Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:01 am  

Wire Yed wrote:

Being Devils advocate what rules would now be in place if the RFL were the sole arbitrary and what would not?

I don't know. ATEOTD, the RFL are the governing body for the game in this country, they should make the decsions that they feel would push the game forward. The clubs will only ever vote for something that is beneficial to them. Yes, obviously they should have some influence but the final decsion should rest with the RFL.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:05 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Personally, I would take the voting away from the clubs, and let the RFL make decsions like this. The clubs are only ever going to vote for what benefits their club, and not the game as a whole.

The problem with letting the RFL decide is that they are useless. I would agree with you if we had a decent governing body running our sport

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:09 am  

Maybe a compromise is the club's AND the RFL have a vote but the RFL's carries 2 votes.

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:19 am  

Take the RFL completely out of the running of Super League (Europe) and have an independent CEO and management board (in the same way Prem football and the RU Prem have) and we might get somewhere.

Time and again the RFL have been shown to be completely incompetent.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:31 pm  

Come on Wire Yed, that's how it really works and you know it! Haha!

As for the RFL running the place without the clubs having a vote, the thought of Messrs Wood, Rimmer & Solly under the influence of Gary Hetherington having the last word on all things RL is too awful to contemplate.
What's in place now is far from ideal but it's better then the RFL having a monopoly on all decisions made.

I never liked the Marquee Player idea anyway. A club can bring in any highly paid mercenary from Aus or NZ and make him their Marquee Player.
The direction they should go in IMO if there is to be a salary cap exemption is it to apply to home grown players or as they are now know Club Trained.
That would cover the likes of the Tomkins brothers, Burgess brothers, Graham, Mossop, Cooper etc as they were products of their respective youth structures and were all club trained.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:43 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

The direction they should go in IMO if there is to be a salary cap exemption is it to apply to home grown players or as they are now know Club Trained.
That would cover the likes of the Tomkins brothers, Burgess brothers, Graham, Mossop, Cooper etc as they were products of their respective youth structures and were all club trained.

From next season only the first 100k of a club trained players salary will count on the cap. I think the player will have to been at the club for at least 3 seasons before he's 21.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:03 pm  

Yes Charlie I know.
Still prefer a complete expemtion for club trained rather than a Marquee Player.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:24 pm  

In my opinion it's very simple. Clubs should be able to spend what they can afford directly proportional to their turnover.

You would soon see the shocking administrators at most clubs given the boot and the jobs for the boys mentality drop and credible business people recruited to form strong commercial backroom teams.

The clubs need insentivising to be more commercial and make a business plan for future growth.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:31 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

From next season only the first 100k of a club trained players salary will count on the cap. I think the player will have to been at the club for at least 3 seasons before he's 21.

This is a step in the right direction IMO, as it at least gives clubs the opportunity to keep hold of players they have developed themselves. At this stage this is the most important aspect IMO, it won't solve all the problems, but it at least gives clubs the chance to match the salary that is being offerred by NRL or RU.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:47 pm  

jonh wrote:

In my opinion it's very simple. Clubs should be able to spend what they can afford directly proportional to their turnover.

You would soon see the shocking administrators at most clubs given the boot and the jobs for the boys mentality drop and credible business people recruited to form strong commercial backroom teams.

The clubs need insentivising to be more commercial and make a business plan for future growth.

Hang on a minute how dare you talk commercial sense.

I would expect Nigel Wood will be sat across three couches asking for a commode as he contemplates his inferior Yorkshire teams being marginalised.