Saddened! wrote:
Is there not a danger here that the new level is completely unsustainable? Leigh don't generate massive amounts of income, presumably a lot of the 'relevant income' will be fed in artificially through the owner? Does this not make it even more likely Leigh will suffer another embarrassing financial explosion and even disappear as a professional entity?
As for the bit about the cap not serving any purpose in any league, you sound like a Wigan fan. Crazy.
None more so than the financial feed that club owners such as Neil Hudghall, Ken Davy supply their respective clubs with..
As for the salary cap, wasnt its fundamentals supposed to stop clubs going bankrupt and to level the playing field?
Two questions how many top flight clubs have gone into administration under a 20 year salary cap vs the preceding 20 years?
How many clubs have won either the GF or Challenge Cup in the last 20 years vs the preceding 20 years?
When you get those answers you will see its failed its clear objectives, time to let the big clubs like Leeds, Saints, Wigan keep their stars and invest in others, which will hopefully entice more owners such as Derek to invest into their towns/cities and the game might actually grow then with a bit of marketing we might attract blue chip sponsors.
Alternatively we can keep in place the lowest salary cap in any sport in the world, pretend it works, let the same 5 teams win everything but continue to provide the NRL and RU with the best talent as we cant afford them...