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Saracens call for salary cap to be scrapped
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 699392" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I wonder how much that says about football fans. Realistically there is NO chance that a team outside of the Manchesters, Chelsea and maybe Arsenal will win the league this year.</p><p></p><p>(NOTE: I have to admit to a fair bit of bias here because I generally find football tedious, about as exciting as watching grass grow. My perception of it is that it involves kicking the ball around until you lose it.) </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But that is just the problem, with no salary cap, there is no control. A multi-millionaire can come out of the woodwork and buy a Premiership by pouring truckloads of money into a club, which is exactly what happened with Man City.</p><p></p><p>A salary cap levels the playing field. Take a look at the ITM Cup this year, the finalist were Tasman and Taranaki, neither of those teams had ever won the National Provincial Premiership before, and neither team are Super Rugby Franchise bases (who finished third, fourth, second to last, and last this season; Wellington is relegated to the Championship to join Otago who finished second to last there this season). That is what a salary cap can do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 699392, member: 20605"] I wonder how much that says about football fans. Realistically there is NO chance that a team outside of the Manchesters, Chelsea and maybe Arsenal will win the league this year. (NOTE: I have to admit to a fair bit of bias here because I generally find football tedious, about as exciting as watching grass grow. My perception of it is that it involves kicking the ball around until you lose it.) But that is just the problem, with no salary cap, there is no control. A multi-millionaire can come out of the woodwork and buy a Premiership by pouring truckloads of money into a club, which is exactly what happened with Man City. A salary cap levels the playing field. Take a look at the ITM Cup this year, the finalist were Tasman and Taranaki, neither of those teams had ever won the National Provincial Premiership before, and neither team are Super Rugby Franchise bases (who finished third, fourth, second to last, and last this season; Wellington is relegated to the Championship to join Otago who finished second to last there this season). That is what a salary cap can do. [/QUOTE]
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