I don't think it could hurt though?

The way I look at the proposal is that it's an effort to keep our stars whilst gaining new ones. Something SL desperately needs is star players to get bums on seats & people talking about the game.


I think the £200k home-grown marquee player allowance is a good one. It's aimed at those top few players in our comp, who might otherwise be tempted by going to the NRL or Rugby Union. Obviously not all clubs will need it, but I'd rather it was available than not available.

Completely hypothetically, this rule if brought in a few years ago could have tempted Sam Tomkins to stay, Wigan don't tie up so much cap in one player & can offer him enough to make him stay. Saints could have had James Roby as their marquee player, freeing up cap to perhaps keep James Graham or going back even further, Eastmond. The rule could help Leeds keep hold of Watkins in the future. It's not saying clubs have to spend this amount of money, just that it's there should they need it.


The NRL player rule again is a good one IMO. The salary cap impact capped at £200k means that they can go out and sign one or two world class players, but due to cap constraints can't spend a fortune and have 5 or 6 internationals running about.

You are right, there wasn't much media presence or increase in crowds for Johns time in Warrington after Johns had left. The increases happened when he was there. He paid for himself in terms of ticket sales and merchandise sales.

GI would get us more media presence than we could ever afford to buy.

GH not only voted for the Marquee exemption, he has proposed it.

the last proposal was very close to going through. Lenegan, Koukash, Davy, and Moran voted for it last time, along with Hetherington. He was playing a pretty dangerous game if he didn't actually want it.

Lot of talk about Inglis getting "media presence and attention" for the sport.

This might come as a surprise, but I very much doubt the majority of UK sport editors - either in the print or digital media - have the first flying clue who Greg Inglis is.

Or for that matter, remotely care.

It's not like Sam Burgess was in the papers and on Question of Sport every other week, until his move to Bath hit the headlines.

but his move to bath did hit the headlines.

I have no doubt that the UK sport editors in print and digital media didn't really have a clue who Sam Burgess was. But big moves get big headlines.

Comparing Johns move to England and Inglis is Apples and Oranges.

Johns played a handful of cameo games after his team was finished for the season in the NRL.
No matter how talented a player is he can not turn a team around on his own and if he is surrounded by mediocre players he will most likely look similar.
The chance of signing a player like Inglis is virtually zero.