Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:41 am  

Toadstool wrote:

Out of interest, Was the statement that Leigh will break the salary cap made by a Halifax official?

I guess if you keep your eyes peeled the Courier may do a write up.

Toadstool wrote:

To put this to bed once and for all we submitted our playing budget to the RFL over the closed season, with actual salaries by player and the highest possible bonus position, and have received written confirmation that we are in compliance with the salary cap for 2014 - in fact we are a sizeable sum beneath it.

No fiddling, no tweaking, no hiding - a totally straightforward salary budget.

Hope this helps!

Michael Norris

Out of interest if the RFL gave you written confirmation then how do the two checks part way through the season work? We heard on Monday that there would be a check part way through the season where any teams in breach would be asked what they are doing to sort out the problem and then another check near the end where it would be decided if any team has a case to answer for the following season. Who is correct?

I did chuckle at the no tweaking bit though.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:49 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

I guess if you keep your eyes peeled the Courier may do a write up.

Out of interest if the RFL gave you written confirmation then how do the two checks part way through the season work? We heard on Monday that there would be a check part way through the season where any teams in breach would be asked what they are doing to sort out the problem and then another check near the end where it would be decided if any team has a case to answer for the following season. Who is correct?

I did chuckle at the no tweaking bit though.

Greg,
It's not specific to Leigh or Fev but there is an interim return to the end of May submitted by each club and I imagine that any discrepancies in this would lead to further enquiries by the RFL.
I expect that every club will monitor its position in real time though and take the necessary actions to remedy any variances from budget.

Michael

PS I said "tweaking" not "twerking"!

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:32 am  

It was explained that when the interim check was made, clubs that were in danger of spending over the 40% of turnover (was that the figure?) would then be asked how they would either increase turnover, or decrease spending prior to the final report been sent.

Was also good to have the Sam Barlow situation explained properly and hopefully now put to bed.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:45 am  

What was that Brew re SB...??

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:19 pm  

He was injured and out for a couple of games that we won.
When he was fit he expected to come straight back but Karl
elected to keep the winning team unchanged.He spat dummy
and asked for a transfer and left.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:07 pm  

Toadstool wrote:

Greg,
It's not specific to Leigh or Fev but there is an interim return to the end of May submitted by each club and I imagine that any discrepancies in this would lead to further enquiries by the RFL.
I expect that every club will monitor its position in real time though and take the necessary actions to remedy any variances from budget.

Michael

PS I said "tweaking" not "twerking"!

May be you used the threat of DB twerking to get players to lower their demands.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:19 pm  

mr t hall wrote:

He was injured and out for a couple of games that we won.
When he was fit he expected to come straight back but Karl
elected to keep the winning team unchanged.He spat dummy
and asked for a transfer and left.

And as Karl said, if you don't want to be at Halifax....

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:30 pm  

mr t hall wrote:

He was injured and out for a couple of games that we won.
When he was fit he expected to come straight back but Karl
elected to keep the winning team unchanged.He spat dummy
and asked for a transfer and left.

Well done Karl

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:30 pm  

on boots n all this season, they're showing highlights of the championship game of the week. wonder if clubs get paid for this

Re: Monday 17th February : Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:23 am  

Well I have no idea but' if it is Leigh v Batley any lapsed Leyther will be astonished and sorry they missed the game.