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I agree and one of the ways to do this is to scrap ARU top ups and give the money to the states in terms of an increased salary cap (beating a dead horse here). At least all the sides might be on an even playing field when it comes to contracting payments in terms of the salary cap.
I know Sinderberry mentioned a draft but unless the ARU goes back and completely redrafts their contracting rules it will never happen. At the end of the day even on an even playing field we will be pushing it up hill due to reasons such as family, home town etc until we are producing our own Super Rugby players in large numbers.
They could give the Force and Rebels a higher salary cap because we're expansion markets similar to the AFL in NSW and Qld. Maybe if Top ups remain the way they are that could be one thing to look at.