What I can never get my head round is that if, as an owner, you've discovered a loophole and knowingly operated outside of the cap how can you take any satisfaction in winning. You've basically just cheated. You've not won on a level playing field. I guess some ego's just are that big.
I accept what you're saying, but as devil's advocate, there's cheating at all levels on and off the field.
At lower levels you play games against teams who may have ringers in their squad.
There's always 'dark arts' occurring in the scrum. Dark arts = cheating
I'm the amateur era there were endless stories of clubs finding ways to pay their best players
Finding loopholes in a salary cap will feel like the next logical step to some when there's always been an element of finding every edge possible