SBR wrote:The over-riding aim of the salary cap is to create a more competitive competition. This it is succeeding in doing.
so why arent smaller clubs challenging
Quote:Paying the same amount on wages isn't level?
no, it it is artificial way of bringing any club which excels either on or of the pitch back to the level of those who arent
Quote:Maybe teams that can afford to spend more on wages should be allowed to field more players. After all they can afford to.
maybe smaller teams should have a 10 point head start every game, make sure they dont have to rely on building a competitive squad to be competitive
Quote:Leeds are another good example. As jonh said they used to waste vast amounts of money failing to compete with Wigan. Now the SC has brought them to the point where they have achieved great success by doing the right things, by investing in youth, by putting systems in place to regulate players' pay and avoid overpaying players. You think this is bad?
leeds can invest in youth anyway, they can regulate wages anyway, you seem to be arguing that the only thing stopping paul caddick, a self made man worth hundreds of millions of pounds from suddenly forgetting all the business principles which got him there and wasting his money is the sc, which is a mental argument
Quote:When other clubs follow this example they will be rewarded with success and we will be rewarded with more competitive matches at the highest level. This would not be possible without the salary cap.
why wouldnt it. and surely clubs shouldnt only need to do the same but better or something different so the game can evolve and move forward.
what you are proposing is stagnation
Quote:This is a problem. Fortunately as the competition has improved interest in it has risen and so revenue has risen at these clubs. Of course if they were getting hammered every week this wouldn't happen but the salary cap stops that.
you should tell leigh, fax, salford, celtic, you, and cas that, because all have had seasons where they were hammered every week
Quote:Unrestricted spending will simply lead to wage inflation. The same players just paid more. This might stop one or two from going to Union but at a very high cost.
a high cost to who. who is going to start massively overpaying players
Quote:Having one or two clubs in a competition who are vastly superior to the rest creates a poor competition. Which is a poor product for the clubs to sell. For this reason the SL clubs agreed to limit spending on salaries to create a better competition. It is working, attendances are up, viewing figures are up
and yet all this has happened whilst leeds and saints have been vastly superior, it has happened when leeds won back to back titles, when saints have won 4 challenge cups, when leeds won the league by a record margin, the evidence for your point just isnt there
Quote:Now you want to destroy that just because another sport wants to pay one player more than he is worth?
who decides a players worth, what if he is worth more but cant be paid his worth because of the sc, what if hes leaving not because ru overpay but we underpay
