Of course it does the standard has been on the decline for 10 years



The NRL has gone leaps and bounds we've gone backwards



Also giving away sponsorships to lorry or pizza firms for free doesn't help



No wonder there's no money in the game



Also basically telling sky "we'll take anything"

And here's me thinking the NRL has a salary cap, just as we do.



And, by the way, scrapping is the word you're looking for, not scraping.

Yes they do but their salary cap has grown to nearly 10m



Ours still similar to the 1.8m signed in 1999

Maybe they can afford it. (And it's £5m this year)



.... and this is what ours was in 1999

Very Poor in 20 years inflation



You trying to defend it is why SL is on its booty

I'm not defending anybody, just highlighting how inaccurate your posts are.



A 5% increase per annum isn't a bad return by today's standards.