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The spirit of the salary cap? What the hell is the spirit of the salary cap? If you ask me Wigan have most definately been made scape goats as they always seem to be by the RFL, any other club would have been let off in my opinion.

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They went without pay to bring them under the salary cap and were then rewarded for it later, conspiracy, bribery and blatant dishonesty, how could it have been any worse?

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They didn't actually breach the salary cap though did they? The hearing wasn't about conspiracies or being dishonest, it was about breaking the rules which Wigan didn't do.

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Unbelievable, the only reason they didn't was because they resorted to the aforementioned under hand tactics, hence the spirit of the cap comment

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But surely if some players were not paid in 2006 to keep under the salary cap they will be paid this year for last season, it doesn't make much difference, there's nothing in the rules that says they can't do this, surely it would mean theres more chance of Wigan going over the salary cap again this year.

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Your right, it only makes a difference if you want the cap to work, it only makes a difference if you don't want teams to dishonestly try and manipulate it whilst others stick to it

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Hear Hear, the most upsetting thing is the fact that the points deduction won't be enough to see them relegated. :rolleyes:

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Wigan have been through the legal process now and have been found guilty and the punishment has been applied. It should be double though due to braking the cap two years on the trot.

Castleford should now talk to the RFL and get legal advice. Not about taking action against Wigan, but we do have a strong case against the RFL.

If you remember, Steve Ferres and Richard Wright asked the RFL to look into the signings of both Dobson and Fielden at the time and were told that Wigans books were looked at and everything was OK. Look at how it's turned out !

Also Cas wanted Dobson, but Wigan offered lots more money.

Lets face it, Wigan Cheated and Castleford (who played by the rules) got relegated.

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Well it seems the four point deduction didn't really affect Wigan too much. They made the playoffs last night in 6th place after a great game against St. Helens. Looking forward to some good playoff games now :tu: