I remember him publicly stating that he will break the salary cap, and will just take the punishments on the chin. Good on him really, it's about time someone made a stand. It really irks me that we got done for 'going against the spirit of the cap' when other clubs have since done the exact same thing with no punishment.

We should want rich investors to come into RL and project a bit of interest into the game. We should want the very best players to want to come and play here and get paid what they deserve without having to fly half way round the world to get it or leave and play Rugby Union. OK there's always got to be some kind of limit to what is spent, if it was like football then it'd just completely spiral out of control. But we're not even in line with inflation, let alone in line with our nearest competitors in the NRL and RU.

Then again it could be argued that if the cap was raised then rich investors would still break it and spend more and want the cap raising again etc etc etc.

I'd love Koukash to bring a court case on the SC. Given the abject failure of the SC to achieve its objectives and the massive downward pressure on real term wages that it has exerted, the chances of the SC being held to be a reasonable (and therefore lawful) restraint of trade don't look good....

If the SC was ruled illegal we might then be able to have a sensible debate about financial forecasting, budgets, planning, monitoring etc and a system that incentivised clubs to grow.

can you guys not 'loan them any fans' so their STAR SIGNINGS don't feel to 'outta place' next season !

I've not read what Koukash did say, but I doubt he said he was going to break the cap by paying the extra in cash as the OP said.

You are wishing someone good luck for breaking the clearly stated rules of the competition?

Where are all of these rich investors? Surely they would buy up the teams now 'on the cheap' and and run them within the confides of the restricted salary cap (and run them below market value)? Surely that is what a 'rationale' businessmen would do.

It's in Wigan's interests NOT to raise the cap. With the volumes of academy products coming through on an annual basis Wigan are well placed to be 'in the running' for silverware year on year as we have an advantage over the majority of SL clubs who would need to buy-in players from both the UK and Overseas.

It's very doubtful that IF the cap was raised/abolished that IL would then go out and plunder the NRL market for top quality signings (unlike Koukash & Moran).

I would love a scenario somewhere in between.
2-3 top quality NRL players, the rest made up of Academy lads and UK players (such as Taylor, Dudson & Flower.

You may interpret my words as you wish.....

The SC may be lots of things but a restraint of trade isn't one of them.

It is what IL does

I can hear the keyboards of the Happy Clappers bursting into life from here!

Still think the SC should have been reviewed by now just for inflation and adjustment.

When it comes down to it, the better the TV deal, the more money the clubs should get and the higher the SC should be, but that would rest on good TV deals....