I believe Gloucester, Falcons and Saints don't spend up to the cap going from various discussions in their members fan forums.
All of which have been in talks with Saudi investors, the Saints thing could well have been included with that or with the squad size reduction thing and I've confused the two; I will try to search when I can be arsed because I was surprised too. Which is why it stuck on my mind. From the top of my head the list was; B*th, Bristol, Exeter, Saracens, Saints.
Lam wants everything to try and justify his 7 year contract
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We do have Lansdown (Bristol owner) on record saying the league should have a salary cap though.
On league you have the NRL which is the biggest sporting compeition
I think that is the AFL, not NRL although I think State of Origin is the biggest sporting event for figures?
But only one actively talking about it in a massively negative way.
Leicester back along;
Leicester chief executive, Peter Wheeler, said. "We are pleased with how our gates have picked up but we are not selling out every week, as we did before. It will not be too long before we do. We can only spend on wages what the cap allows and that also goes for our academy. We are not the only club that feels the cap is more trouble than it is worth. It is costly to police and administering it takes a lot of time. The benefits of it are not definable..."
Another example;
"The Guinness Premiership has to decide where it wants to be as a league," said Leicester's head of operations, Simon Cohen. "Is it going to work to the lowest common denominator and be competitive? Or is it more important to compete in Europe and attract the world's best?
Also remembering when Steve Diamond called out Leicester for cheating the cap;
"But if we want to talk about cheating in the grammatical sense of the word, then let's look at the legitimacy of what we all spend.
"It's a legitimate concern and it's one that needs to be addressed.
"It's not in the power of other clubs to throw the accusation out. It's evident if you are in the business like I am and you know what players' earnings are.
"You can't put a round plug in a square hole but some clubs manage to do it. If I was an amateur magician even I couldn't do that.
"What it also does for those of us who play by the rules is it makes your jobs doubly difficult. I'd like the Leicester bosses and others to come and coach with the player resources that we have."
