Quote: sir adrian morley "according to phil clarke after tonight leeds hudds game he stated wigan were docked 4 points..didnt saints breach the cap twice many years ago..now if salford get more than 4 points it proves what a biased league this is,,'"
Although I was pretty outraged at the time of the four point penalty decision, Wigan got away with this because their lawyers successfully argued that because the offence had taken place at a time before the more severe penalties had been ratified, then they could only be penalised within the previous guidelines, where the points deductions were more modest. This is how they kept their points deduction down to four. Sadly for Salford, their offence, if proven, took place under the current rules ( 20 point maximum ) so the timing element does not apply in their case. Personally I think Wigan should have had a bigger penalty, but, rules is rules.
