I agree. I have repeatedly pointed out whenever this debate surfaces that the sport needs to increase its revenue as to rely on philanthropic owners is not a long term solution. Salford may benefit from it in the short term (if the cap were raised) but I am pretty sure even Koukash won't chuck money at the club for decades if overall he is funding a loss making club. Getting the clubs on a sound financial footing is one thing but having done that as recent events at Wigan show that doesn't mean you are immune from losing players. What is needed is a bigger injection of cash into the game from outside and as I have also said numerous times before the obvious place to look is TV. This is where both RU and the NRL are getting most of their income. Not off gate receipts and shirt sales etc. Whether we have the right people on board at the RFL to do this I don't know but I don't think comments from IL about not wanting to raise the salary cap set out the right kind of ambition whether we do or not.

RL has a choice and it is does it want to be a financially viable career for most players as well as competing for the best players or does it just accept it won't attract young men of potential and mitigate losing its best players as best it can? At the moment IL seems to be operating in "mitigate mode" and some people seem to think this is OK because we are top of the league and because he announces we will see Mossop again in two or three years time IF he doesn't stay in Oz.

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!