Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"Either way I think they should be looking at disciplinary action against Salford. There was a lot of goodwill shown towards them from across the game during this period of turmoil and it feels a bit like they've thrown it back in everyone's faces. This isn't a team resting players ahead of a Cup Final or Play off game.
They were put under those special measures to help them and the other clubs voted to allow them an advance of the central distribution money and they then go and make a mockery of the first game of the season and to make matters worse, it's on the BBC. It feels like they've got this one all wrong IMO.'"
The RFL did not think this through. The special measures they placed on Salford prevented them from doing certain things rather than making them do certain things. They will still be playing their players so, at present, their financial situation is not improving. It may yet come to it that the RFL expunge Salford's games/scores this season. Irrespective of what happens in the future it will be costly for the game.