Despite announcing a review of the National Rugby League salary cap, the head of the NRL is downplaying the prospect of a big increase in how much clubs can pay their players.
On Tuesday five NRL bosses were appointed to review the controversial salary cap, and it was also revealed that Australian Rules players earn over $80,000 a year more on average than their NRL counterparts.
The NRL's Chief Executive David Gallop says most clubs can't afford a basic increase in the $5 million cap, and the Warriors are one club who aren't pushing for a big rise.
Gallop says they're not talking about one or two poorer clubs dragging everyone else down, but the vast majority of clubs indicating the cap is at the level they can afford at the moment.
Warriors CEO Wayne Scurrah's hinting that the way around the impasse may be to look at third-party sponsorship deals.
Scurrah joked that it'd be great if the cap could go up without costing clubs like his anything.
The Melbourne Storm were stripped of their titles and all this season's points after it was discovered they'd rorted the system by more than $2 million over five years.
Clubs have two weeks to put forward a list of suggestions, likely to include amendments to loyalty concessions and third party sponsorships.
