some guy wrote on inside cover of rugby league express at how people are complaining about celtic and the salary cap without concrete evidence and there is supposedly a salary cap person keeping a eye on clubs, it seems to me that they let you away with it until you,ve achieve what you set out to do, ie promotion then they fine you and deduct points when they no it wont affect you or your position in the higher league,i would be very suprised if widnes,cas and celtic are not breaching salary cap at the minute and surely this supposed person who keeps a eye on overspending is,nt doing a good job just look at previous seasons
The "guy" is Nigel Wood, the RFL's Finance Director, who also said, "The thing people don't take account of in the National League salary cap is that Under 21's are excluded. And, because the league is basically part-time, it is understood and accepted that some players may have bona fide earnings from outside the club".
The National Leagues Salary Cap Regulations (6.10.1) deals with income that counts towards the salary cap, says, "Any payments to players made by organisations, or individuals who are connected with the club by issue of shareholding, mutuality of directors or sponsorship agreements, save where the club can demonstrate to the comfortable satisfaction of the Operational Rules Tribunal that such payments are bona fide payments arising out of a bona fide contract of employment for work unrelated to a player's playing obligations to a club, the burden of proof being on the club".
So, reading that, I can see a loophole whereby a sponsor makes payments to a full-time player for being "an odd job man" at his factory whilst the player is training full-time. As long as their is a bona fide contract of employment as "an odd job man" in the factory, who is to know if he actually works there or not!!!!