There is specific anti-trust legislation in the US to deal with it. I.e it is accepted to be a restraint of trade but whilst the unions agree to it through the CBA (and many, many other boring things) they allow it.

Besides, both Australia and the US have different laws to us.

UEFA have basically admitted they couldn't even try to implement a straight salary cap, and as such have gone for financial fair play, which itself is being challenged, and UEFA have folded faster than the world speed origami champion making a paper tiger. People within RU including some club owners have publicly said they don't believe the SC to be legal and you will find many within RU accusing certain clubs of ignoring the SC and not being punished.

Im not moving the debate away from whether people in a competition have to abide by certain rules and regulations. Of course they do. So long as those rules and regulations themselves are legal and enforceable. You could not force a player to disclose their partners financial information without their consent because to do so would be illegal. You couldn't force a players partner to disclose that information because you are nothing but a governing body and hold no authority over that person. The idea the RFL could demand a player provide someone else's financial information is nuts.

As for the reason why such a case hasn't been brought yet, two reasons, firstly, when one is threatened very quickly governing bodies capitulate and bring in some kind of new allowance, and secondly, when it comes to RL, the figures you would be talking about would be relatively minimal, its not really in the players interests to start bringing cases costing hundreds of thousands of pounds to gain amounts in tens of thousands of pounds, if you were the owner of a club with deep pockets......... it might never even come to light.

i think the problem we have in SL, is that the NRL's 19th best HB will easily be in SL's top 3 half's.

Moron.

He has a point to be fair. Sandow isn't wanted by Parramatta for next year, it doesn't seem as though any other NRL club is interested either. He's had his problems, some have alleged attitude problems, other talked about weight and fitness issues.

Despite all that Warrington fans are getting excited over the signing. Some suggesting he is a marquee player. It demonstrates the huge gulf between the NRL and SL.

FWIW i think he will go very well over here. His style of play is probably more suited to SL and being out if the intense media spotlight will probably be good for him.

Barring enormous attitude problems, Sandow will kill it in SL in my opinion.

Quote: FearTheVee "Barring enormous attitude problems, Sandow will kill it in SL in my opinion.'" I agree, however things like this don't make good reading: www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/parrama ... 7449847374

Quote: FearTheVee "Barring enormous attitude problems, Sandow will kill it in SL in my opinion.'" I agree, however things like this don't make good reading: www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/parrama ... 7449847374

So yet another season for wirefan to hopeful and then be dissapointed

I always thought the easier loophole is that a club pays a marque player £1m and he has a poker night where the other 18 squad members each win £50k from him.....

You do realise that being the 22nd best HB in the NRL is the equivalent of being a top 2 HB in SL.
When you look at the halfbacks over recent years that have struggled to even get a game in the NRL tear it up over here such as Dureau, Walsh etc it puts things into perspective how good Sandow could be over here. As things currently stand Sandow won't be our marquee player.

Second in try assists in the NRL for an average, struggling Para side considering he's been playing awful. Can't wait to see him over here tearing teams a new one.

Apparently he's joint 4th on the dally m rankings, in which case I reckon 22nd best half back is probably, just a tad, incorrect.

Apparently he's joint 4th on the dally m rankings, in which case I reckon 22nd best half back is probably, just a tad, incorrect.

Dureau and Walsh have both been awful this year.

Sandow isn't our marquee player.