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Quote: Angelus "He's right though, no one has said anything about concealment or deception, except for a few experts on here. If a club really wanted to hide a 14k payment in a 1.85 million salary cap I'm sure they could.'"


Wigan really did want to and they did, but they got caught

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Quote: Ruune Rebellion "Wigan really did want to and they did, but they got caught'"


It only got discovered late in 2018 when looking at their 2017 figures, so it’ll be interesting to see if the same ‘mistakes’ are found later this year when their 2018 figures are checked over.

If Wigan haven’t made the same mistake with the 2018 figures does that mean they’ve realised their error from 2017....thus knowing about it BEFORE it was discovered by the RFL and hoping they wouldn’t be notice?

Either they’ve made the same mistake in 2018 or they’ve corrected it and didn’t inform the RFL themselves that their figures for 2017 were over....had they done the latter then doubt they’d be deducted points.

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"The Golden Generation finally has its Golden Fleece! They have Wembley Cup Final winners medals to add to their collection." 23/08/2014:



I’d add that a good reason why a points deduction is fair is because as Wigan admit in their club statement, they were over the cap for 22 weeks out of a 36 week season.

They argue they shouldn’t get a deduction because they didn’t reach the playoffs or win the cup.....however they did effect others not doing so.

Leneghan points out “Wigan gained no competitive advantage during this period of breach losing six games in succession at one stage.”.....the week after that sixth loss they beat Warrington in the cup QF, a few weeks later Salford in the SF, both denying them the chance to get to Wembley whilst they’ll surely have been over the cap.

They finished 3 points ahead of 9th placed Warrington before the Super 8’s. They’ll have picked up more than 3 league points in that 22 week period.

Very self absorbed for Wigan to just look at what they didn’t achieve that they forget what they stopped others achieving. They got a £2,500 fine....I’m sure they earned a lot more by reaching Wembley and being runners up and not playing Middle 8 fixtures which will have hit attendances thus profits.

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Quote: ThePrinter "It only got discovered late in 2018 when looking at their 2017 figures, so it’ll be interesting to see if the same ‘mistakes’ are found later this year when their 2018 figures are checked over.

If Wigan haven’t made the same mistake with the 2018 figures does that mean they’ve realised their error from 2017....thus knowing about it BEFORE it was discovered by the RFL and hoping they wouldn’t be notice?

Either they’ve made the same mistake in 2018 or they’ve corrected it and didn’t inform the RFL themselves that their figures for 2017 were over....had they done the latter then doubt they’d be deducted points.'"


That's along my lines of thinking. Are we to believe that the new administration team had no handover and turned up on a Monday n had to figure these things out themselves?

Did they employ people with no previous experience in their job?

And when the bills came through did they then not question where this money is to be allocated.

Even if it was an administrator error it's down to their incompetence in their role for not checking and confirming something that they were unsure on give the penalty of breaching cap.

Finaly the flight allowance I assume is part of a players contract and possibly would have been in the contract the previous or last year and possibly counted on their cap then?

I guess you can see things from a Wigan fan base and that it's not a lot of money to go over. The fines a laughable amount the only real punishment I'd a points deduction which I don't think will affect their league position come the end of the season. I think if rumours are to be believed that there was some kind of suspicion that Wigan have known they were over said no otbing n firstly denied it then the two points are deserved. If kit you have to think that the rfl are taking other factors into account on this and jot previous breaches.

Also the timings pretty bad for the start of the season let's hope tonight's game it too intense and action packed it hardly gets mentioned!!

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Bradford Bulls chairman Andrew Chalmers is no stranger to controversy or a biting remark or two, with a long-standing public feud with Hull KR chairman Neil Hudgell in the past.
Now the Bulls supremo has come out with an extraordinary blast aimed at Wigan Warriors following their salary cap breach, turning his ire in the direction of his opposite number at Wigan, Ian Lenagan.

The Warriors sit on minus two points in Super League, having been handed a points deduction for a salary cap breach during the 2017 season. Wigan were penalised after six separate payments totalling £14,700 were not declared to the Rugby Football League.

Lenagan, speaking after the points deduction, said the club were guilty merely of an administrative error, with the honesty and integrity of the Warriors not in question. That sentiment doesn't appear to be shared by Chalmers.

Writing in his weekly column for the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Chalmers issued a broadside towards Wigan and even called for Lenegan to step down.

He said: "I know, from our own salary cap returns, that they are based on honesty and self-declaration. I am not sure how you can innocently under-report costs.

 
"The average man in the street might conclude it's either wilful dishonesty, or at the very least, sheer incompetence.
"Apparently chairman Ian Lenagan is taking personal responsibility for it, which is right and proper, and for which he deserves respect. He should now do the honourable thing and resign."

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There is no viable excuse from Wigan. The regulations are on the website. It’s easy.

They tried to hide it and got caught. Simple.

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Quote: Wigg'n "Is it just me that finds it strange that "agents fees and a flight allowance" are considered part of the salary cap?'"

Why ?
I am in receipt of both car & fuel allowance, upon which I am taxed as earnings & it is automatically declared by my employer, flights or agents fees apply to the SC whether they suit Wigans agenda or not !

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Quote: Ste100Centurions "Why ?
I am in receipt of both car & fuel allowance, upon which I am taxed as earnings & it is automatically declared by my employer, flights or agents fees apply to the SC whether they suit Wigans agenda or not !'"


Do you get anything in brown envelopes?

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Quote: ThePrinter "I’d add that a good reason why a points deduction is fair is because as Wigan admit in their club statement, they were over the cap for 22 weeks out of a 36 week season.

They argue they shouldn’t get a deduction because they didn’t reach the playoffs or win the cup.....however they did effect others not doing so.

Leneghan points out “Wigan gained no competitive advantage during this period of breach losing six games in succession at one stage.”.....the week after that sixth loss they beat Warrington in the cup QF, a few weeks later Salford in the SF, both denying them the chance to get to Wembley whilst they’ll surely have been over the cap.

They finished 3 points ahead of 9th placed Warrington before the Super 8’s. They’ll have picked up more than 3 league points in that 22 week period.

Very self absorbed for Wigan to just look at what they didn’t achieve that they forget what they stopped others achieving. They got a £2,500 fine....I’m sure they earned a lot more by reaching Wembley and being runners up and not playing Middle 8 fixtures which will have hit attendances thus profits.'"

Great post.
Plus...they gained an advantage because had they got the -2 awarded last season things would have been different for Castleford in the S8s with favourable fixtures.

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Quote: rubber duckie "Great post.
Plus...they gained an advantage because had they got the -2 awarded last season things would have been different for Castleford in the S8s with favourable fixtures.'"


I don’t have an issue with it not being applied in 2018 as timewise the ‘mistake’ wouldn’t have been noticed early enough when checking their figures.

What will be interesting though is if when their 2018 figures are checked that if they haven’t made the same ‘mistake’ then clearly they realised what they did wrong in 2017, corrected it but DIDN’T inform the RFL of their error with their 2017 numbers and hoped the RFL wouldn’t notice.

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"They argue they shouldn’t get a deduction because they didn’t reach the playoffs or win the cup"

WTF


well what if they had won something
they must know that there'd be some kind of penalty

it takes so long for these things to come to light, I guess they figure, who's gonna care months after the fact, they win it, bask in the glory and benefit from the financial rewards at the time, the consequences are just bridges to be crossed in the future.
is there any real deterrent from doing it every year

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Quote: atomic "Do you get anything in brown envelopes?'"

I get an account of what I owe to HMRC, unfortunately.

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Quote: atomic "Do you get anything in brown envelopes?'"

I wish mate, maybe I wouldn't be scratching around for pennies if I did !

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