PREMIERSHIP clubs have been scrambling to get players to sign new contracts and exploit a ‘loophole’ in new salary cap rules.
It has emerged that by getting players to agree longer deals, clubs can still pay higher wages to some individuals, as contracts beyond the 2021-22 season will only see 75 per cent of their wages come under the cap. With last Thursday the deadline, Rugby Players Association chief executive Damian Hopley described the ‘loophole’ as ‘comical’, saying “we’ve sort of lurched from one loophole to the next”....