Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • Wigan Salary Cap Breach
The two-point deduction is fair just for the sheer stupidity of it.
The salary cap regulations are very clear. They're right here in black and white, page 280 and 282 of the RFL operational rules. Section 5.2 clearly states that agent fees have to be declared, and section 5.6.2 clearly states that personal travel that is included in a players contract have to be declared. They are, after all, a taxable benefit.
Now if a fan on the internet can find this information within 20 seconds on Google, what did the Wigan Warriors financial team find so difficult and why?
From what it seems, Wigan have tried to mislead the RFL in failing to declare payments that the regulations unabiguously state should be declared, and they have since fought back against their own stupidity, citing weak mitigation such as "it's only £15k", "we lost the games anyway", "we had an injury crisis" and "it was the finance team's first day".
The scale of the breach isn't the issue - it's the way that Wigan accounted for costs that they clearly new were relevant to the salary cap, and failed to disclose them.
The salary cap regulations are very clear. They're right here in black and white, page 280 and 282 of the RFL operational rules. Section 5.2 clearly states that agent fees have to be declared, and section 5.6.2 clearly states that personal travel that is included in a players contract have to be declared. They are, after all, a taxable benefit.
Now if a fan on the internet can find this information within 20 seconds on Google, what did the Wigan Warriors financial team find so difficult and why?
From what it seems, Wigan have tried to mislead the RFL in failing to declare payments that the regulations unabiguously state should be declared, and they have since fought back against their own stupidity, citing weak mitigation such as "it's only £15k", "we lost the games anyway", "we had an injury crisis" and "it was the finance team's first day".
The scale of the breach isn't the issue - it's the way that Wigan accounted for costs that they clearly new were relevant to the salary cap, and failed to disclose them.
Statistics: Posted by bramleyrhino — Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:46 pm — Replies 22 — Views 2297