Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:20 pm  

A single quote, from one Jamie Peacock on the Beeb, with which I am most pleased:

"I nearly signed for them for this season and was going to play part-time for them, but it didn't quite work out," he told the Super League Show.

Former England captain Peacock is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, having won nine Grand Finals and four Challenge Cups.

The former Bradford prop is enthusiastic about Toronto's prospective entry into League One, the third tier of the professional game.

"I met the guys involved and I could see their passion for it and I could see they had the determination to do it," he added.

"Sometimes in life you need people who are going to get things done no matter what.

"I think it's a fantastic idea. It's great to spread the game."

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:37 pm  

I think it's great and the sport isn't losing anything. If it fails, so what? The sports not lost anything.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:29 pm  

Budgiezilla wrote: NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders.... The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day. nicked from http://www.sportinglife.com Wow - that will be some jet lag by the time they get back. Then the part timers who have to go to work the following day won't know if they are Toronto or downtown Todmorden.

Budgiezilla wrote: NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders.... The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day. nicked from http://www.sportinglife.com Wow - that will be some jet lag by the time they get back. Then the part timers who have to go to work the following day won't know if they are Toronto or downtown Todmorden.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:28 pm  

BeechwoodBull wrote:

Wow - that will be some jet lag by the time they get back. Then the part timers who have to go to work the following day won't know if they are Toronto or downtown Todmorden.

Not so

With a time difference of 5 hrs and a flight of 8 hrs
Take off UK 12 noon Thursday, land Toronto 3pm.
All you've done is stretched your daylight by hours. Stay up until tired and then go to bed. Maybe catch up another couple of hours on Friday night.
Play Saturday
On Sunday, catch plane eg 6am Toronto, land Manchester 7pm
Go home, supper and a nightcap, go to bed, fresh as a bobbin Monday morning.

It's Toronto, not Sydney.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:51 pm  

BeechwoodBull wrote:

Wow - that will be some jet lag by the time they get back. Then the part timers who have to go to work the following day won't know if they are Toronto or downtown Todmorden.

Do they not have any holiday entitlement?

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:58 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

You would assume they still have a salary cap, but expenses such as flights and accomodation are the parts given special dispensation, and understandably so. Although I expect London will be on the horn soon asking for the same (albeit at a lower level). I can't see it just being a "You don't have a salary cap, spend as much as you like on players".

The whole idea is barmy and I can't see how it's going to work. But I confess it's peaked my interest and I'm sure there are people behind the scenes that are better with money than I am who think it can work.

I guess they will have to have 'full time' contracts to attract any players, can't be 'part time' with other employment, when you're living in Canada for 4 weeks, then England for 4 weeks etc...

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:29 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Not so

With a time difference of 5 hrs and a flight of 8 hrs
Take off UK 12 noon Thursday, land Toronto 3pm.
All you've done is stretched your daylight by hours. Stay up until tired and then go to bed. Maybe catch up another couple of hours on Friday night.
Play Saturday
On Sunday, catch plane eg 6am Toronto, land Manchester 7pm
Go home, supper and a nightcap, go to bed, fresh as a bobbin Monday morning.

It's Toronto, not Sydney.

The actual issue may not be Monday but Thursday/ Friday, if some of the players work in schools it's a difficult thing to manage.
I know it'll only be once a season but not all jobs can take time when they want.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:40 am  

They'll have to make sure that they play in the UK over Easter

[Bulliac]

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:05 am  

I'm sure the vast majority of part-tiimers in League1 will be chompin' at the bit to have an exotic weekend away in Canada and will come to some agreement about hours worked. I'm certain that, in the same position, I would. Best team bonding exercise of the year and paid for by someone else. Not much to dislike, imo.

I'd be amazed if the same vast majority don't already have loose arrangements with outside employers about non regular rugby commitments and the Canada trip would fall under that. Surely, very few employers would make sanctions against a valued employee for the [very] odd day off.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack 2017 : Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:58 am  

If someone told me that if I used 2-3 days of my holiday entitlement at work, I could have an all expenses paid few days trip to Toronto, I'd bite their bloody hand off.