https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/super-league-emergency-meeting-crisis-30415509 Like I’ve explained before, not sure on here though, Salford are out with the begging bowl. The club are owned now by supporters and last year begged them to buy shares, which they did and cleaned out their fans, then they got the council to give them money to pay bills, then they got the council to buy the ground and will let them play for peanuts there. Now they need an advancement on RFL monies to continue to pay staff including players. They should be made to sort their own mess, sell players or whatever is needed. Or sport doesn’t have enough in reserves to do this and if they do it for one, they must do it for all.

I am broadly in agreement with you @RaoulDuke if they’re not capable of self-managing the season (again) then they’re not fit for SL I am afraid. That should be a minimum requirement. Our own club, and others have suffered on the field for financial issues and had to operate within parameters. As should Salford.

Surely that should knock the grade IMG gave to the club as they’re not financially stable and as such Toulouse would probably be promoted? Becoming a yearly thing where Salford are the ones always asking for advances on cash. At some point you have to wonder if they’re viable.

Matt Last year we cut out cloth to suit our needs and ensure our survival under IMG,we made a conscious decision to run with a weaker squad for what proved to be the greater good. Salford seemed neither able or more importantly willing to compromise on field performances for financial security and now for the umpteenth time they’re suffering the consequences. You only have to look at their retentions and signings for next season to see they’re not learning from their mistakes and will be relying on hand outs once again to survive. As a club using this model they are unsustainable,

RaoulDuke Its almost like they are following the old Wakefield business plan isnt it

mdean we’ve suffered on the field as we’ve had stadium requirements to hit. The frightening thing now is that when we do our rebuild, we’ll lose points and may lose our place in the league. So I guess, don’t do the work and stay in but thats not the aim of the IMG rules. Between a rock and hard place. I’m expecting the rules to change and less impetus on being the first call on use of your ground but better facilities.

pirate true. As long as we follow the rules we should be OK.

RaoulDuke Attendances will be vital for our score again,there are still a few tweaks we can use to gain points such as the LED advertising boards and I thought MJ had held back on some investment so we wouldn’t drop what we gained this year,could be wrong on that one. With regard to Salford be interesting to see what’s announced Monday,can’t believe they’re doing this after the signings they announced,mind if they have to have a fire sale 😉

Hepworth Watkins & Bullock please!

Salford have played a blinder, waiting for the fixtures to be announced so they cant be punished correctly without causing serious disruptions. In my opinion they should be booted and the next high grade team promoted CTID

Salford have put out a statement moaning about the release of their begging. The other clubs are going to make a decision Monday. They blame the slow local council for not allowing them to play quicker at their virtual rent free stadium and earn sponsorship whilst their council are closing services to do it.

Salford again

RaoulDuke

Your right but for some reason they justify closing other council services to keep a few thousand fans happy.

As a team, like Huddersfield, they have been as good as they are likely to get and can’t get the crowds needed to survive , which Cas said was around 7k.

Now off they had a Ken Davy it wouldn’t matter.

pirate

RaoulDuke it worked for Wakefield a few times

pirate

So, with all the delaying tactics by Salford and the RFL, have we actually signed Ormondroyd?

Hepworth

pirate No we haven’t signed him,no date for sales to commence has been given and Salford have reported they’ve received an offer to buy the club from overseas. That would obviously take time and apparently they need money now to pay wages due next Thursday. So we’re no nearer and no wiser as to when or if a sale needs to happen. Before any takeover there would have to be due diligence and obviously the legal paper which would take time they haven’t got. No way could I see anyone giving them bridging finance so selling a couple might just buy them enough time.

RaoulDuke

It sounds like some clubs are shouting unfairness as they’ve no cap space and/or no quota spots and they have the money.

From me it’s a sorry but maybe not spend all your money.

FlatCapper

Surely the latest announcement from salford could be a delaying tactic. I hope to God that before te RFL agree further dlays, they’ve seen definitive evidence of a potential takeover.

Hepworth

Absolutely,I don’t think you can trust much coming out of Salford. If it’s true and they just need money to tide themselves over the easiest way would be to offload a couple of players.

FlatCapper

Let’s put it this way, I trust Salford as much as I trust Axiom! 😉

RaoulDuke

Any offer will take time to filter through and then move in a new board and staff. I can’t see it being fine by the start of the season.

orrsome

Bridging loan from RFL????

Hepworth

orrsome No financial or professional institution in their right mind would lend Salford money,as the RFL are neither it’s a distinct possibility,sets a dangerous precedent mind.

Spanishtiger

The precedent was set when the RFL bailed out Bradford

RaoulDuke

And refused to help others.

The super league had already authorised 500k, if they go pop that’s lost money

RaoulDuke

Just been talking to a friend about the Salford situation and a point came up I can find an answer to.

Salford have a cap of 1.2m imposed on them by the rfl for the bridging forward of the 500k sky payment, they currently spend 2m.

They have to submit their squad to the rfl prior to their first competitive match which is Sunday in the challenge Cup. So if it has to be 1.2m, do they have to renegotiate with players to register them all or come Sunday are the players left out free agents?

Hepworth

Ooh that’s an interesting one. I’m assuming Salford are still under the 1.2 million cap imposed on them it’s just the fire sale that’s on hold. As the cap comes into effect from the first competitive fixture they could only name a squad whose combined value is less than 1.2
million,so theoretically they could field a weakened squad for the cup match but this would only buy them a weeks grace unless they continue to field a weakened squad until the rumoured takeover happens when they might have the full cap restored. Can’t answer the free agent question,they’ll have players with legally binding contracts who they can’t play. Somethings got to give.

TheFirm

Technically under normal circumstances the salary cap value only comes into play once the players appear in a ‘proper’ game. So if the deal hasn’t gone through by then then providing the team that Salford pick equals no more than £1.2 million then they haven’t actually breached the rules. That should be enough for them to beat league 1 Midlands you would have thought anyway so they could claim they are picking a side suitable for the game. They’d still have to pay the others but unless they miss those payments they aren’t breaching their contracts, as such they aren’t free to go.

The crunch would come the week after and the start of super league. They will need their best side out and by the rules should pick their strongest available team. That team would breach the sustainability cap. If the players aren’t registered by then they could claim restraint of trade and leave if they wish. But given they won’t have missed any wages until the end of the month at least then they may not automatically become free agents, however they would not be allowed to play. It would open up a can of worms.

RaoulDuke

It surely is a bag of worms. Very interesting.

mdean

I like the application of logic and the myth that there is any in Rugby League.

For the ‘greater good’ I personally think that a club needs to crash on the rocks and sink, that’s not me having an issue with Salford per sé but the rules have almost no teeth at all.
That being said we’re seen as somewhat shambolic and if we can, for the sake of a week, maintain the league then perhaps we should.

pirate

Can anyone imagine Cas being in this scenario, ignoring the rules and getting away almost scot free?
No neither can I

RaoulDuke

I guess either way, we’ll have idea by 2pm Friday. If the cup match is the same as super league, a squad has to be declared at least 48hrs before the match.

Personally I don’t have an interest apart from the fact we might sign a player out two. I’ve no axe to grind with them. In fact I’m quite jealous that they’ve been a steady force since 2018 and we’ve not.

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