There does come a point but if there’s hope of a solution, the RFL, the creditors and other stakeholders will hold out while it lasts. If it all falls over in a week that’s not much worse than bringing it to a head now.

It is a difficult situation because you are right that whilst there is hope of a solution, all parties will want to give time for it to be resolved. And rightly so because we don't want to lose any club from the game. But the biggest question at the moment for me is not so much about when someone like the RFL will act but IF they will act at all.

Leigh no longer interested in Sneyd according to Beaumont https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... -half-back

Leigh no longer interested in Sneyd according to Beaumont https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... -half-back

Warrington with some interest in Sneyd I hear. His lad is on Man Utd's scholarship or youth teams, so no way he comes back East

Quote number 6="number 6"Leigh no longer interested in Sneyd according to Beaumont https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... -half-back'" I wonder if the the investment proposal has been successful and no players have to be sold.

Quote number 6="number 6"Leigh no longer interested in Sneyd according to Beaumont https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... -half-back'" I wonder if the the investment proposal has been successful and no players have to be sold.

apparently pulled out of the deal before their pre season summer camp, they wanted him before they flew out.

I really hope it works out for them, as they may have been some bridges burnt. No guarantees that clubs will sign players and pay a fee, when they could get them for free if there is no investment.

Someone had a good point on Twitter, of they are quota exemption brought in for Salford players there should be an exemption brought in for other signings. There are only 7 overseas players, so only a max of 7 clubs can benefit. To be fair, they should allow every club to sign an extra quota player.

Yeah, that is a fair and valid point

Not really, this is about saving people's incomes, not bolstering squads above and beyond that previously agreed. If we were given a dispensation would we sign a salford player or look for a quota half in Oz?

For me, this is one of the reasons why I feel they shouldn't be talking about exemptions at all at the moment. It's just a whole can of worms figuring out how to keep it fair for all clubs whilst also attempting to figure out a way to help out Salford. I know that each situation is different but the last time I believe there was exemptions was when Crusaders folded wasn't it? And those exemptions were to keep the suddenly uncontracted players employed. We're not in that position with Salford yet and hopefully we won't be.

To keep it fair, the RFL should have been reaching out solely to the clubs with available cap and quota spaces and encouraging them to deal. The other clubs should have been kept out of it until the situation turned more dire as per the Crusaders situation. I believe I read the other day that the latest proposal is that the clubs with spaces will get first refusal for a couple of weeks before clubs needing exemptions can get involved but if players and agents are aware that other clubs can put bids in for them in a few weeks then they'll just delay negotiations until they can get the maximum amount of offers on the table. So clubs with spaces may end up with no one whilst clubs with no spaces end up with extra players. It's going to be completely unbalanced.

Salford look like they've got the investment they need