Ben Harrrison : Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:43 pm  

Derek Beaumont has confirmed Leigh have been in talks about him.

Re: Ben Harrrison : Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:41 am  

Didn't we already know that weeks ago?

He was complaining that he couldn't get him under the cap, presumably because Harrison would have wanted a contract that meant he wasn't losing out financially by missing his testimonial.

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Ben Harrrison : Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:44 am  

Yes, we have known about this saga for some time. But according to League Express, Leigh wish to take him and we are happy to release him. The sticking point according to Leigh is that they will give him a lower salary than he is currently earning at Wire but the RFL rules state that the Leigh salary cap must use his existing salary at Wire, which would push Leigh over the limit. Leigh said that they are in discussions with the RFL since the rules do not make sense.

Personally, if this is correct I can not understand the logic in the rules either, however we are probably missing some nuance as it does seems to be nonsensical.

Re: Ben Harrrison : Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:32 pm  

Could it be that the cap operates on a financial year basis rather than a seasonal basis?

Re: Ben Harrrison : Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:14 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Yes, we have known about this saga for some time. But according to League Express, Leigh wish to take him and we are happy to release him. The sticking point according to Leigh is that they will give him a lower salary than he is currently earning at Wire but the RFL rules state that the Leigh salary cap must use his existing salary at Wire, which would push Leigh over the limit. Leigh said that they are in discussions with the RFL since the rules do not make sense.

Personally, if this is correct I can not understand the logic in the rules either, however we are probably missing some nuance as it does seems to be nonsensical.

What, the RFL involved in something nonsensical?!

Re: Ben Harrrison : Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:02 pm  

The Cap is doing my head in. Leigh could afford to pay Ben what he earns with us and they should be allowed to.

It's a quarter of a century out of date this Cap.

Re: Ben Harrrison : Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:59 pm  

Remember the salary cap is to allow all clubs to compete at a lower level and prevent clubs going into administration ...

Re: Ben Harrrison : Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:18 am  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Yes, we have known about this saga for some time. But according to League Express, Leigh wish to take him and we are happy to release him. The sticking point according to Leigh is that they will give him a lower salary than he is currently earning at Wire but the RFL rules state that the Leigh salary cap must use his existing salary at Wire, which would push Leigh over the limit. Leigh said that they are in discussions with the RFL since the rules do not make sense.

Personally, if this is correct I can not understand the logic in the rules either, however we are probably missing some nuance as it does seems to be nonsensical.

So you are actually paying Ben 100k a year?

Re: Ben Harrrison : Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:36 am  

atomic wrote:

So you are actually paying Ben 100k a year?

I can't believe he's on anything like that.

Re: Ben Harrrison : Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:33 pm  

atomic wrote:

So you are actually paying Ben 100k a year?

where did you get that info then