Premiership salary cap will leave small clubs playing catch-up

This was the week everything changed - and I am not talking about politics.


The financial landscape in the Aviva Premiership looks very different, with
clubs now allowed to spend £5.

5 million a year on salaries and sign a second
‘marquee player’ whose wages fall outside that figure.




The figures are staggering.

Some clubs - those blessed with significant wealth
- could be looking at a salary cap lifted to more than £7 million, with some
individual player contracts reaching £1 million.




In my view, this is a double-edged sword.

On the one hand it is fantastic tha…