Prem Rugby chiefs admit its ‘challenging’ to compete with Top 14 Sport Business Prem Rugby chiefs have admitted competing with the French Top 14 has been “challenging” given English salary cap rules. Clubs across England can spend around £8m per season on their squad, with £6.4m of that the standard cap and the remaining a series of credits and allowances. The French Top 14 will see its salary [...]
NBA Europe working on salary cap solution, says boss Silver Sport Business The NBA is working on how it can apply its salary cap and revenue-sharing model to NBA Europe, its planned pan-continental basketball competition, says commissioner Adam Silver. The basketball league operates a soft cap on teams’ salary spending and requires high-earning franchises to subsidise their poorer counterparts, part of a largely socialist model common to [...]
Why Melvyn Jaminet’s transfer to Toulouse could relegate rugby giants Sport Business Everybody dreams of playing for Toulouse. But what is the story of Melvyn Jaminet, a €450,000 loan and a potential salary cap breach and forced relegation? Across much of the length and breadth of Europe you’ll struggle to find a city where football isn’t the primary sport. But in the Pink City of Toulouse, around [...]
