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It's not ludicrous if all teams are allowed to do the same thing. The increase in the salary cap has further divided the top clubs from the bottom. Players aren't moving as much as previous seasons. I'm sure there'd be a lot more movement if each club could purchase a marquee player.
Well it is ludicrous because some clubs can't afford to spend the full salary cap as it currently is. So to essentially raise it by another million will mean that some clubs have a fair better roster than others are capable of. For what it's worth I hate the salary cap, all I'm saying is if they are going to bring this in the might as well just scrap the cap
So all clubs should suffer because some dead**** ex footballers can't run a business?
Where are these protections in the real world? If the company you work for is not run correctly, and they can't make money, they either get rid of staff, or go bankrupt. It should be no different.
Eh that's not even close to my point. All I was saying is it seems pointless to have this marquee allowance when it just make the salary cap higher and not all clubs can reach it.
As I said before, I don't like the salary cap and think it should be scraped, I just also think this marquee allowance is a load of shit. Take the bulldogs for example, if they wanted folau they would have to shed a barba or Morris... Not anymore, they an use that marquee allowance to make folau the folau the highest paid winger in the game.
So what? They shouldn't be able to spend their money, earned from good business decisions, on a player which can only increase their brand?
**** me. Yes of course they should be able to, that's why I hate the salary cap. My point is, if you bought this in today there would be clubs that can't afford to pay that money.
So if club x can afford to pay there players 6 million, but club y can only afford to pay 4 million, then that's defeating the whole purpose of the salary cap. Hence my point that if they bring this in they should just get rid of the salary cap
Scrapping the cap is a real can of worms.
You'd end up seeing the same top clubs every year (albeit with great quality footy) and having a few fold in the process due to not being able to attract or hold onto talent.
And no that isn't a good thing, less teams means less games which means less money from TV rights deals.
Why can't teams spend their cap money. My understanding is that the cap money is given to the clubs by the league. Certainly in the past.
Now I am under the assumption someone like Cronulla will get the full cap given to them but Broncos and Roosters would get only a percentage because they have more money. It is of no advantage for a club to be profitable from now on as I understand it so everyone should be able to spend right up to the cap. It is like the Labor party have taken over running of the NRL
No, no cap means teams will have to become good at being a business, something that many of the poor Sydney clubs can't do. It will mean new teams in new areas, and less useless teams being propped up by the NRL.