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Post by Doughnut on May 21, 2007 14:20:02 GMT
Have I said the exact salary? Nope, didn't think so. And I won't state exact salaries on any forum, because it isn't any place to do so. You said how much he was asking for to stay at Cardiff. IMO it's not your place to do that either. However, it has been wafted around THF how much he has been offered in Nottingham, from a BLAZE director, so it is pretty common knowledge if you do your digging. There's nothing I'm aware of to suggest the Blaze director is telling the truth, also I don't know how reliable his (or her) source is. Regardless, what Blaze directors waft around on THF is no concern of mine.
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Post by Shorty on May 21, 2007 14:24:52 GMT
There were suggestions before the end of last season that he wanted to come to Nottingham.
All of this bandying around of salary figures and people that "know" exact figures is a HUGE breach of confidence in my opinion.
I work in an industry where we have to disclose down to the penny what we earn from a client, but thats where it stops. This is akin to one of the providers whom I place business with phoning up another introducer and saying "Hey, Shorty's just earned £1,000 out of Mrs Jones by doing such and such". From a players perspective, this must surely make them wonder what sort of teams they are signing for if this information is being bandied about left right and cente.
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Post by Inder on May 21, 2007 14:26:31 GMT
Have I said the exact salary? Nope, didn't think so. And I won't state exact salaries on any forum, because it isn't any place to do so. However, it has been wafted around THF how much he has been offered in Nottingham, from a BLAZE director, so it is pretty common knowledge if you do your digging. i think your just talking total B/S imo you just know the strong common rumour that is smiths coming to nottingham and you're just trying too make out you're in the know
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Post by Shaggy on May 21, 2007 14:34:30 GMT
This is hilarious. Apparently, we have Steelers fans, Devils fans and Blaze directors (anyone else??) who appear to know exactly what everyone in the league gets paid, and all seemingly hell-bent on tarring us with the brush of wage-cap-breaking before the season has even started. A brush that has already tarred the Steelers (not that they admitted it at the time, and now "yes we did do it, but it's all in the past, we're oh so squeaky clean")... and one has to wonder about the cost of some of the highly-successful teams of the past few years, mentioning no names (*cough* Coventry Blaze *cough*). But no, we can't talk about anything like that, can we? You know, I think this could well be a first. The Nottingham Panthers are looking likely to be the first team in British ice hockey to be accused, tried and convicted (in the court of bulls**tpublic opinion) of cheating their way to silverware... before the first puck of the season has even been dropped! The amount of manure coming out of these people's mouths (well, keyboards) is incredible. And in the best traditions of this sport, the merest fact of the accusation is going to be enough for them... What a bunch of muppets.
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Post by gazzathedevil on May 21, 2007 14:35:49 GMT
Have I said the exact salary? Nope, didn't think so. And I won't state exact salaries on any forum, because it isn't any place to do so. You said how much he was asking for to stay at Cardiff. IMO it's not your place to do that either. However, it has been wafted around THF how much he has been offered in Nottingham, from a BLAZE director, so it is pretty common knowledge if you do your digging. There's nothing I'm aware of to suggest the Blaze director is telling the truth, also I don't know how reliable his (or her) source is. Regardless, what Blaze directors waft around on THF is no concern of mine. It's a little bit to much of a coincidence though isnt it? i mean i have heard this Smith rumour a lot down here, this Blaze Director who posted it on THF is now just purely a journalist in the Coventry area. Personally If it was my club on the other end (and hey who knows it might be i havent seen our import signigns yet) shuoldnt you be more worried about the way the recruiting is going? i mean a thousand pound a week of a wage cap is a hell of a chunk out of the £7100 you have for the entire squad. There seems to be to mnay people banding this rumour about for it not to carry just a little bit of water. Sadly i dont think this is the only big offer banded about this summer so far which as said before worries me for the future when there are players better or equal to the likes of Smith and others who teams could pick up for much less.
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Post by jd on May 21, 2007 14:49:24 GMT
Who cares what he has been earning and what he will be earning? He is a great player and will be in a black and gold shirt instead of a poo poo****d one for the next season.
BarsnleyFan should shut up, so she knows about players wages big deal! How is he a money grabbing Judas by the way BF? Has he walked out half through a season (no unlike Tess) or has he asked for more money because he had a great season and was MVP?
Are you guys breaking the "wage cap" with Sheppard, Tait, Munn, Finnerty, Lehman? Or being clever with your finances?
Is it me or does BF sound a bit jealous?
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Post by gazzathedevil on May 21, 2007 14:51:42 GMT
This is hilarious. Apparently, we have Steelers fans, Devils fans and Blaze directors (anyone else??) who appear to know exactly what everyone in the league gets paid, and all seemingly hell-bent on tarring us with the brush of wage-cap-breaking before the season has even started. A brush that has already tarred the Steelers (not that they admitted it at the time, and now "yes we did do it, but it's all in the past, we're oh so squeaky clean")... and one has to wonder about the cost of some of the highly-successful teams of the past few years, mentioning no names (*cough* Coventry Blaze *cough*). But no, we can't talk about anything like that, can we? You know, I think this could well be a first. The Nottingham Panthers are looking likely to be the first team in British ice hockey to be accused, tried and convicted (in the court of bulls**tpublic opinion) of cheating their way to silverware... before the first puck of the season has even been dropped! The amount of manure coming out of these people's mouths (well, keyboards) is incredible. And in the best traditions of this sport, the merest fact of the accusation is going to be enough for them... What a bunch of muppets. What it is Shaggy is simply lookign at it and wondering 'how' People much closer to the game than you or i have said mark Smith is getting a substantial wage, i have no reason to disbelieve these people give how they dont usually spout something unless they are pretty Certain. Anthony on THF especially. Coventry over the course of the Elite league years have always taken great use out of the university scheme. With the names being courted abuot on the Nottingham roster i honestly cant see with only £7100 a week yoru going to afford a first line of Drouin-Smith Macaslan I just cant see it, if you realistically can then great, but it seems a massive step to manage to get the leagues top goal scorer and second top points getter, while having a stable two lines beneath it. I hope i am Wrong Shaggy but i cant believe that you being a sensible man cant see where it just seems a little bit like Panthers have a taste of success and want to build on that, maybe at any cost. As i said i hope i am wrong i hope the Panthers can mount a glorious championship winnign teams withing a brilliant balanced Budget. Then other teams can follow that model. But as a fan of a relatively 'poorer' team it worries me that my club is giong to be lost in the shuffle when i see Tait, Weaver, Smith all following the pound signs when in theory every club should be on an even keel. So if worrying abotu my hockey club makes me a 'muppet' then so be it, frankly i expected better of you i nthe debating stakes than to resrot to name calling shaggy.
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Post by andyd on May 21, 2007 14:58:13 GMT
Without wishing to state the obvious the Panthers haven't signed these players yet.
It looks as though Smith is in I will give you that but there is no word on MacAslan whatsoever.
We currently have Drouin (half coaching pay), Neilson, an average Brit in Richardson and an otherwise inexpensive defense (including NM). I fail to see how at this point, when the only strong rumour doing the rounds is that we have signed Smith any of what we are hearing about the wage cap is justified.
Come back to me if and when we CONFIRM Smith, MacAslan, Huppe, Clarke, et al and I will be far more willing to talk conspiracy theories, but at this point, when we are only dealing in rumours, it's laughable.
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Post by Shaggy on May 21, 2007 15:07:35 GMT
Just because someone claims to be 'certain' about something doesn't mean that they aren't 1) lying through their teeth, or 2) just plain wrong. I also find it so interesting that we keep hearing from the likes of Belfast, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield etc (and some of the 'poorer' teams on occasion) that Players X, Y & Z are so happy to come to their club, that they are doing so because the club/management/coaching/area are so great and attractive, etc etc - not because of the money, oh no, that could NEVER happen! And the fans jump on the bandwagon "oh no, he's not getting paid anywhere near as much as you might think... but just look at the players on YOUR team, they're getting paid a fortune!". Hmmm.... yeah, right. One great big steaming pile of bovine excrement. That's what I think it all is. I don't for one minute believe that 99% of the people who claim to know this, that or the other about other teams' wages, players, deals etc actually have anything more than a vague guess. They might have heard something... but that doesn't make what they've heard guaranteed to be true, does it? Players talk cobblers. Management talks cobblers. Agents talk cobblers. We all know this... These are the sources from which all this stuff is 'heard', aren't they? So what makes you people believe it? Because you want to believe it. Hardly a solid basis for mounting the kind of pre-emptive mudslinging campaign that we're seeing here, is it? Oh - and Coventry have a deal with a university. So what? As I recall, so do the Panthers. (So do Edinburgh as well, I believe). They just haven't shouted it around as much. So what difference does that make? I suppose that we in Nottingham could take one bit of comfort in all of this. The fact that we actually won a trophy last season (against everyone's expectations) and look to be putting together a dangerous team seems to have some other people running scared. Can't think of any other likely reason for this obsession with the Nottingham wage bill - especially given that we've only actually signed a few players so far, and that some of the names being bandied around (Mark Smith, for a start) are only rumours so far.
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Post by barnsleyfan on May 21, 2007 15:16:12 GMT
Who cares what he has been earning and what he will be earning? He is a great player and will be in a black and gold shirt instead of a poo poo****d one for the next season. BarsnleyFan should shut up, so she knows about players wages big deal! How is he a money grabbing Judas by the way BF? Has he walked out half through a season (no unlike Tess) or has he asked for more money because he had a great season and was MVP? Are you guys breaking the "wage cap" with Sheppard, Tait, Munn, Finnerty, Lehman? Or being clever with your finances? Is it me or does BF sound a bit jealous? A bit jealous? Of what exactly? Smith?The replacement we have lined up for Tessier is just as good as him and the MVP. He may not be a 'judas' but he's definitely grabbing the money they've dangled for him. Do I blame him? Not at all. Maybe saving elsewhere - in the Brit department - will make this signing pay off. But as Steelers were accused of 'dreaming' with a second line of Phillips, Sheppard and Finnerty, I think you lot are dreaming if all those named signings are going to be pulled off. I give evidence and I'm breaching confidentiality, I don't give evidence and I'm spouting Bull! Gotta love forums. ;D I shall go back under my bridge where I belong.
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Post by gazzathedevil on May 21, 2007 15:17:20 GMT
Shaggy i find it amaxzing how your one of the forerunners of bringing import numbers down gradually and to bring the sport together, yet when there is a hint by more than a few people that it may be slowly becoming 'ISL2' and your club is involved it all very suddenly becomes a head in the sand time. And complete Bovine excretment. For what its worth personally from whta im seeing being written by people far closer to the game than you or i i can percieve there being a 'big 3' next season of Sheffield, Nottingham and Coventry. And i sadly feel that other clubs will get left behind even a few arena teams and if this Eltie league fails this time then sorry there is no way back for any of us. I hope i am wrong and if i am Shaggy you can have a 3 page essay of an apology stating that i will never listen to idle rumour ever again, i can quite happy to do that. But i will not totally rule out myself being right like you are. Andyd I agree they havent signed yet, although Pidge seemed rather quick and happy to tell me about your first line earlier and as he seemed to be pretty mcuh on the money this year i' put faith in him being right. Maybe he wont be and as such i wont be, as i have said i really dont mind if i am wrong, i have been before i have also been right before (whistle will not be coaching the panthers anyone )
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Post by Doughnut on May 21, 2007 15:19:07 GMT
when we are only dealing in rumours, it's laughable. IMO, this is the most valid point I've seen on the rumours board, and, in my view is the main reason the rumours board exists. As far as the wage cap is concerned, I don't even know for sure what it is, or what the rules surrounding it are. I've seen various numbers and rules bandied about, but I've seen nothing official and unfortunately I don't expect to. Combined with the fact that I (and almost all others) can only really guess at what individual players are on, never mind a whole team, it's all just cheap talk. Add to that the fact that if player x is reported to be earning £y then very few people know how much of £y counts against the cap and how much is made up of other benefits, and it makes the whole conversation ridiculous and pointless. If Nottingham (or any other team) are at last exploiting some of the loopholes that other teams have been exploiting for the last few years, then good for them. I do however think that these loopholes make a mockery of the wage-cap and the league should do something about them (I'll not hold my breath! : . IMO if a cap is to exist, then the loopholes should all be closed and the cap should be properly enforced, else it's pointless.
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Post by jd on May 21, 2007 15:25:28 GMT
when we are only dealing in rumours, it's laughable. IMO, this is the most valid point I've seen on the rumours board, and, in my view is the main reason the rumours board exists. As far as the wage cap is concerned, I don't even know for sure what it is, or what the rules surrounding it are. I've seen various numbers and rules bandied about, but I've seen nothing official and unfortunately I don't expect to. Combined with the fact that I (and almost all others) can only really guess at what individual players are on, never mind a whole team, it's all just cheap talk. Add to that the fact that if player x is reported to be earning £y then very few people know how much of £y counts against the cap and how much is made up of other benefits, and it makes the whole conversation ridiculous and pointless. If Nottingham (or any other team) are at last exploiting some of the loopholes that other teams have been exploiting for the last few years, then good for them. I do however think that these loopholes make a mockery of the wage-cap and the league should do something about them (I'll not hold my breath! : . IMO if a cap is to exist, then the loopholes should all be closed and the cap should be properly enforced, else it's pointless. Yeah - fair point
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Post by Shaggy on May 21, 2007 15:33:28 GMT
Shaggy i find it amaxzing how your one of the forerunners of bringing import numbers down gradually and to bring the sport together, yet when there is a hint by more than a few people that it may be slowly becoming 'ISL2' and your club is involved it all very suddenly becomes a head in the sand time. And complete Bovine excretment. What exactly does my opinion on import numbers have to do with anything? Don't know why you're trying to attack my credibility - I've never claimed to have any. "Head in the sand"? My head is in exactly the same place as it's always been - and on this subject, it's for the same reason... I don't know what ANY player gets paid. I don't know - I'm not afraid to say it. (Please note - that doesn't make anyone who claims to know any more credible... ). I don't know what any Panthers player has been paid - not now, not ever. I've heard all sorts of bull on that score, and dismissed the lot. Just like I ignored the Steelers fan who face-to-face told me last season that Tessier was on £1500/week. I didn't believe that then, I don't believe it now. Big 3? What about Belfast? Just out of curiousity... what makes this coming season any different from last season, or the season before? The Panthers have allegedly been the richest club in the league for a couple of years at least.... until the very end of last season, it hadn't done us much good, had it? Didn't the much-less-well-off Cardiff Devils finish above us in the league? Didn't the two basement teams (Hull & Edinburgh) beat us on our own ice? Every team could beat every other team on the night - that's called being competitive. What has changed? As for people "far closer to the game"... doesn't mean they're right or telling the truth does it? Examples:- Player A gets offered £500/wk by Team 1. His agent calls Team 2 and says that they're offering him £700/wk (trying to get more cash). How is anyone from Team 2 (and whoever they gossip to) going to know the truth? Player X talks to Fan Y, boasting about how much he's getting paid. He's damn near doubling it because he wants to impress the fan (trying to get inside her knickers?) - and she duly repeats it to all and sundry. Player Z leaves Club 1 at the end of the season, says he's not coming back. He was offered £400/wk, but the management of the club say that he was offered £600/wk - makes it look like him not coming back opens up more budget for other players than it really does. The truth may be out there... somewhere. But it's well hidden. Oh please... that's like saying the it'll be dark at night. Not the hardest thing to predict, was it?
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Post by Heanor Lair on May 21, 2007 15:42:39 GMT
Well...as my partner works inside the Devils management I do know exactly how much the guy was on last season and I do know how much he was offered in Nottingham. Adams told him where to go when he asked for £900 a week to stay in Cardiff, after he found out what Nottingham offered him. So the law of averages would say it's more than that, surely? Whether he got that deal, I'll never know, but it is sure as hell a massive step up from what he was on... Sometimes 'insider information' can be somewhat flawed. For sure someone may know that Player A has asked for £X a week. To assume that said player is going to another club so must be getting £X +Y is totally wrong. Have a read of the Post Simms put on Steeltalk. It relates to Munn, who accepted the Shuff offer not because he was necessarily getting a big wad of wages, but because of the package offered to him , ie the MBA and the fact through the help of the club his wife will also be working. (and congrats to Shuff on helping finding his wife a position) Forget the wage figures branded around - the whole package on offer is far more import to the vast majority of players. HL
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Post by gazzathedevil on May 21, 2007 15:52:39 GMT
Shaggy i find it amaxzing how your one of the forerunners of bringing import numbers down gradually and to bring the sport together, yet when there is a hint by more than a few people that it may be slowly becoming 'ISL2' and your club is involved it all very suddenly becomes a head in the sand time. And complete Bovine excretment. What exactly does my opinion on import numbers have to do with anything? Don't know why you're trying to attack my credibility - I've never claimed to have any. "Head in the sand"? My head is in exactly the same place as it's always been - and on this subject, it's for the same reason... I don't know what ANY player gets paid. I don't know - I'm not afraid to say it. (Please note - that doesn't make anyone who claims to know any more credible... ). I don't know what any Panthers player has been paid - not now, not ever. I've heard all sorts of bull on that score, and dismissed the lot. Just like I ignored the Steelers fan who face-to-face told me last season that Tessier was on £1500/week. I didn't believe that then, I don't believe it now. Big 3? What about Belfast? Just out of curiousity... what makes this coming season any different from last season, or the season before? The Panthers have allegedly been the richest club in the league for a couple of years at least.... until the very end of last season, it hadn't done us much good, had it? Didn't the much-less-well-off Cardiff Devils finish above us in the league? Didn't the two basement teams (Hull & Edinburgh) beat us on our own ice? Every team could beat every other team on the night - that's called being competitive. What has changed? As for people "far closer to the game"... doesn't mean they're right or telling the truth does it? Examples:- Player A gets offered £500/wk by Team 1. His agent calls Team 2 and says that they're offering him £700/wk (trying to get more cash). How is anyone from Team 2 (and whoever they gossip to) going to know the truth? Player X talks to Fan Y, boasting about how much he's getting paid. He's damn near doubling it because he wants to impress the fan (trying to get inside her knickers?) - and she duly repeats it to all and sundry. Player Z leaves Club 1 at the end of the season, says he's not coming back. He was offered £400/wk, but the management of the club say that he was offered £600/wk - makes it look like him not coming back opens up more budget for other players than it really does. The truth may be out there... somewhere. But it's well hidden. Oh please... that's like saying the it'll be dark at night. Not the hardest thing to predict, was it? Not attackign your credability, but i'll reiterate people closer to the game than you and i are worried about an ISL2 something i know you or I dont want. Again i;ll say what i said before in that i dont know for sure but i'm looking at a few Newcastle press releases and Rob Wilson seems pretty concerned as well. PErsonally with Todd Kelmann holdign the purse strings at Belfast i think he will be a little skeptical in dishing out any big money deals, so far he;s stuck to the people he knows and has gone down the player coach route. He isnt getting into bidding wars for Jonathan Weaver for example. So no i think Belfast will be a team left behind if this mini revoloution does go on. As for the Whistle thing, Geez i was bringing in a little bit of humour as this thread was getting a little intense, obviously you've gotten out of the wrong side of the bed so i'll cease this argument now as i have no more points to make. Interestingly though i remember you arguing with me abotu Whistle and asked me how i knew it wasnt possible him signing for you. ;D We'll agree to disagree on this one, and i'll take my worries and keep them. as this one is just going to go round in circles.
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Post by mattscold on May 21, 2007 15:57:44 GMT
Again i;ll say what i said before in that i dont know for sure but i'm looking at a few Newcastle press releases and Rob Wilson seems pretty concerned as well. Is that the same Rob Wilson who circulated a press release saying they were signing NHL Netminder Wade Dubielewicz last season?
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Post by barnsleyfan on May 21, 2007 15:58:00 GMT
Indeed HL and I know it's not fully valid from word of mouth.
See, the Uni deals are very lucrative and is why Coventry have had so much success in bringing big players in. How many people believed Munn was on a massive wage because he came straight out of the AHL? It is a very clever way round the cap but I'm worried - worried that all these 'packages' are excluding the lesser teams. Can Edinburgh and Hull afford to have an Assistant Coach and a Fitness Coach?
Maybe Nottingham could offer Smith a better house and car than Cardiff could. They have to take single players for housing, whereas Nottingham, Sheffield, Belfast etc can house a whole family.
The wage cap needs policing better. What would be better in an ideal world (I know it's not going to happen but...) is that teams offer bonuses out at the end of the season, so if players don't reach the target of 'winning a trophy' or 'scoring 25 goals' then they don't get their extra £1000 or whatever it is. Of course, the clause could say 'finish in the top 6' which would make it a pointless exercise. Obviously the targets would have to be fairly difficult to reach to make it plausable. But, had the team had to achieve something to get the money, then it'd make for a far more interesting league and thoroughly more hardworking team of players...
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Post by Warren on May 21, 2007 16:03:33 GMT
Now as heated as this argument seems to be getting, a few points are quite evident. I agree with Doughnut and Andyd, Rumours are rumours. There may be some nugget of truth but at the heart of it only 1 person knows for 100% certainty what is being earnt, what has been offered, what's arriving in a brown envelope at Christmas, how many million dollars he'll get if he scores 5 goals a game all season, or doesn't let a goal in.
I do agree with Andyd especially on the following, when we have 18 guys announced and warming up, I will make a judgement on the cap. There is no point speculating until then. Plus add in all the perks / loophole cash. I wish they weren't there but they are. So on the budget sheet Drouin may be earning £1.50 per week… but I'm sure he won't be on No frills beans.
As for judging a teams cap spend on 7 confirmed signings, all of which is agreed won't be massive earners (But that is only an opinion) is silly to say the least
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Post by oldman on May 21, 2007 16:18:31 GMT
BF you opened this can of worms with your assurance about your facts and actually (and this was a silly thing to do) quoting figures whether bogus or not in all threads i believe we do not divulge anyones personal financial arrangements. As for how can we afford it within the wage cap lets see, P.C. assistant coach half wage. corey fitness and conditioning coach half wage two top players and saved one wage bill. Smith (if we get him and i have no insider feeding this info) good money, richardson not such top rates. Now on a lighter note if we really used our head how about this for creative team selection within the wage cap and halving four wage bills, Rasto entertainments manager and end of game celebration coach. ;D Meyers community singing coach, Rees youth development coach, Ryan bodyguard for the highly paid Smith etc This a rumour thread after all not an audit on the panthers books.
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Post by Shaggy on May 21, 2007 16:23:06 GMT
See, the Uni deals are very lucrative and is why Coventry have had so much success in bringing big players in. How many people believed Munn was on a massive wage because he came straight out of the AHL? It is a very clever way round the cap but I'm worried - worried that all these 'packages' are excluding the lesser teams. Can Edinburgh and Hull afford to have an Assistant Coach and a Fitness Coach? Any team can afford to appoint a player/coach or player/assistant coach... Edinburgh and Basingstoke have both done that in recent years, as well as Belfast, Cardiff, Newcastle and Manchester. Any team can strike up a deal with a local university - as I recall, Edinburgh Capitals have done just that... and Edinburgh University is extremely prestigious, is it not? The likes of Nottingham, Sheffield, Belfast & Coventry may be able to bring more outright cash to bear... but the 'loophole' stuff is just as easily exploited by all of the other teams.
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Post by barnsleyfan on May 21, 2007 16:32:41 GMT
BF you opened this can of worms... Didn't I just - 5 pages and it's still going! Hey, you'll thank me for ensuring you've all had something to do on a boring Monday afternoon. ;D
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Post by oldman on May 21, 2007 16:48:50 GMT
BF you opened this can of worms... Didn't I just - 5 pages and it's still going! Hey, you'll thank me for ensuring you've all had something to do on a boring Monday afternoon. ;D Will your partner though divulging confidential info ( or is it just BS) is really not very astute, totally unprofessional if it was anyone were i am working might be a sacking issue.
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Post by Doom on May 21, 2007 16:58:03 GMT
The likes of Nottingham, Sheffield, Belfast & Coventry may be able to bring more outright cash to bear... but the 'loophole' stuff is just as easily exploited by all of the other teams. The question is can they afford to exploit loopholes? If for example Hull's wage bill is £150,000 for the full season, why would they need to exploit any loopholes, because they're well inside the wage cap in the first place? On the other hand the likes of Sheffield and Nottingham may well be up to the wage cap limit and are now trying to find varying ways of extending further and further past it. Dave Simms described it as thinking outside the box, but surely the whole idea of having the box (wage-cap for want of a better word) is to keep everybody inside it. Is only counting half of the wages for players with titles like fitness coach and assistant coach really within the 'spirit' of having a wage-cap? Is payment of a University course really within the 'spirit' of a wage-cap? I have no idea exactly what any individuals are earning (although we can all guess who are the top and bottom end earners), however I am concerned for the smaller clubs in the league. Because of the creative accounting currently being used I doubt any club will break the wage-cap this season, however I do believe it should be a concern for all of us if the current trend in spending is going to leave the Hull's and Edinburgh's of this world well behind. Maybe we're all worrying unnecessarily and the likes of Hull and Edinburgh are quite relaxed with the current level of spending by the big clubs, but if they're not I can see it leading to the same sort of problems we witnessed during the ISL. This is not a Sheffield v Nottingham problem/concern, this is about the league as a whole and where exactly are we heading? I don't know the answers, I just hope the people who're running the league/teams do. Regards Doom
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Post by barnsleyfan on May 21, 2007 17:01:16 GMT
Will your partner though divulging confidential info is really not very astute, Ok, maybe it was a bit foolish but I've hardly set anything in stone, have I? After all, what I devulged was merely a rumour! I am not 'in the know' at all, because gladly, I don't work in a hockey organisation. *Sound of back-tracking footsteps*
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