Originally Posted by
pv4
I don't understand why people call for the cap to be scrapped "because it basically doesn't work as-is". There's loopholes etc existing, sure, but it's still logistically painful for clubs to make these happen and rewards the clubs that can, and do, exploit them. I'd rather have this half-functional cap and at least keep clubs within some form of arm's reach.. then to scrap it and see how truly high (or how truly low) some clubs can get. I feel like if Arnold's Sydney weren't so far ahead of everyone else currently, it'd be less of a discussion. But other clubs are spending similar, if not more than Sydney - Western Sydney spend a total of 3.4m per season on their two marquees, for example. And don't forget the cap works on both scales - it has a minumum spend so clubs can't absolutely tank the league to save some coin.