Super League times had no salary cap... players were earning a shit ton of money...
I think that led to some clubs going broke and the salary cap brought in to protect them from themselves
I always thought the salary cap was brought in to protect the other clubs from us buying the Australian team? I was 7 at the time though and what you said makes more sense.
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