: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:45 pm  

Suprised nobody has mentioned the vote to drop the salary cap level for Championship teams next season.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:51 pm  

Tortured Soul wrote:

It's coming, I tell thee. And the clubs will agree to it to get the pay-off to save their skins.

I hope our club does not go down that road, I would hope we are strong enough to refuse a player simply to get him fit to play for a Super League team if he is no good for ours.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:04 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Suprised nobody has mentioned the vote to drop the salary cap level for Championship teams next season.

Que?

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:13 pm  

Look at it from the other side of things, and it's not as if the Skolars have tons of neighbouring clubs to loan players from, so it's only fair that allowances are made. Not to mention the fact that they're a self-funding club, and a damn fine one at that who have worked wonders in their bit for junior development down there.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:30 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Suprised nobody has mentioned the vote to drop the salary cap level for Championship teams next season.

I saw this in the League Weekly, isnt it being driven by one of the chairmen of a championship club?? Cant remember exactly who

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:33 pm  

Does it mean the level will be dropped to a lower amount or dropped altogether?

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:42 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Does it mean the level will be dropped to a lower amount or dropped altogether?

From what I remember, im pretty sure whoever it was wanted a lower amount.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:24 pm  

griffax wrote:

From what I remember, im pretty sure whoever it was wanted a lower amount.

I don't even know what the amount is now. I thought there was a vague "flexible" cap based on various criteria?

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:48 am  

littlerich wrote:

I don't even know what the amount is now. I thought there was a vague "flexible" cap based on various criteria?

I think it's 400k for us and £1.6m for SL. Yes lowering it would be sensible, that would bridge the SL gap

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:30 am  

pinballwizzard wrote:

i wouldn't necessarily tar toulouse, nor catalan, with the celtic and quins brush. That area of france is a rugby league hotbed

Catalans is but not Toulouse its RU territory.
I think one French team is enough as once the novelty of going there to see your team wears off people will stop going over from England.

As for the rule change its a case of the RFL will do and allow anyting that helps the 'expansion area' clubs.
Its just a constant pump, pump. pump of help for them, how much more help do they need??

The whole point of these clubs is to er - EXPAND the game.
Its hardly doing that by giving Skolars Quins players every week is it???

Look at this another way - oh Quins we are playing Dewsbury next week can we have some of your best lads who are not playing please to stop them getting 100 against us???