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old hooker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:32 pm IL is not prepared to spend big money that is obvious and has not been for a long time, yes he is trying to get his money back and we are not up to the cap.Comment on this post and criticise if you wish but It will not change my mind ever.
Well I have looked and it does NOT say that Wigan can pay for their entire team of juniors/first team/women/backroom staff/plus coach drivers and plane to Barcelona and they would all count on a capNo straw damn us wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:13 pmNo.wall_of_voodoo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:46 pmI posted about all the Wigan players helping the championship with over ten players (at least) on loan and was informed that because they were not in the top 25 that they didn't count on our cap (although we MUST be paying them something)nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:37 pm One of the below is true however:
1 - Either we are up to the cap, meaning the squad are paid over the odds and it has been mismanaged.
2 - We are not up to the cap, and we either cannot afford to buy a player or have the belief that better players than we have are not available.
Correct or not it did get me thinking that there is another option.
Wigan might have a playing cost of £2m across the board/levels NOT at the cap as keeps being mentioned as realistically numbers appear to not add up. So we are well under the cap BUT IL is not prepared to spend more on wages whilst the club struggles to draw fans and sponsors back to the club
Is this a possibility?
Read the rules. Section 3.1.1.
https://www.rugby-league.com/flipbooks/ ... html#p=272
Not saying all accounts are always legit and that Wigan could be playing fast and loose with how and where some of the monies may be going. Could even be seeing IL do a Ken Anderson tbh - how do you differentiate?No straw damn us wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:01 pm What is says in the salary cap rules are that ANY player who plays in a salary capped match, who is over the age of 21 (on 31st August of the preceding season) and earns more than £20K per year will count on the salary cap.
The accounts show that Wigan pay over £4.5 million in wages to players and staff. Do you really believe they are not paying out to the cap limit. If not there must be some very well paid administrators.
68 players and 30 admin staff.
How do you know that Swinton don't pay?wall_of_voodoo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:00 pmNot saying all accounts are always legit and that Wigan could be playing fast and loose with how and where some of the monies may be going. Could even be seeing IL do a Ken Anderson tbh - how do you differentiate?No straw damn us wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:01 pm What is says in the salary cap rules are that ANY player who plays in a salary capped match, who is over the age of 21 (on 31st August of the preceding season) and earns more than £20K per year will count on the salary cap.
The accounts show that Wigan pay over £4.5 million in wages to players and staff. Do you really believe they are not paying out to the cap limit. If not there must be some very well paid administrators.
68 players and 30 admin staff.
What is does prove is that it highlights exactly why this club is so badly mismanaged and the person who claimed the 25 player rule is incorrect!
We have a large number of players out on loan, some never good enough for SL never mind to play for Wigan, some been at the club for years with no sign of progression or year after year of injury issues. We as fans cry over a lack of quality props/centres etc yet pay for the likes of Forsyth to enjoy a career at Swinton (for example) and Swinton pay nothing but get free (as it stands) players
What a farce. Whoever is responsible for putting us in this financial mess should be sacked (if he didn't leave already)