McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:44 am  

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... capital-ga Well said Sir.....

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... capital-ga Well said Sir.....

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:48 am  

Link doesn't work. Try this: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-5578806

Link doesn't work. Try this: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-5578806

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:06 am  

Thanks BroncOnion..........

“They’ve done it without any moaning, haven’t tried to cut corners and are playing off the same salary cap yet at least £300,000 of London’s cap goes on accommodation alone; a player getting paid £90,000 up north goes down London for £110,000.

“Times that by 25 squad members and it’s a fair old whack you’re not spending on the quality of player.”

.....is food for thought........do the RFL really care??

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:41 pm  

Silverbuck1 wrote:

Thanks BroncOnion..........

“They’ve done it without any moaning, haven’t tried to cut corners and are playing off the same salary cap yet at least £300,000 of London’s cap goes on accommodation alone; a player getting paid £90,000 up north goes down London for £110,000.

“Times that by 25 squad members and it’s a fair old whack you’re not spending on the quality of player.”

.....is food for thought........do the RFL really care??

Looks like things have are even more expensive than we thought.

It always used to be said that we had a 22 man salary cap to everyone elses 25 as we had players living in London costing us around an additional £8k a year just to live in the capital. This would see us 3 players short when recruiting as the average wage is around £65k to £70k and still paying the full cap.

Essentially we have a reduced cap and it looks like the accomodation bill is even higher then we as fans had been led to believe.

Surely we must be pushing for the increase with special dispensation as we can certainly do with three SL quality players to replace our average squad players.

Is DH prepared to argue the case, or even have the interest to offer up the additional London weighting to bring in better players under a higher London cap.

I cannot for one minute see the likes of Cas saying yeah let London have an increased cap to allow for the FACT that London does cost more to live in. Hopefully the SL brings in a rule similar to one proposed (not sure in brought in) and that was the marquee player allowance, one or possibly more who are exempt or not fully counted against the cap.

Were I serious about the Broncos making an impact in their new locale in 2014 I would be concluding that deal now and liasing with the RFL to see about the changes to the cap for 2014, with a London weighting and a marquee allowance a very serious point made in force by the likes of Hughes, Lenagan, Koukash, Moran, Steve O'Connor, etc who should all get behind an increased cap and could conceivably give evidence to back us to follow the logical conclusion to a reasoned argument by someone on the London Broncos board.

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:18 pm  

I think DH has argued the case with the RFL and it is, in my opinion, one of the reasons that he refuses to address their concerns over our attendances. Can't really blame him if the RFL refuse to consider giving London a bigger cap to play with then why should he market "their game" for them?

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:54 pm  

Hold on, hold on is that soccer Brian McDermott or rugby Brian McDermott?????

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:26 am  

There is only one Big Mac!

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:49 am  

I've never been a big fan of Brian Mac but this is a very nice piece from him, for all his faults he seems to have much better understanding of the issues surrounding RL in London, certainly much more so than the RFL! Nice one big fella!

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:54 am  

Big Mac did a very good job in the london community and would often be seen at many of the junior leagues games. Mac used to also take his team on the road for training events and outside of this you would get first team players showing up for some sessions. Since he left there has not been much visual presence from the current LB set up.

Re: McDermott backs the Broncos...... : Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:06 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

I've never been a big fan of Brian Mac but this is a very nice piece from him, for all his faults he seems to have much better understanding of the issues surrounding RL in London, certainly much more so than the RFL! Nice one big fella!

Thats what comes from having to build his reputation at a club where he has had to come to terms with NOT being able to sign players on a level playing field and then being told we are all working to the same 'salary cap' so its your fault if you cant compete.