Magic Superbeetle wrote:
I don't think you're cheating the cap (at least not yet
) - I do think teams are getting more for their cap than Salford though
Logic becomes a lot easier this year, since according to koukash you're spending up to the cap this year - so incoming players should marry up to outgoing players.
Of course, it gets tricky as salaries aren't published. People can only use guesstimates. Some can be figured out through other rumours (like Kevin Locke rejected the bulldogs offer of $400k so it can be a safe(ish) bet that any Salford deal will be in that region), and some are left to guessing (like bjb, I'd say £75k but, I'm literally pulling a number out of the air) - now, there is at least 3 more to come apparently, so there's quite a bit of cap space movement to be considered (far more than is usually seen by the "top" teams (who prefer more settled teams) which is why imo people call foul)
Depending on who goes will depend on whether I cry foul
I can't argue with much of that.
You do highlight the fact that when a team ships in/out a lot of players people call foul, which is still to my mind, not thinking. I'd hazard a guess, and a guess it is, that older players will cost you more salary wise as they sign shorter contracts. Younger players may sign more for stability than sheer wage power. There's a lot of factors involved. We always assume that if a 'big name' moves Clubs it's for more money. It may be. It may be for Stability. It may be for personal reasons. That goes for all players. We just don't know, which is my point really.
We can guess and speculate, but I think the main reason it's ever brought up is a thinly disguised pop at another team.