Post subject: Local sports writers - do they do their research!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:44 pm
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According to Phil Wilkinson in tonight's Wigan Observer :-
"One of the lesser-known clauses of the salary cap rules is that for every player who has been in the first team for more than 10 years, only half their salary counts on the £1.65 million wage bill.
That rewards the likes of Kieron Cunningham, Paul Wellens (St. Helens), Paul Deacon (Bradford) and Lee Briers (Warrington) for their service, while also giving their clubs a greater incentive to keep them."
Absolute rubbish.
The rule is that the clubs get a £50K dispensation against the cap for a player who has completed 10 years at the club, but it is limited to one player per club.
So for Saints they can have in effect £50K extra to spend in lieu of either part of Wellens or Longs salaries.
They cannot claim £50K for each.
Lazy journalism.
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For 27 - 0 you get a trophy For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
Wigan had eight in a row Saints have five in a row
XBrettKennyX wrote:This the same WEP that apparently had Wigan "throwing away a 12-10 lead" against Hull
The glory days of the WEP and the WO being powerhouses of Wigan RL knowledge and fanaticism seems to be well behind us. I'd imagine that many of their desks are now peopled by callow, pimply faced youths who think exclusively in terms of blue and white.
Cruncher wrote:The glory days of the WEP and the WO being powerhouses of Wigan RL knowledge and fanaticism seems to be well behind us. I'd imagine that many of their desks are now peopled by callow, pimply faced youths who think exclusively in terms of blue and white.
Cracking job for Conroy then.
SAINTS THE ORIGINAL AND PERENNIAL CHEATS
For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
Wigan had eight in a row Saints have five in a row
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