I was chatting to my dad about Saracens today.
He's an all round sports fan (with the exception of football) who follows rugby and watches when it's on TV, but doesn't go to the level of reading about it online, or joining forums etc.
As such, he's general Joe public rugby fan.
He'd heard about the fine and the points deduction, so I was interested to hear his thoughts on it.
First thing was that he thought it was a bit of a joke because "surely no one obeys a salary cap", and "everyone used to unofficially pay players in the amateur era"
I obviously tried to set him straight, but I think this is the belief of the general rugby fan out there.
Most will feel that Saracens have been caught and have been punished, for something that is probably being done by everyone
There's not enough of a public noise being made about this, so it will almost certainly blow over