Quote: Chico "I wonder if Salford received a special dispensation to spend over their agreed salary cap limit in recent years, and this has been denied or revoked for 2016. I’m basing this on Section E4 of the RFL’s operational rulesa) there are quite a few other dispensations that can effectively increase a club’s cap spend which are not accounted for here, b) Salford’s 2014–15 accounts are due and turnover may have increased from the previous year, c) I’m not privy to owt, and d) I’m pants at maths, legal shizz etc.'"
a) I *may* be wrong, but I am certainly under the impression you cannot use the marquee exemption before spending up to the limit of the cap.
b) to the highlighted section, currently there are 2 rules (elite player dispensation and long service dispensation) which can currently take a team over the limit. Both of these are to be removed in favour of the marquee rule. The only dispensation rule (that I'm aware of) that clubs will be able to use is the "new talent pools" allowance