what isn't good for us now, is that teams like saints & wigan
won't want their u21s players being loaned out to us to get 1st team
experience, because champ1 is not good quality experience for them.
no insult ment by this to champ1 teams. but realisticly its true,
the sl u21s games are better quality.

Has anyone of you actually read the Salary cap rules?

There is provision to increase a clubs spending beyond the (so called) salary cap maximum in the Championship and in Championship 1 (other sports have their own rules which are ALL different so people should stop trying to put those rules as a discusdion point as they are not relevant), Nigel Wood has said so, the RFL says so in its own rules, all a club has to do is prove they can afford it on Ch 1 income, fair or not does not come into it as long as a club operates within the rules and asks permission and keeps the RFL informed, everything is OK.

And as for people coming on here accusing the club of doing this and doing that, as they have made no statement as of yet pray tell how anyone outside of the boardroom knows what is going on?.

To those who think we shouldn't be granted 'special dispensation', what do you recommend we do next?

Perhaps we should tear up the contracts of those already signed - including the youngsters like Hill and Taylor, who are on four year contracts? The players then sue Leigh for their contract monies, and bingo, we have exceeded the salary cap anyway, but have no players!

In my book, that would then be giving an unfair advantage to the rest of C1!!

Don't go round trying to sign every player coming off contract on big money perhaps?

I don't know how a Widnes fan can accuse us of this, the Vikings have done this on the last 2 years in respect of at least 2 members of their first team panel...

Cementing our place in the Championship mind hence able to spend the full cap available 400k... not 150k