rubber duckie wrote:
Without a upper limit on the marquee rule it allows.... for eg purpose only.
2 players get paid £1m each as marquee for one season while they both come off marquee the season after and take £100k each...
2 different players then become the 2 marquees and the alternation is complete.
Potential players earning £1.1m each plus bonus over 2 years.
It's a loophole that without an upper tariff on the marquee payment, can be exercised.
Clark being on a bumper wage this season to incorporate some of next year's pay allows us to sign Widdop in 2020.
The RFL rules on salary cap refer to payments made and[b] accrued (income earned but not yet received). So, for eg if you drafted a contract with £100k first year, £300k second, the accrued income must be recognised in the period in which it is recognised and not in the period in which it was paid. Similarly, a pre payment is the opposite and is money received but which has not yet been earned, so would be allocated to the following year.
So I am pretty sure the accountants would look at the contract on 'an accruals' basis and say the individual is being paid £400k over 2 years which is £200k per year on the cap.
It may sound a good wheeze, but it wouldn't get past the accountant overseeing the cap regulations.
