It will get to a point of saturation of players either going to NRL or RFU. firstly they will only be the very best that we have and are affordable. It could end up that every player likely to represent GB or England are actually playing in the NRL ( I think this is an extreme).
The long term prospects are the ones to worry about, in this modern age awareness is greater through media coverage and internet, young lads might see that Rugby League in the UK is a poor career choice and actually switch to playing Union. The benchmark for the decline in league if there is one would be the amateur clubs, how many are struggling to fulfill fixtures due to lack of players and how many are scrapping under age teams, this is where the future profeessionals will come from.

Once the roots begin to die it isn't long before the plant collapses.

You miss the point completely. The system I proposed does not necessarily involve increasing the cap. The only compulsory element to it is the minimum salary of £25k. There would be no requirement of the poorer clubs to throw megabucks at top players, but there is also nothing restricting the richer clubs from paying their top players good money. It is a structural suggestion rather than a simple cap increase proposal.[/list]

Maybe you can suggest a proposal yourself?



Course they would

You and others miss the point.

It is a CAP not a requirement to spend.

So 5 players could possibly earn 1.2 million

Is that a statement or a question ?

The overall wages and salaries at Wigan and every club go up each year. So the whole of the increase is taken up by the non playing staff.
We can always find the money to pay them.
If we can increase the money for the non playing staff at all clubs then why not the players? Why are their salaries capped? No one else's are!
So the most important people at the club, the players, have their salaries capped and the rest get their's increased.
That is just so Rugby League!