When's the enquiry into salary cap breach?

RFL are investigating us for salary cap breach, by all accounts it will be either a fine or points deduction. Lots of people werent even aware there was a salary cap in our division but there is and when Mr Hope was throwing money around it looks like we were breaking the rules so will have to take whats coming to us

THE RFL tribuneral into alleged salary cap breaches by the Panthers has been put back until Monday at 5.30pm.

Fine would be senseless. Can't afford wages so how can we afford a fine!?



Are points deductions applied in season now? Used to always be dealt with the following season.

Salary Cap is a live cap and is monitored thoughout the season. This being the case I would imagine that points could be deducted once a SC breech has been proven

Hearing has been put back till a week on Wednesday to give us more time to prepare legal case according to Radio Lancs Sport.

What times the hearing?

no idea, all we know is that it was moved to today, we'll probably hear by tonight or tomorrow morning most likely.

Hearing was at 4pm today, im am waiting on a phone call as to what has happened.

Taken from BBC Sport.



Blackpool Panthers have been deducted ten points after being found guilty of a number of breaches of Rugby Football League rules.



The Championship One side were found guilty of breaking registration and salary cap rules by an RFL tribunal.



The club have said they will not be appeal against the decision.



The deduction means Martin Crompton's side will have to fight for promotion this season, having dropped from third place to sixth.

quite severe, but with no accompanying financial punishment viable like the super league clubs would probably see i guess its probably fair.



still in the playoff hunt with the coach and players at the club so lets just hope the Blackpool Storm can find the early season form for the playoffs. at least, i assume, no further punishment can be handed out now? certainly won't be making any more questionable contracts or registrations before the end of the season.



wonder how much detail we'll get to hear. boots'n'all suggested it related to irregularities over 12 players.



and am i doing my sums wrong? all the reports suggest we're now sixth, but i make us 5th, ahead of worky on points difference...

We are certainly 5th with over 350 points on workington on points difference. Our remaining fixtures being, london home, gateshead away, hunslet home, and rochdale away, I can see us winning at least 3 of those matches, if not 4 as surely with the whole salary cap issue dealt with the players and coach can refocus and push for as strong a finish as possible, plus if we play to our potential there is no reason we can't win against hunslet, it will certainly be a close game, as for the other games we should win comfortably, although rochdale away could be a banana skin, and possibly the game to determine 3rd place.



4 points behind, 4 games to go, and a game more than york to play, 3rd imho is still going to be ours as we have the significantly easier run-in of the teams vying for 3rd, and then on to the playoffs.