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We deferred some salary payments till the following year - you do know what that means don't you? That we actually didn't pay out that money to the player so he was playing for less money that year and more money the next. You do know that at the time that was not against the rules? That it wasn't covered in the rules at all? And the RFL had to decide we were going against the 'spirit of the cap' as we'd not broke any rule, they even updated the rules the following season to cover the situation. You do know that the players were and have been paid the same total amount of money over the course of their contract? And over the course of their contract worked out exactly the same on the salary cap? That it's not fee money or free cap?

We didn't break a single rule when we stayed up.

And that the RFL deemed us to have broken the 'spirit' rather than a 'rule' confirms it, and for that we paid our penalty the following season.

Now 'stut' (sic) your gob until you can learn the actual facts of a situation before jumping in and making yourself look like ar5e gravy, if that's actually possible for you. Or are you yet another ill informed bitter little scrote who likes to mouth off?

Most Wakey fans on here seem to be reasonable well mannered people who actually know what they're talking about. Still there always has to be an exception to prove the rule I guess.

So thats why you got points deduted then

errmm yes, and fined, because we 'broke the spirit'

We did not break any rule, you know the things that are written down and can be quoted.

It would have been interesting to see if the penalty would have stood up in a court of law, I don't think it's clear cut that it would. However we didn't pursue it, it was the final straw for Maurice and DW with the RFL, and we are were we are today, which is actually a good thing in my book.

How hard is this to actually understand.

Steve.

If there is one thing my mother always told me, it is that you can never have an argument with an idiot.

I am sick of having the same argument with numpty fans of other clubs.

The facts are either Black or white to them and they lack the IQ to comprehend the grey areas.

Fair play mate but I dont feel you will get anywhere.

Is that the spirit what says that you can only spend so much on players wages and if you break that spirit we will deduct you points, over our way they call them rule infringements, but still if you did not get a points reduction you must be right. you did not get a points reduction did you nah you wouldnt not for just breaking a spirit

These idiots need to take a closer look at other sports.. In the NFL for instance, deferred payments are common practice and completely acceptable. We did not break any rules at the time, we merely followed the trend set by other sports that made salary caps so popular in the first place!