Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "Then what, exactly, are you talking about?'"
as was put before, 14/15 year olds who play numerous sports, the ones who will need to pick one to try for a career in, to join an proffessional player pathway,
which you somehow confused with 7 year olds and calculators
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "We can't compete with football, or what RU offers. Thinking we can if you abandon the salary cap is weird.'"
we can compete, we may not win but we can compete, the size of the GP and SL are similar and we can certainly compete with 3rd division football,
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "
If they're good enough - like I said, we can't compete with what football and RU offer. The salary cap is nowt to do with that.'"
the salary cap caps salaries, its what it does, it is its reason for being, to limit the amount players earn is everything the cap stands for, it is use
in fact if it doesnt do this, it cant possibly be a salary cap, it is self evident that a salary cap will cap what players earn
i really dont see how you are struggling with this,
the salary cap caps salaries, this makes us less attractive a career, this means we attract less, and we are clearly poorer for it
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "I doubt it. RU has always been much bigger in this country, even when it was technically amateur. Hence, more players. It always had better media coverage too - the salary cap is nothing to do with that.'"
well you should, your assertion is very very wrong!
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "The same players who were paid less would be just as good as the modern players if you put them in a modern environment.'"
but there would be fewer of them
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "Scottish footballers are paid more now than they were. Are there a larger number of top quality Scottish footballers these days? Certainly doesn't seem that way, does it?'"
there were more playing in the bigger better english leagues previously, surprisingly enough, because they earned more money.
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "And it's not because of the salary cap.'"
not solely no, but partly.
or are you saying athletes dont go where the money is, in your argument we need a cap otherwise all the players would play for one big club as it would be able to pay them more?
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "We don't have them because we have little national and media profile and we're not a fashionable game.'"
so we need to offer them something else, maybe money? you know, the reason pro sport is professional
Quote: J. Willard Gibbs "It's nothing to do with a salary cap. Removing the salary cap will not see a massive influx of all these people who are just [idying[/i to play RL but currently are not.'"
as evidenced by the pre SC days when we never had players like Offiah, Davies, Gibbs, etc playing RL, oh hang on
