When I became professional later in my career, you negotiated a club contract with the help of your agent, and then you signed it. At that time, there were no marquee players in the Premiership.
Then, by the time Saracens won their three European Cup titles from 2016-19, there were two marquee players who could be exempted from the salary cap.
However, although they were rumoured to be Owen Farrell and Liam Williams, at that time clubs would not confirm any speculation.
That was not such a bad system, but since the marquee regulation has been reduced to a single player, there’s a tendency f...