Unless I've missed something here you haven't stated why you believe the salary cap no longer serves any purpose. So,



What purposes does the salary cap serve? Note, purposes not purpose.

How has the salary cap failed those purposes?

Over what time period are you making your assumption?

Does the salary cap serve those purposes exclusively or are other factors involved?

How did those other factors fail to serve those purposes?

Which factor was most responsible for failing to serve those purposes?

If you tackled those issues one by one put them in the order you think would address these purposes first.

None of Smith, Ratchford, Myler or Holdsworth came frm the Salford junior system.

Smith was a Saints junior, Ratchford from Wigan and Myler from Widnes with Holdsworth from Aus.

If transfer fees had to be paid how would Salford have got the first three in the first place?

Who are you thinking about?



Could you afford them if there was no Cap?

Bar Myler i would imagine the other 3 would of been free transfers or very minimal at the most.

Not saying transfer fees can't be paid anyway, but should be included as part of the teams salary cap spend.

And that's on the buying teams cap, in case its not clear!

I've no doubt a player like SBW would make a massive contribution towards, if not cover completely, his wages through shirt sales, sponsorship and ticket sales.

Imagine the boost to Rugby League in this country if any club did sign Sonny Bill Williams!



But this stupid Salary Cap idea would prevent it. Talk about the game in this country (or those at the top currently running it) shooting itself in the foot.

Rubbish! 10 out of 14 clubs lost money last year. The other 4 made minuscule profits. Where do you think this money is going to come from that allows a SL club to spend 700,000 pounds on star players from other codes/comps?



Do you really believe $BW's would sell 700k's worth of jerseys? Lol

But SBW has a well publicised agreement with an NRL Club if and when he returns to League.

He would also want 50% more to play in England, if he reniged on his NRL deal (he has form and history) the best players want to get as much as they can but still play at highest level in their sport, that is not currently ESL in most peoples opinion.



SBW had a history of injuries at the Bulldogs and the way he left that Club and the manner he did it may not count for much in an England context but it would not help his marketability in general.



Even if you signed better more proven long term players like Slater, Inglis, Thurston and Cam Smith are there the fans out there just waiting to buy a ticket and Shirt to watch them when they join the Club?



I do not believe so.

It's up to those running each club to do what they think is in the best interests of their club. Nobody forces them to sign any particular player.



This Salary Cap idea is though just an unneccessary, artificial and counter-productive restriction.

The aim of a Rugby League club in this country is not to make a profit.



The aim is to be as successful as possible whilst breaking-even.



But it is better to break even at £5 million in, £5 million out than

£100,000 in, £100,000 out.

True but if you are suggesting clubs should be able to spend what ever they like on players, which will invariabky lead to an "arms race" scenario where do you think this new money for clubs to spend more than 1.6mill is going to come from? 75% of the clubs at the moment can't even spend 1.6mill without a loss.



Salary cap is there for two reasons

1. To level the playing field and make the comp more competitve

2. Protect the clubs from themselves



You can argue on the success or failure of each point for each club but the reality would be no salary cap = no chance for 75% of clubs to win games against the other 25% & more clubs going bust. I don't see how either is a preferable outcome for the game.