So Leeds' current spare cap is:



(Buderus salary + Lauititi salary + Senior salary + Cross salary + Burgess salary + £100,000) - (Griffin salary + Moore salary + Differential of new Hall/Watkins/BJB contracts)



Griffin/Moore to cancel out Burgess/Cross. Loads of space.

I doubt there's as much space as many think given the "upgrades/renewals" but no doubt there's enough for at least 1 "quality" addition should 1 become available.

I agree and the way GH has refused to say that there will not be another signing before the season starts and also if the right player becomes available (to make a difference to the squad) they will try to sign him suggests another signing. Remember a few weeks ago GH said they planned to spend upto the salary cap. I would not be surprised if Gary has not already got one or two "irons in the fire" and we will find out in due course. It might be somebody in the 4 Nations?

So is it 100K extra on the cap for all players that get into Knights/England? Considering we have about what, 8 players in the England set up, we would hardly gain an advantage if someone only has 1 but yet gets the same amount to spend?



Edit - bothered to read it properly, Does anyone have of how many players it would take to get up to the full allowance, Would we be getting the full 100k? Or is it too early to tell?

Yes.

I think the principal of this amendment is correct but should have gome further to have more than 2 allowances.

I like the idea of the extra allowence but i would adjust it to include any player who has come through your Acadamy and wouldn't just limit the amount to say 100K.

I'd prefer to see the each Acadamy player who makes the 1st team have the 1st 15/20K of their wage not count on the cap no mater how many Acadamy players you have playing 1st team.

principle

We need some more details. It seems the 100K is the maximum a club can get and it looks like a sliding scale with perhaps the Knights players on a lower allowance to the full England squad.



Its a bit confusing because it only stipulates England and the Knights but then says Catalans will get the full 100K because of their development fro the French side.



Also has the 100k (or part thereof) to be divided only amongst the players that attracted the allowances?

Sorry fingars and fumbs!!

There'll always be an imbalance with Catalans - at least while the RFL is still trying to develop the game out there.



I'm not convinced about the 'principle'. This system will always favour the bigger richer clubs with larger fan bases and better facilities, as they are the clubs to which aspiring youngsters are most likely to look to for development. In this sense it moves away from a 'principled' salary cap which has been lauded as a great leveller for clubs who previously struggled to compete.

I would say too that allowing clubs without significant end of year net profits to find themselves able to increase their salaries for their young players without reducing expenditure elsewhere is madness.



I thought one of the aims of the cap in the first place was to help prevent clubs over spending.