Use some of the increase to pay the current players more which would encourage a better standard of athlete into the game, and they also deserve to be paid as elite athletes. Some to get "bums on seats" players from Union or the top quality stars from Aus.



Or we can just continue as we are.

It's not a bad point really. Can't complain though, the game was at home, they have to travel for miles. Probably what makes it such a competative game to be honest. I don't think any current english side could go over there and win.

so the english football team should win everything and they win feck all

Taking about clubs not internationals. At club level English football does fine as they operate on a similar spend to the competition.

Wrong, the Australian dollar has been inflated massively since the last British win of the WCC



Not to long ago it equated about a similar amount

Great to see the usual myths and mischief making from pro-SC flat earthers on this thread.



We can't afford not to raise the SC in the long term, unless we are happy with a semi pro game. Another 15 years of inflationary erosion of the cap will make a full time squad impossible to maintain.



By that time of course the drift of players away to RU (and indeed other occupations) will be much more severe than it is now.



We can't wait for RL clubs to improve their finances, as some suggest. There needs to be a carrot and stick approach



a) rigorous monitoring - they need to be forced to submit business plans to an independent auditor and then be forced to stick to them to prevent overspending



b) encouraging sustainable growth - allowing a modest increase in the SC, perhaps postponed for a couple of years to allow club finances to improve.



Doing nothing and hoping that some miracle will somehow save the game isn't going to work I'm afraid. It's time the pro-SC people woke up and realised the long term danger facing the game.

We need to go back to the original concept of stopping clubs overspending, and forget this "levelling the playing field" nonsense, which clearly isn't working.



Go back to the 50% of income cap, and encourage clubs to maximise their income if they want to spend more on players.

Wouldnt that lower Wigan's cap though? Leeds and Hull (technically) would run away with it then. I think a raise is needed though. Not to compete with the Aussies though I think a raise is needed to make the pay a bit fairer. Can you imagine another industry where wages didnt rise with inflation for so long?! If its not raised then eventually the game will NEED to revert back to Semi-Pro. If they start raising it now over a period of years for example: 2million this year then maybe a rise to 2.2 next franchise then 2.4 the one after and 2.6 until we reach the aussies then just stick with them. This gives the teams the chance to raise the moneys needed to stay afloat with the use of the safety of a 3 year franchise.



that would work in my head at least! ha

Oh just to add; I'm not condoning the SC as an excuse for losing. It wouldnt have helped but the Aussies are just better than the Brits atm simple as. Wigans team is young though they will get more chances. I even think Carmont will based on last nights performance!

what do you mean, theyve been spending that extra anyway!

what would be the point in raising a cap, to the point where only 2 or maybe 3 teams could spend??? clubs struggle enough as it is. like it or not we are a 3rd world game, and unfortunately, unless the smaller clubs raise their game and attendances, fan base etc, this will always be the case! the clubs that could spend up to that increased cap would be outstanding and leave the rest in their dust, which in the end kills the game as everyone would just go "oh one of those three teams will win it all again".

Oh for a young Maurice Lindsay to pick up the game and give it a good shake.