THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP announced on Wednesday that the base salary cap for its clubs will rise from £5 million to £5.1 million for the 2015-16 season.
Each team in the English top division will also be able to nominate two ‘marquee players’ whose salary is not included in the cap. Clubs can currently only exclude one player from the cap.
“We are delighted to confirm the number of England-qualified players in Premiership rugby has passed 70 percent for the first time, and we want to drive the numbers even higher,” said Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty in a statement.
“The increase in the base level of the salary cap will help our clubs to retain English talent.”
The introduction of “home-grown player credits” means that clubs will also be able to increase their salary caps by £400,000 for players who joined a club academy before their 18th birthday and have been with the club for more than two years.
Iconic yes, but not exactly aesthetic
@Gareth Ward: ah I dunno, I like it. I was there last year for a game and it has that big football feel about it that you don’t get from modern stadia. That being said, the proposals for the new ground look unreal
@Gareth Ward: moron . One of the greatest stadiums in the world. I have been in most of the famous ones except the azteca. Abosolute philistine to suggest this is not one of the greatest .
@Shane Gill: i want to get to an inter game b4 they bulldoze it.are tickets hard got? My 2nd fav stadium ever since cameroon v argentina italia 90!!
@Nigel Delaney: didn’t have any trouble with tickets. Went to an AC game v Sampdoria and got tickets from the ticket centre at the ground the day of the game.
@Shane Gill: thanks lad.Trish is mad to get to Milan too.win win!!
Fabulous stadium.
Was there a while ago. It’s definitely seen better days.
Amazing that two internationally renowned teams playing the same sport can use common sense and share a stadium.
The Aviva and Croke Park are underutilized assets, money going/gone towards paying the debts could have been put into grassroots.
At least the Bertie Bowl wasn’t built
@Goban Saor: By “sharing” you mean the professional rugby and soccer guys want to use the facilities of their more successful amateur counterparts.
@Goban Saor: They are only still doing it now due to Italian politics making it really difficult for many teams to get approval to build stadiums in Italy. A lot of the stadium are owned by City Council who don’t want to lose out on rent and have empty stadium.
@Seamus Cummins: That’s problem in a nutshell. Napoli have had same issues with renovating Stadio San Paolo. Naples Municipal Council owns the stadium and doesn’t want to pay for upgrades.