Cokey at that time of the year when the mid 8s are to be played you will find it very difficult to bring in quality players before any deadlines as theybwill command big transger fees which count on the cap also bringing a player in at the beginning of the season will tie up a fair chunk of any cap leaving your squad pretty thin on numbers.

It isnt just a case of raising the cap for the sake of being equal its all about being able to afford to spend up to the cap in the first place and not harm the club in doing so.

Hence my suggestion that homegrown talent should not be counted on the cap

It's alright saying give cap dispensation for homegrown talent if we were playing in an ideal world where that talent isn't cherry picked by SL clubs. The Championship cap has to be raised to somewhere like 1.4M if we're realistic about having regular movement between divisions. Wakefield are probably the team most likely to be picked off at some point because they haven't spent the full cap for some time now. If a club like Leigh or Bradford go up they'll probably spend closer to the 1.8M cap and the goalposts will be even further away for aspiring Championship clubs.

you mean like
Club Trained Player Allowance
The intention behind this allowance is to reward Clubs for developing (and investing in the development of) Players.
Any Club Trained Player shall be deemed to have a maximum Salary Cap Value of £40,000. Any amount paid to the Player in excess of £40,000 shall be disregarded in calculating his Salary Cap Value.

A ‘Club Trained Player’ is a player who was on the Club’s register for any 3 full Seasons before the end of the Season in which he ceases to be eligible by age to play at Under 21 level.
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Correct, they'll just become feeder clubs...Which isn't right.

I can see the RFL adding a bonus point system to the qualifiers, before raising the cap next time round to be honest.

It's likely we'll lose to Widnes on Sunday while Wakefield will beat Sheffield so we'd still miss out on the million pound game even with a 5 point start. I think 5 points is a reasonable start for a team which had only lost one game out of 23 over one which has only won 3, might have prevented them from admitting to throwing the whole regular league competition which is surely bad for the competition & sport.

As for the salary cap Championship clubs do need to be able to spend closer to the SL clubs they're playing but obviously have to be careful of clubs over spending. As it stands isn't the £1Million cap only available to clubs that can prove they have the money & there's a lower cap for other clubs? Another tier at say £1.4M for clubs that can show they have the money & a financial plan could help.

If the salary cap is moved closer then your handicapping system would then become unfair. Things to look at ....Salary Cap and Transfer Deadline. You are looking for 4 best clubs from 8 all should start on Zero.