Sport Resolutions UK will run the disciplinary procedure appointing an
independent panel of legal experts and overseeing any appeal procedure.
“It was inevitable that as the game develops we would conduct a review
of the salary cap,” said Phil Winstanley, rugby director at Premiership
Rugby.
“Salary Caps exist in many commercially successful sports around the
world. The most obvious examples are the NFL and NHL in the USA, and the NRL
and AFL in Australia.
“The introduction in football of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play and the
Premier League clubs’ new financial regulations, together with Salary Caps
in Rugby League, County Cricket, and in rugby union with France’s Top 14 and
the Welsh Regions, all demonstrating how European sport has recently grasped
the importance of controlling costs and long-term financial sustainability.”
Premiership Rugby has also set up an email address and hotline phone number
for anyone wanting to present information. Anyone can now email salarycap@premiershiprugby.com
or call 07583 826343 if they have any information to help the cause.
“As a collective, Premiership Rugby and its clubs led the way in England
when in 1999 they introduced their salary cap in order to ensure the
continuing financial viability of all clubs,” said Premiership Rugby
Chief Executive, Mark McCafferty.
“Their objective was to control inflationary pressures on clubs’ costs,
and to provide a level playing field for clubs to ensure a competitive Aviva
Premiership Rugby competition.
“These objectives are borne out in the financial success the league is
now seeing, with a healthy turnover of teams at the top of the league. We
have also had three different winners of the Aviva Premiership Rugby
competition in as many years, in the most competitive league in world rugby
(highest number of games finishing in less than one score compared to any
other rugby competition in the world).
“Having a compelling and unpredictable Aviva Premiership Rugby
competition is at the centre of Premiership Rugby’s strategic objectives. It
is a crucial factor in increasing the commercial value of the competition
through its new broadcaster, BT Sport, and seeing the renewal of its title
sponsor, Aviva.”
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