Leicester Tigers salary cap breach?

[Wasps92]

Premiership Rugby launch probe into Leicester Tigers

Leicester have confirmed they are co-operating with a Premiership Rugby probe into historic image rights payments. The Tigers have met with chiefs to discuss potential salary rules breaches.

www.google.com

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

It would be really ironic if they were breaching the cap while being rubbish although it just sounds just like a bit of poor organisation. I can't think back to a squad that looked like it was over the cap.

 

[Goodey]

It would be really ironic if they were breaching the cap while being rubbish although it just sounds just like a bit of poor organisation. I can't think back to a squad that looked like it was over the cap.

Not just while being rubbish - while being saved from relegation thanks to Saracens being caught breaching the salary cap

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Sanderson queries Leicester inquiry

Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson questions whether the salary cap inquiry into Leicester Tigers will do any good for the game.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sanderson acting like Sale might be hiding something imo forget Leicester and focus on them!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Gotta keep Tigers sweet or you'll ransack our academy

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Sounds like it's about to be announced soon.

Talk is Fine no points deduction but who knows.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Talk is Fine no points deduction but who knows.

Same old Tigers

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I'd rather they fine tigers but give a points deduction to sarries becuase everyone hates sarries. I think that's fair.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Judgement

Leicester Tigers club statement

Premiership Rugby can confirm that it has concluded its investigation into Leicester Tigers’ Salary Cap compliance for the seasons 2016/17 to 2020/21.

www.leicestertigers.com

 

[TRF_Olyy]

£350k is a pretty big overrun - that's like an entire top level player

Typical Tigers getting away with literal and figurative murder while poor innocent Saracens had to face the full force of the law

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

£350k is a pretty big overrun - that's like an entire top level player

Typical Tigers getting away with literal and figurative murder while poor innocent Saracens had to face the full force of the law

350k over 4 seasons.

Sarries was over by a million for just 1 season

 

[Reiser99]

Definitely could have been worse.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

The 6p is overkill imo

 

[TRF_Olyy]

350k over 4 seasons.

I meant the salary cap rules bit:


If you've got a rich owner you could just hire an extra player, so long as it's under £350k, and just pay the fine cause you've not hit the threshold for points deductions

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

The £350k is just the Manu Tuilagi physio's cost.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I meant the salary cap rules bit:
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If you've got a rich owner you could just hire an extra player, so long as it's under £350k, and just pay the fine cause you've not hit the threshold for points deductions

True.

Be quite ironic if tigers use the Sarries fine money to help pay off this.

 

[Geordie]

Which year was it they only just beat us to avoid relegation...?

 

[Which Tyler]

If you've got a rich owner you could just hire an extra player, so long as it's under £350k, and just pay the fine cause you've not hit the threshold for points deductions

You'd think that'd be bloody obvious, and not able to hide as an administrative error.

My understanding is that part of the process is to show your working, and explain why you've gone over. Deliberate overspend is something else entirely.
So it's things like injury cover you couldn't have predicted ahead of the season, or one of your England players being ejected from the EPS (and removal of that allowance), more win bonuses than you could have expected... that sort of thing.


The non-declaration whold be hit with a much harsher sanction though (IMO) - it's not the crime, it's the cover-up

 

[BiggusLaddus]

more win bonuses than you could have expected...

Tigers must have had very low expectations.