Playing for Leeds you dont get paid as much as you might elsewhere but you do get some things money cannot buy, for some thats enough but for others it isnt

im not aware of any other industry that limits what one business can spend on its employess on what its competitors can afford

Different clubs will value them differently and therefore offer to pay them different amounts. There is no absolute value that anyone deserves for their work, simply the amount they can demand.

Leeds pay them what they deserve, what they are worth to Leeds. Other clubs may be willing to pay them more. They are free to move to those other clubs if they so wish. That they choose not to is their decision, their choice to put more value on playing with Leeds than simply their salary.

Nail on the head with an extremely heavy hammer.

no the problem is keeping CEOs in jobs they arent up to, if they cant run their business in a sustainable manner they should be allowed to fail

Or we could just let wage bills spiral like it has in football, and we can all spend fifty quid each to watch our teams play, while the smaller clubs go bust as a result of trying to keep up with the big boys.

Yes, but the whole point is that these things need not be mutually exclusive.

probably because he isnt suited to it, maybe he has never been offered the chance

maybe he is prepared to make that sacrifice, if he is great, good on him, but thats his personal decision on whats best for him

Maybe that's the case for tinpot clubs, not for the big boys.

Yes, you are missing something - in fact you are missing an awful lot

Luckily, Richard Lewis isn't and I am very thankful for that

Smokey stop confusing them with common sense. They haven't a leg to stand on and they know it.

We don't have as much money as other sports. This is unfair on professional RL players, but life isn't fair. Better to recognise this than bankrupt the sport, either financially or as a competitive spectacle, in a Quixotic attempt to right that wrong.

but they dont, the are paid what leeds are allowed to spend,

they arent paid their value to leeds, they are paid what leeds can afford under an arbitrary cap set purely to limit the amount they can earn

if the SC didnt do this we wouldnt bother having it, if it didnt stop players seeking their true worth it wouldnt be a salary cap would it?

you cant have a salary cap which doesnt cap salaries

why would it bankrupt the spor, do you not trust your CEO to run your club in a professional manner?

wages in football have spiralled as a result of income 'spiralling' and which clubs are going bust, small ones or poorly run ones? there are a fair few 'small' clubs doing fine and the ones which arent are largely poorly run, ala leeds utd