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"My kicking coach tells me to imagine I am on the beach and that's what I did. I tried to be as relaxed as possible because we had the wind in our face and I didn't want to force it." - Marcelo Bosch, 06/04/15
"My kicking coach tells me to imagine I am on the beach and that's what I did. I tried to be as relaxed as possible because we had the wind in our face and I didn't want to force it." - Marcelo Bosch, 06/04/15
Ha ha ha Harlequins. I feel for them. On a budget of £7m they err by a gnats thingy and get a 50% fine. Gotta do it and overspend by £1 to incur a 50p fine 
Fissler’s just tweeted:
A team is being investigated for a breach of salary cap, not hard to work out who 🤐
A team is being investigated for a breach of salary cap, not hard to work out who 🤐
How much would the overspend have been if they were any good last year?
"An overrun is factored into the regulations," the Premiership spokesperson continued. "This should not be referred to as a breach of the salary cap."
So, it's not possible to breach the salary cap. That's going to puzzle a few trolls!
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So, it's not possible to breach the salary cap. That's going to puzzle a few trolls!
Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way
Gentle streets where people play
Welcome to the Soft Parade
What makes me laugh is that if they've spent over the cap, or even up to it, they've been conned somewhere along the line. Eggy face time.
Quote:AP
"An overrun is factored into the regulations," the Premiership spokesperson continued. "This should not be referred to as a breach of the salary cap."
So, it's not possible to breach the salary cap. That's going to puzzle a few trolls!
Yes it is possible. There is the cap, then the overrun allowance (a club gets fined increasing amounts dependent on how much over) to an overrun limit*. Then there is a breach above that. It’s basically a buffer zone to allow for unexpeced things such as international credits which a club won’t really know until late in a season.
(Prem salary cap rules state: “Overrun” means total Salary payment that exceeds the Senior Ceiling by up to
£349,999.99)
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Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Indeed, he confirmed to one enquiry that it was in addition to Quins.
Cue a lot of finger pointing, insinuation, claims and downright fibs from the masses
Cue a lot of finger pointing, insinuation, claims and downright fibs from the masses
Lets face it, wouldn't be an enormous shock if it was us - but surely success brings scrutiny and we've probably been looked at in more detail than most already? If we were breaching the cap for as long as everyone seems to claim would it not have been picked up on ages ago?
it must be an impossible job
1) Get kicked by your boss if you don't spend all the budget
2) So many variables; for axample is the relief we get for Itoje being injured more or less than the amount of relief given for him being away with England
3) win, promotion, actual playing bonuses
4) who would turn down a new sponsor (money in the budget) demanding a few player appearances with them being paid for that (salary cap)
5) 85% of your budget already set in stone at the beginning of the season but a 30% variable on the players actual appearances
i managed a budget of around 10% of the cap values for one year at Vodafone and the fact that I came in at less than 5% out was a miracle. I didn't have as many variables as a Premiership club. 5% out would also be way too variable for Nigel
1) Get kicked by your boss if you don't spend all the budget
2) So many variables; for axample is the relief we get for Itoje being injured more or less than the amount of relief given for him being away with England
3) win, promotion, actual playing bonuses
4) who would turn down a new sponsor (money in the budget) demanding a few player appearances with them being paid for that (salary cap)
5) 85% of your budget already set in stone at the beginning of the season but a 30% variable on the players actual appearances
i managed a budget of around 10% of the cap values for one year at Vodafone and the fact that I came in at less than 5% out was a miracle. I didn't have as many variables as a Premiership club. 5% out would also be way too variable for Nigel
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Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
Quote:they want to be careful on that pulpit, if they fell and cut the inside of their cheek, who'd believe them?GazzaFez
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
Quote:GazzaFezQuote:Stopsy
Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Quote:samlee99Quote:GazzaFezQuote:Stopsy
Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Oh hello samlee99, is it 1/2 term already?
Hopefully we can give you some of our attention whilst we are busy welcoming a new player and supporting our players who are in the 6N oh and a little matter of the Semi Final of the Premiership Rugby Cup and the 1/4 final of the European Rugby Champions Cup coming up!
Hope you are as equally busy...
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So in reality, if you’re willing to pay the fine on a penny short of £350k you can overspend on the cap to that amount?
That kind of amount would get you a very good player, or a few quality squad players.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2019 20:08 by Adey.
That kind of amount would get you a very good player, or a few quality squad players.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2019 20:08 by Adey.
Quote:you two faced poxy hypocritesamlee99
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Quote:Adey
So in reality, if you’re willing to pay the fine on a penny short of £350k you can overspend on the cap to that amount?
That kind of amount would get you a very good player, or a few quality squad players.
Yes. I escalates though, so you would have to pay 'overrrun tax' of £3 for every £1 over at that level. So your very good player would be costing you over a million pound fine for their £350k salary.
If you then go over that, the fine is also at £3 for every £1 and in the latest regs that also comes with a point deduction:
£0 to £349,999.99 = 0 points
£350,000 to £399,999.99 = 5
£400,000 to £449,999.99 = 10
£450,000 to £499,999.99 = 15
£500,000 to £549,999.99 = 20
£550,000 to £599,999.99 = 25
£600,000 to £649,999.99 = 30
Over £650,000 = 35 points
Last year Wasps went into overrun by about £40k as a result of Nathan Hughes getting injured so not getting the International Player Credit of up to £80,000 per player.
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I guess that's its in Home Grown Player Credits and International Player Credit where your club will clean up, hence the appearance of having an expensive squad, but in reality many aren't available for large portions of the year.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/2019 08:11 by BathMatt53.
I thought the Nathan Hughes 'overspend' was that the agent through which his salary was paid was deemed to be domestic. Hence Wasps had to pay VAT on the 200k that was channeled through the agent
I don't think anyone seriously thought Wasps were breaking the cap, just got the wrong side of an HM Customs and Excise issue - expensive one too, a £120k fine to go with the VAT bill plus presumably £50k defending it with lawyers and accountants. Hughes must have ended up costing them twice his salary
I don't think anyone seriously thought Wasps were breaking the cap, just got the wrong side of an HM Customs and Excise issue - expensive one too, a £120k fine to go with the VAT bill plus presumably £50k defending it with lawyers and accountants. Hughes must have ended up costing them twice his salary
Quote:BathMatt53Quote:Adey
So in reality, if you’re willing to pay the fine on a penny short of £350k you can overspend on the cap to that amount?
That kind of amount would get you a very good player, or a few quality squad players.
Yes. I escalates though, so you would have to pay 'overrrun tax' of £3 for every £1 over at that level. So your very good player would be costing you over a million pound fine for their £350k salary.
If you then go over that, the fine is also at £3 for every £1 and in the latest regs that also comes with a point deduction:
£0 to £349,999.99 = 0 points
£350,000 to £399,999.99 = 5
£400,000 to £449,999.99 = 10
£450,000 to £499,999.99 = 15
£500,000 to £549,999.99 = 20
£550,000 to £599,999.99 = 25
£600,000 to £649,999.99 = 30
Over £650,000 = 35 points
Last year Wasps went into overrun by about £40k as a result of Nathan Hughes getting injured so not getting the International Player Credit of up to £80,000 per player.
[www.rugbypass.com]
I guess that's its in Home Grown Player Credits and International Player Credit where your club will clean up, hence the appearance of having an expensive squad, but in reality many aren't available for large portions of the year.
I imagine you're right, Matt. All we can really say is that people far brighter than certainly me are making sure we adhere to the rules, and they in turn are being checked by other people far brighter than me!
If ever I struggle I just wait for Samlee to come along and explain it all. He knows more than everyone else, including even the boss of PRL. Now that's clever.
Quote:Stopsy
Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
I would suspect that there are 12 clubs permanently being checked.
Quote:JO'G
I thought the Nathan Hughes 'overspend' was that the agent through which his salary was paid was deemed to be domestic. Hence Wasps had to pay VAT on the 200k that was channeled through the agent
I don't think anyone seriously thought Wasps were breaking the cap, just got the wrong side of an HM Customs and Excise issue - expensive one too, a £120k fine to go with the VAT bill plus presumably £50k defending it with lawyers and accountants. Hughes must have ended up costing them twice his salary
Sounds like you have more insight than me! I was going on the explanation by Wasps CEO Nick Eastwood who was speaking more generally at the time:
"You don't really know what happens with the international call-ups allowances, injury allowances, those sort of things until the season unfolds," said Eastwood.
"It was pretty much one of those things that all the assumptions we made went one way.
Either way, it seems like a pretty complex process this cap balancing, with a degree of speculation / guessing required for the season / seasons ahead.
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Quote:1876-FezQuote:samlee99Quote:GazzaFezQuote:Stopsy
Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Oh hello samlee99, is it 1/2 term already?
Hopefully we can give you some of our attention whilst we are busy welcoming a new player and supporting our players who are in the 6N oh and a little matter of the Semi Final of the Premiership Rugby Cup and the 1/4 final of the European Rugby Champions Cup coming up!
Hope you are as equally busy...
Good to see the truth still hurts.
Equally good to see that yet more people are talking about your tarnished trophies.
Quote:myleftbootQuote:you two faced poxy hypocritesamlee99
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Are you one of the Saracens salary cap lawyers? You seem to have all the charm of one.
Booring. You have proved yourself to be a simple minded hater. Harlequins broke the cap, that's a fact. Not the first, but clearly not the worst recent incident. But you like them. They don't win. Saracens have never broken the cap. Again, documented fact, but you whinge and whine on a forum for Saracens supporters, one can only imagine because your real life is lacking
In the end no cap break could possibly do as much damage to the image of the game as bloodgate did.
Re the cap thing, yes this is a non story, but its a very funny non story.
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Re the cap thing, yes this is a non story, but its a very funny non story.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/2019 15:58 by Primavesi2.
Quote:myleftboot
Booring. You have proved yourself to be a simple minded hater. Harlequins broke the cap, that's a fact. Not the first, but clearly not the worst recent incident. But you like them. They don't win. Saracens have never broken the cap. Again, documented fact, but you whinge and whine on a forum for Saracens supporters, one can only imagine because your real life is lacking
Hahaha. Keep on saying it and you might even one day convince yourself. Until then you remain a deluded abusive nonentity.
Meanwhile in the real world your trophies remain tainted and the even better news is that it's all being raked up again so even more people realise it.
Good isn't it?
Quote:TOKSQuote:samlee99Quote:1876-FezQuote:samlee99Quote:GazzaFezQuote:Stopsy
Fissler reporting a second club being investigated... There could be more egg on faces
Even if there is another overspend and even if it was us, it doesn't get away from the delicious irony that Harlequins, who were without any doubt the preachiest and holier than thou in their cries from the pulpit, have been well and truly caught officially with their pants down. Just loving it!
But they weren't caught. They reported themselves.
And they didn't use expensive lawyers or make "compensation" payments to make it all go away.
And you talk about irony?
Oh hello samlee99, is it 1/2 term already?
Hopefully we can give you some of our attention whilst we are busy welcoming a new player and supporting our players who are in the 6N oh and a little matter of the Semi Final of the Premiership Rugby Cup and the 1/4 final of the European Rugby Champions Cup coming up!
Hope you are as equally busy...
Good to see the truth still hurts.
Equally good to see that yet more people are talking about your tarnished trophies.
Nope, still seems to be just you.
Your rants are actually quite amusing, albeit in a self destructive and self abusing way, so you carry on. I'm always impressed that you don't let facts get in the way of your own personal rant. They put off the majority of our other detractors when McCafferty announced them, but you still merrily rant on.
As someone once said, I don't care if you lick windows, take the special bus or occasionally pee on yourself - you hang in there sunshine, you're special.
If you think it's just me who is talking about your tainted trophies then you are as deluded as your fellow abusive nonentity apologist.
Meanwhile in the real world your trophies remain tainted and the even better news is that it's all being raked up again so even more people realise it.
Good isn't it?
Sam. Not sure which thread to post this on but I'm genuinely concerned for your health. Your blood pressure must be critically high. Please take the Amlopodine asap to reduce it. You seem to be an entirely rational person so I'm sure you will appreciate my real concerns.
I can see the coming season being fun ...
I feel quite sorry for Samlee. He spends all his time trolling this site simply because he has nowhere else to go. The one for Orphans doesn't have a home page....
I'll get my coat.....
The ship may now enter harbour negative oilskins
I'll get my coat.....
The ship may now enter harbour negative oilskins
C'mon mate. That's unnecessary.
Quote:samlee99
Good isn't it?
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Look around you. Look at how many people are talking about your salary cap avoidance. See how it's all coming out yet again. Good isn't it?
Do keep on highlighting the subject though.
Do keep on highlighting the subject though.
Quote:samlee99
Look around you. Look at how many people are talking about your salary cap avoidance. See how it's all coming out yet again. Good isn't it?
Do keep on highlighting the subject though.
Hi. Have a nice lie-in?
At least one other board gave blocked this moron. Can we not do the same?
I've looked around....hmmm, nothing in any of the papers, news channel's, sports web sites, if there was any SOLID evidence I'm sure they'd be all over it.
Just a few bitter and twisted KW's on forums and Twitter, you keep banging the drum on hete and other forums.
Do you go to grounds and watch live games?
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Just a few bitter and twisted KW's on forums and Twitter, you keep banging the drum on hete and other forums.
Do you go to grounds and watch live games?
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I've looked around....hmmm, nothing in any of the papers, news channel's, sports web sites, if there was any SOLID evidence I'm sure they'd be all over it.
Just a few bitter and twisted KW's on forums and Twitter, you keep banging the drum on hete and other forums.
Do you go to grounds and watch live games?
Yes it's where I talk to rugby fans many of whom have far stronger opinions than me on the salary cap abuses.
Quote:TOKS
At least one other board gave blocked this moron. Can we not do the same?
Absolutely, that's the way forward. Ban anyone who posts an opinion that you don't agree with.
But whatever you do don't ban those who insult and abuse people whose opinions you don't agree with.
(Sorry to make you look even more foolish but it's hardly my fault is it?).
Quote:samlee99Quote:1876-Fez
I've looked around....hmmm, nothing in any of the papers, news channel's, sports web sites, if there was any SOLID evidence I'm sure they'd be all over it.
Just a few bitter and twisted KW's on forums and Twitter, you keep banging the drum on hete and other forums.
Do you go to grounds and watch live games?
Yes it's where I talk to rugby fans many of whom have far stronger opinions than me on the salary cap abuses.
Really. I would have thought that I/we would have come accross the "many" fans on our travels in the UK and Europe, as most fans are willing to engage with eachother and have a good talk. There are those who have a bit of banter for fun but none with the vitriolic and nastiness you have. Just look at some of the great receptions our supporter groups get at away games..
Have you ever spoken with a Sarcens fans and put you evidence and point of view to them in a constructive way?
I assume you have never visited Azp but we must have played your team (?) at your home ground.
Oh have you listened to that Pod cast by Matthew Tait yet?
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I've looked around....hmmm, nothing in any of the papers, news channel's, sports web sites, if there was any SOLID evidence I'm sure they'd be all over it.
Just a few bitter and twisted KW's on forums and Twitter, you keep banging the drum on hete and other forums.
Do you go to grounds and watch live games?
Yes it's where I talk to rugby fans many of whom have far stronger opinions than me on the salary cap abuses.
Really. I would have thought that I/we would have come accross the "many" fans on our travels in the UK and Europe, as most fans are willing to engage with eachother and have a good talk. There are those who have a bit of banter for fun but none with the vitriolic and nastiness you have. Just look at some of the great receptions our supporter groups get at away games..
Have you ever spoken with a Sarcens fans and put you evidence and point of view to them in a constructive way?
I assume you have never visited Azp but we must have played your team (?) at your home ground.
Oh have you listened to that Pod cast by Matthew Tait yet?
No vitriol, no nastiness. I leave that to the abusers replying to my posts.
I simply point out that your trophies are tainted and I reply to those who post at me (like you did).
My point remains that your trophies are tainted. If you believe no one else thinks that then good for you. It's not up to me if you want to deceive yourself.
Is there an echo in here?
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