The salary cap which has been in place in Premiership Rugby since 1999 should be abolished, according to Saracens’ Chief Executive, Ed Griffiths.
Currently, Aviva Premiership clubs salary budget mustn’t be in excess of five million pounds, with an additional five hundred thousand pounds being added to the cap next season, stretching each teams allowance to five and a half million pounds. Additionally, each club are permitted a Marquee Player who’s wages don’t count towards the salary cap.
Griffiths, however, feels that the English clubs should abolish what he feels is a restrictive law so that Premiership Clubs can compete with the lucrative contracts on offer in France.
It would be a pity if the world’s top players light up the World Cup on English soil, and then leave to play club rugby in France. If the salary cap is left to forbid the required investment, it will kill any hope of growth.
Imagine the likes of Arsenal or Manchester City being asked to compete with Barcelona, Bayern and Real Madrid under those circumstances. It would never happen, but it happens in rugby.
Source: The Telegraph