Why Saracens deserve every bit of their punishment
Earlier this week Saracens were deducted thirty-five league points and fined more than £5million, a decision they immediately appealed. The reason behind the sanctions was the long overdue confirmation that the North London side had breached their salary cap and over the past three seasons failed to fully disclose certain player pay-outs. In essence, they have manipulated an unfair advantage over the rest of their Premiership rivals, many who have suspected foul play for a long time. The man at the centre of the controversy is Nigel Wray the owner of the club. According to an independent panel, he has systematically financed his players outside of their salaries, thus effectively cheating the system. Companies like Faz Investments (Owen Farrell) and MN Property Solutions (Maro Itoje) are just two organisations that Wray has invested in to step around the £7 million salary cap. He claims that he has done nothing wrong and that he is simply looking out for his employees so t