talking rubbish! Only 6 teams can really compete in Superleague and out of that six only four can win Superleague! How competitive is that!
Thats why Leeds,Wigan, and saints owner don't want change! Because that could lead to them being less likely to winning anything.

I don’t think we are spreading talent, I think the new rules in fact will do the opposite. Big clubs will hoover the best young talent up, be able to pay them more, have less count on the cap and be able to spend more bringing in better players. The SC as it is/will be, is doing the opposite of what we want.

Theres numerous different options to go to, squad make up, a points system, drafts, etc etc, which one is best would depend on how we were addressing the other issues in the game, they would need to complement each other.

I wonder if you'd have that attitude if the good Dr wasnt around? What would you do if Salford were allowed to spend that? the same players are availiable, its not like you can instantly grow some more.
the Dr is a good thing for RL, he needs to show his commitment and build Salford a worldclass academy. With the potential talent pool he has on his doorstep in Manchester, he could really build something there, it would take time and alot of investment, but it can be done.

Super League needs to solve the huge problem of possessing no star players with world class abilities and personalities to match now that Sam Tomkins has done a runner. It's a tough enough assignment marketing the sport, but it's virtually impossible without any star players to market.

And before anyone jumps in and says that's not true... we've got loads of star players, blah, blah, blah... the likes of Danny Brough, Kevin Sinfield, James Roby or anyone else do not qualify on any level.

When are you gonna run along back to a forum of your preferred code? RUFans would be better for you than endless trolling on here surely?