Dan Flemming apparently to be announced as their first player signing



Wonder how many more will follow him?

They're already my second team and I have a place to kip if I go over. I might be next yet.

Curious as to how this will work with the salary cap, section on Salary Cap Qualifying Costs:







May be difficult to attract players if they can't support them in Toronto, or hammer their available cap if they do.

This is the RFL we are talking about... they will be given special dispensation.

..absolutely barmy and unsustainable in the longer term.Suppose they will be induced to climb through the Divs as speedily as possible.The RFL will want to see their 'investment' pay! So,as most clubs get poorer,along with Catalans,the game is deemed to be heading global.Totally absurd and unnecessary for the welfare and development of our game,particularly for the lower divisions.As mentioned,I wonder what type of players will be recruited within the salary cap and how audience figures will effect their overall budget.Almost a dual registration scenario when calculating revenues between $'s and £'s. Whatever happened to the M62 corridor format of Rugby League... can't see a Canada invasion benefiting too many clubs or really catching the imagination of that many fans.The cost of following such a franchise would be mostly prohibitive and here am I thinking that such decisions were made with the paying spectators in mind.



Although this move might bring about a more attainable level of promotion through the leagues...after all,given our own position with the Middle 8's,they would never be able to make progress into SL...

Didn't a lot of Australian players come across when France came into the game. Did the Salary Cap apply then?

.Debatable

Which RFL investment is it that needs to pay?

'' ..Metaphorically speaking,in that they are in agreement to spread the game,which I think is a huge gamble,because one way or another there will be an element of subsidy imo.

Salary Cap is irrelevant if you have £5000 spare and can guarantee it will be worth at least 6 points to break it

NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders.... The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day. nicked from www.sportinglife.com

NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders.... The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day. nicked from www.sportinglife.com

Surley it would be better to send liason and development officers on medium to long term secondment, to grow and establish a competitive professional competition in Canada. I don't really see the benefit of having overseas teams playing in English competitions. What does it actually do for the game on a whole?