Salford and the Salary Cap : Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:29 am  

http://rugby-league.com/article/33675/rfl-statement-salford-red-devils

http://rugby-league.com/article/33675/rfl-statement-salford-red-devils

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:33 am  

bullsonfire wrote: http://rugby-league.com/article/33675/rfl-statement-salford-red-devils Some other Club wants our T Shirt?

bullsonfire wrote: http://rugby-league.com/article/33675/rfl-statement-salford-red-devils Some other Club wants our T Shirt?

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:39 am  

This is a megaton if they're found guilty. Surely docking points is ridiculous though if they are then wiped clear for the middle 8s?
Could be an absolute disaster depending on the outcome.

[Bullseye]

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:48 am  

So breaching the cap kept them up in 2015 then?

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:52 am  

Bullseye wrote:

So breaching the cap kept them up in 2015 then?

BBC is reporting breaches in 2014 and 2015, so arguably it could have kept us up, depending on the size of the breach. So much for the cap being live - no wonder Marc Green was apparently so concerned.

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:18 am  

Not sure a 20 point deduction is a punishment. Just guarantees they will be in middle eights, which with their squad they will win easily. So wipes out this season but no threat of relegation like we had.

[Bulliac]

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:38 am  

mat wrote:

Not sure a 20 point deduction is a punishment. Just guarantees they will be in middle eights, which with their squad they will win easily. So wipes out this season but no threat of relegation like we had.

Exactly.

It's a joke, but just not funny.

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:39 am  

Dock 20 points off them and they'll keep a genuinely poop team out of the 8s, with all attendant effects on chances of promotion.

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:46 am  

Acid test for the new system is this. If Salford don't have any points deducted for the middle 8s then clubs will just do what they want in the regular season. Worrying that breaches 2 years a go are only coming to light now.

Maybe the 20 points Salford lose should be given to the middle 8 clubs

Re: O/T Salford : Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:50 am  

The ramifications are immense. Probably too big for the RFL to handle so I predict Salford will have no case to answer. SNAFU.