I simply can't understand how in a new era of promotion and relegation the top flight can arbitrarily vote to FURTHER inhibit the ability of Championships clubs to compete in the muddle 8s.

There are people above suggesting this is a great idea to grow the sport, when in fact it entrenches the tiny nature of the top flight by ensuring aspirant clubs like Leigh and Bradford (to name just two) are cut adrift.

Yet we have a salary cap and only 4 teams have won our competition. So what would happen is it would be the same just more exciting and higher quality

the best Aussies might not. But the best kiwis or pack islanders don't have the rep issue.

There are more players to go after than the 40 SoO players.

Considering the news from Hull KR this week I can't see how anyone could argue against any player getting more money.

There was. Just not as much. The squeeky wheel it seems, got the oil.

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...