moving on... wrote:
I thought those outside the first team squad numbers were 'A team' players, and as such, did not count on the cap?
Here's a question though, If an 'A team' player does get given a run out in the first team, what number do they wear?
A reserve / A team player doesn’t count on the cap, if however at any point he plays first team, his coaching salary and any appearance fees count on the cap. I assume if he was brought in to the first team he would need to be registered as such with the RFL as part of our first team squad, at which point he would be given a first team player number.
In terms of appearance / win bonuses, this isn’t really a way of circumnavigating the cap. If a player has appearance fees or win bonuses as part of his pay the RFL will ‘calculate’ a minimum number of appearances or win bonuses they would likely make. I think they assume something like 18 appearances and 14 wins or something - I would have to check.
So if Matty Smith was paid £25k per year as a coach and played a bit of reserve grade for us, he wouldn’t count on the cap.
If Matty Smith was paid £25k as a coach and then agreed terms to play a game for the first team with a £1k per game appearance fee, he would count on the cap for £25k per year plus an additional £18k (£1k x 18 games appearance fee). So a total cap value of £43k.
