The reason the NRL has a vastly greater salary cap: www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1a8uw.html

The reason the NRL has a vastly greater salary cap: www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1a8uw.html

Cas sold Westerman for a huge sum of money.

Apologies. I read the OP's figures as AUD and not Pounds Sterling

I was thinking along similar lines whilst watching the game. Wigan simply didn't have an Offiah, a Robinson or a Hanley. Someone who could make something out of nothing or get on the end of a move and nail it. About 60 mins in the game I never felt as though we would break their line and to that extent, as a spectator, I missed out on something.

With the CC as it stands, I will never get that feeling again.

The product is getting poorer.

Another reason why the NRL has a greater cap: www.broncos.com.au/site/_content ... source.pdf $26.7 million business, their player salaries are a drop in the ocean, unlike every SL club.

Another reason why the NRL has a greater cap: www.broncos.com.au/site/_content ... source.pdf $26.7 million business, their player salaries are a drop in the ocean, unlike every SL club.

From Richard Lewis

To SL Chairmen

Please submit your 5 year updated financial plans under the agreed terms of your SL licence by the due date. The plans should show a year on year minimum increase in turnover of 15% before inflation and your player wages must increase by a minimum of 10% year on year excluding inflation strictly under the terms agreed with SL.

You must achieve these agreed targets and we will be auditing and reviewing your performance against the plans.

The RL will ensure that revenues from broadcasting partners increase by a minimum of 15% per annum excluding inflation and this increase will be fed directly to the SL members.

Yours in Sport

Richard

Simple business stuff - but is anyone doing it or coordinating it?

Can you forecast what inflation will be over the next five years? I have a scheme that starts in 2013 and runs for two years. I have been having a long search for the forecast information MIPS and BCIS don't go beyond the first quarter of next year.

As for a sustained increase in revenue, year-on-year for a five year period above an unknown inflation percentage; are you involved in business at all?

5% should be acheivable.
10% should be the target.
15% would be incredible.

btw, did you enjoy the game?

5% above inflation at today's rate, would require an 9% increase. The last set of accounts I have for Wigan (year end 200icon_cool.gif had them turning over a shade under £4 million, this would require a cash influx of £360k as a minimum. That is a lot of additional sponsorship, bearing in mind the Sky deal is a million quid a year.

I really enjoyed the game, despite a teenage girl screeching down my ear every time Wigan attacked!

What did you think of the St George backs? That left side looked quite potent, really quite surprised Morris, did pick up another couple of tries.

The OP makes me feel so much better about a recent defeat at Elland Road . Such a huge gap in SC ..AND they were breaking it .
BTW . Did we / should we get the last WCC by default ?