You are right but no Super League Club has ever had 6 points deducted despite Wigan, Saints, Bradford, London, Celtic being caught bang to rights and I have no confidence that the RFL would take such a penalty agaisnt a major Super League Club. Also Wigan knowlingly broke the rules to aid a fight against Relagation and now their is no relagation.
I know and agree with what you say they would never hit a SL team with 6pts unless it was say one of the clubs they want to get rid of then they might.
I think also the rule was not there (re: penalties / points deductions) ala the Hull and CC debacle, and CC and illegal players farce so the RFL said. So they came up with the feeble 2pts penalties. Then introduced the 3 wins rule after the SL teams got themselves in order.
Wasn't there some rubbish as well for St's saying they only breached it because some clauses in their players contracts gave players bonuses becuase they played for GB or England or something so we can't really blame them. What a load of rubbish this was too, St's know what contract they give out and know how many internationals are planned for each year. It's not hard to think right we have X number of players with this clause 3 internationals if all were to be picked it would cost us this amount. Lets say £30,000, then make sure as a club that all other contracts offered leaves £30,000 on the salary cap just in case your players are picked. Lets face it they have been at the top of the British game for several years and have a good selection of the top players in the game, so logically they would be players being looked at for selection?
The RFL poo their pants anytime a SL club breaks or breaches any of the rules because they don't want to upset them especially the higher profile clubs. These clubs hold sway (because they have 2 votes each) as a group over the RFL and I guess if they annoyed these clubs too much they could use their votes as a group to get rid of them.
The RFL are weak willed and on a good thing £££ doing IMO a poor job. Why would they risk losing their cushy positions? RL is a simple sport and all we ask is that all teams / clubs are dealt with in the same manner and equal punishments meeted out for all clubs, all clubs should have equal votes. SL clubs should not have 1 more than every other club in the sport. They stuff everything up they put their hands to, just look at the over inflated pay rises they have given themselves. Double figure % rises in the current climate and with all of the
male-chicken ups in the past 12-18 months (couple mentioned above). I would be scared to see how much they would give themselves if everything they did was perfect.
Trust in Widnes
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