http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/ap ... e-payments could be a lot of short term pain, but along with the stricter visa regulations it could lead to a lot of long term gains. it could also open up a whole can of backdated salary cap related issues if clubs get hit with 6 figure tax bills.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/ap ... e-payments could be a lot of short term pain, but along with the stricter visa regulations it could lead to a lot of long term gains. it could also open up a whole can of backdated salary cap related issues if clubs get hit with 6 figure tax bills.

It'd be interesting to speculate on the identity of the 4 clubs apparently NOT involved in this, but Obergruppenfuhrer mintball would have us shot if we did

Celtic and Catalan would be 50% of them

Reminds me of the Blackadder quote about the great universities, Oxford, Cambridge and Hull

And the obvious reply - you're right Leeds is a terrible team!!!!

yeah, oxfords a tip

this might shed some light on Warrington's attempts to flog Gleeson to get some cash in.

My bet is CC, Catalans (they wouldn't be involved with British tax authorities anyway), Salford and possibly Wakey or Quins. We shall see!

One of the 4 has to be Wigan, surely! We have been told countless times by their fans that their club dont use these loopholes, because the honest, Maurice Lindsay and Wigan rugby's biggest supporter, Dave Whelan told them so.

Are image right calculated in the salary cap ?

I suppose you could argue that a players salary is for his training and 80 mins (or less!!) on a match day, while his image rights are a seperate issue. If a club does not pay for image rights, could players get together and sell their own merchanise as a seperate entity to the work they do for the club.

I am sure as one loophole is closed some clever 2@ will find another, the MP's do.