Re: Wigan Warriors reported to have biggest ‘salary spend’ of 2024 Super League season
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:27 am
i posted previously with examples of how the new marquee rules would work, and how naming different players impacted in different way (old rules v new rules) but also stated i had no idea who was paid what and my examples were purely for illustration purposes.
as fans does it matter who is named as marquee? All it shows to me is that the club is using the salary cap, exemptions and marquee slots to its full capacity, and we are seeing the benefits from it
the only thing i will say is that you cannot have 3 overseas stars as marquee, so that will prevent a club from just signing 3 highly paid overseas players, and not committing to either home grown / produced, and / or federation trained
the club has an accountant (s) who are paid to manage this on behalf of the club, and i know that there have been several iterations of the budget (this was last year) as we saw both incomings (Dupree) and outgoing (Singleton) for example
i was going to give examples, so went onto the RFL website so i had the exact figures for the 3 marquee players, however the RFL website is incorrect and still only stating 2 marquee (go figure)
https://www.rugby-league.com/salary-cap
this explains it far better, including some of the changes to the exemptions
https://www.totalrl.com/salary-cap-chan ... increases/
So in summary
Home Grown - counts as £50k on cap
So if we have Harry Smith and Liam Farrell on £200k each. It doesnt matter which one we name as the hit to the cap will be £250k (£150k extra will be reported in P&L as salaries etc)
Federation Trained - counts as £100k on cap
So if we have Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson both on £300k each, again it doesnt matter which one is named as the hit is the same - £400k to cap (£600k in total and the extra £200k will be reported in P&L)
Non-Federation Trained - counts as £150k on cap
So if we have Jai Field and Bevan French both on £300k each, again it doesnt matter which one is named as the hit is the same - £450k to cap (£600k in total and the extra £150k will be reported in P&L)
so cap hit = £1.1m, but financially reporting in P&L etc, will be £1.6m
as fans does it matter who is named as marquee? All it shows to me is that the club is using the salary cap, exemptions and marquee slots to its full capacity, and we are seeing the benefits from it
the only thing i will say is that you cannot have 3 overseas stars as marquee, so that will prevent a club from just signing 3 highly paid overseas players, and not committing to either home grown / produced, and / or federation trained
the club has an accountant (s) who are paid to manage this on behalf of the club, and i know that there have been several iterations of the budget (this was last year) as we saw both incomings (Dupree) and outgoing (Singleton) for example
i was going to give examples, so went onto the RFL website so i had the exact figures for the 3 marquee players, however the RFL website is incorrect and still only stating 2 marquee (go figure)
https://www.rugby-league.com/salary-cap
this explains it far better, including some of the changes to the exemptions
https://www.totalrl.com/salary-cap-chan ... increases/
So in summary
Home Grown - counts as £50k on cap
So if we have Harry Smith and Liam Farrell on £200k each. It doesnt matter which one we name as the hit to the cap will be £250k (£150k extra will be reported in P&L as salaries etc)
Federation Trained - counts as £100k on cap
So if we have Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson both on £300k each, again it doesnt matter which one is named as the hit is the same - £400k to cap (£600k in total and the extra £200k will be reported in P&L)
Non-Federation Trained - counts as £150k on cap
So if we have Jai Field and Bevan French both on £300k each, again it doesnt matter which one is named as the hit is the same - £450k to cap (£600k in total and the extra £150k will be reported in P&L)
so cap hit = £1.1m, but financially reporting in P&L etc, will be £1.6m