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It's hard to know what each club spends but its very likely most clubs are at the salary cap, the cap is reviewed on a regular basis and periodically it is increased so unfortunately wages will continue to rise, clubs are also rewarded with extra credit for products of their youth system that...

He had a clause in his contract regarding the club having a permanent training facility but according to the player himself he claims he didn't trigger it or use it, in reality he probably did but didn't want it to be public knowledge until after the season had finished. There were also other...

Wasps had to release players like Nathan Hughes and Elliot Daley because their contracts were up and if we had paid what they were asking for it wouldn't have left enough money to invest in other players and stay under the cap, other clubs were willing to pay what they were asking for and so...

like I've already said yes they did and got fined accordingly. there a set sliding scale for fines and points deductions which dictates the size of the penalties

The level of Totally different conversation. this started with the post "Of course not, Wasps would never do anything like break the salary cap" by chiefdave which looked like an attempt to say Wasps are no different to Saracens when the fact is they are a very different set of circumstances...

the fines increase as the value over the salary cap increases

nobody said it was allowed, if you get your sums wrong you get a fine

Budgets are set well before the season and expected call ups are factored in at that point Wasps over spent by 40K due the fact that Nathan Hughes who at the time was a permanent part of the England squad was expected to be away for the entire six nations but then due to injury missed the whole...

“This is not a breach of the Regulations and there is no suggestion it was deliberate,” said a Premiership Rugby spokesman. “A number of adjustments were identified by the independent auditors which resulted in the overrun. These have now been addressed.”

Wasp have been fined recently for spending over the salary cap but in different circumstances, If you have players away on England duty you are allowed a set value over the cap so that you still have enough players while they are away, this is factored in at the start of the season when you...

Tony Rowe is a appointed chairman and doesn't own Exeter RFC. the extract below is taken from their website. Much of the transformation of Exeter Rugby Club has happened since the English rugby scene turned professional in the late 1990s. At this time a limited company structure was created to...

All rugby fans hope so as their findings have confirmed what we all knew to be happening

As it goes the majority of rugby fans totally agree with you that promotion and relegation should be part and parcel of the professional game, Exeter are a good example they actually make a profit and the club is owed by the fans, after today's news it show what good club they are to be...

all sanctions are only enforceable for this season such as the points deduction and fine the ongoing difficulties will come from having to reduce costs to meet the salary cap, still lots of details to come out and Saracens have appealed the decision

If they are allowed to keep their current squad together its not out of the question for them to still make the top four

yes only Joe from the world cup with England, we had Mizzoni playing this week at fullback after playing with Italy and before anyone trots out the old line of "well Italy are shit at rugby" he is a quality player, Jimmy Gopperth back from 12 months of injury and looks as good as ever, Jack...

Still around I've just been having a read of a few of the other threads, good result for us Saturday and deserved the win team played better due to a few different players being available this week but still missing a few influential players due to world cup and injury so there is the potential...

if the EU rules against the council and Wasps have to pay up 30 million or whatever the figure is that will bankrupt them no doubt, not sure how it works but i'm pretty sure the legals will then move to Wasps trying to claim that money off somebody as they will claim they paid the asking price...

So as long as you make one decent sale a season your all good? are player sales included in FFP or will that effect what can be spent next season?

Does anybody actually know what the financial difference is between last seasons income and projected income for this season