Off to the Saints game today, will report back from the egg ball later.
Quote from: Risso on December 07, 2019, 11:49:28 AMOff to the Saints game today, will report back from the egg ball later.I watched most of the game on BT Sport. Weird game, Saints looked threatening but made too many mistakes in attacking positions. Conversely Leinster were absolutely ruthless. Saints are a joy to watch, a combination of youthful naivety and a manager that encourages the team to play an expansive game.
Impressive second half from Gloucester in the Severn derby.That Zammo kid on the wing looks quite a prospect.
Sounds like Saracens saga is about to take a huge turn.....
I don't follow domestic rugby that much so what I don't understand is how it took so long to question how Saracens were winning trophy after trophy by having a big squad of well-paid, valuable star players in excess of what most other clubs had without breaking the salary cap.
The simple answer is that they had a wage that was inline with the cap but in addition many were registered as co-owners of companies with the chairman and they got profits from those, one of the main arguments was over how those profits were generated with evidence showing it related to performance bonuses and image rights, both of which are supposed to be included within the cap. The rumour I've seen (and I don't know how accurate it is) is that the overspend when everything is accounted for was something about 30%. If that's correct then the 35 point deduction and fine was incredibly lenient. I think that would account for some of the comments from other clubs at the time as well.
Guardian reckon they are £2m over for this season and are getting another 35 pt penalty.