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Why am I not surprised?

I can think of only five clubs who would vote yes to a rise.

Tail and dog comes to mind, again.

They need to raise the cap in line with inflation at least.

Wonder if anything was said regarding weetabix at the meeting?

Well, not really, not if 9 of the 14 vote for it to stay the same.

Ultimately the right decisions need to be made for all clubs not just for a few who have plenty of resources.

Maybe but three years without a rise is not good. You can only lower standards by doing that surely?

Depends. Money is tight, there are plenty of people not getting pay rises at the moment.

The clubs who want to progress are being held back.

The cap wouldn't bother me as much if players brought through your academy were discounted, I can't believe the RFL haven't come up with some idea to encorporate this into the cap.

The fact is that none of us know the details of the vote.

Pretty much all clubs are losing money, if they decided to increase the cap by an extra £200k then the clubs that lift their salaries will simply lose another £200k per year, as there aren't that many extra incom streams knocking around.

Perhaps even the top teams who are at the cap limit don't want to stretch things at the moment in this recession.

Possibly. Commercially clubs might be feeling the pinch but attendance wise the crowds have held up well or risen during the financial climate, so I wouldn't say things are so desperate.







Aye thats been my argument for a long time as well.

a cap that does not rise along side inflation will lead to may of our better players leaving to play union. there SC is nearly 2.5 times the size (in england) and in france it is £7.1 million.

no matter if you play for quins or wigan, when you go to get a new contract, and you get told that you cannot earn any more than 3 years previous you will get a little annoyed. if inflation was 4% each year for those 3 years you would need £1.13 for every £1 you earned in your old crontract to MAINTAIN the lifestyle you had previously. so in effect that would be telling players to take a pay cut every season.

if i was a player i know what i would be doing, learning how to ruck and maul because i could earn 2.5 times more playing RU in england or 4.3 times more playing RU in france.

perhaps they should base the cap on average body fat percentage ?

walker in for feka ?