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Message: [QUOTE="Number6, post: 2884020, member: 9008"] And this is the problem with the salary cap. It's based on communist theory and we know how well that works... Last time I checked we are in a social capitalist society. Why should the club with the most fans who bring in the most revenue not be allowed to capitalise on that (within reason with checks and balances)? Instead like good Aussies we cut down the tall poppy and shit where we eat. The biggest problem with the super league war is that super league caved. ARL would have folded within a few years and we would now have a true national competition that would be flourishing after the initial turmoil. Set the game back at least 25 years. Imagine if Packer caved with cricket. There is no incentive for any club to be excellent in any way under this system. Can't get fans that's ok NRL will pay your salary cap. Can't manage your books that's ok NRL will bail you out. Develop the best players, don't bother crap clubs will pay overs funded by NRL. Win a premiership then good luck getting another one because system will level you out. Winning a game, don't lead by too much otherwise refs will try to even things up. The salary cap is restriction of trade justified on the assumed premise that equal competition protects the league and enhances the bottom line. However there is no evidence that this is true and the arguement is absurd when you think about it. I know I want to pay my money to see the most average movie or go to the most average university because it is so close to the competition. Everyone hates paying to see Bolt run because he is so good right. And it's not as if Manchester United and Real Madrid don't bring more fans to their sport... You could argue for a soft cap so not to be too unbalanced. Rich pay their share for their excesses if they want to spend overs. Deductions for self developed players to reflect cost of investments. Clubs should also get a more weighted share of tv revenue based on their fan participation rather than equal spread. Not all of it but like the progressive tax system reasonable to share some of the wealth for the common good but not communism where the illusion of equality actually just leads to everyone losing through systemic inefficiency and corruption. Fans deserve excellence as well as reward for their support. But most of all they deserve NRL to show integrity and accountability. [/QUOTE]

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