Ian Schubert's Resignation Signals Shifting Of Salary Cap Responsibility In NRL

After long-time National Rugby League salary-cap auditor Ian Schubert steps down, the league's integrity unit "will oversee the policing of the cap next year and into the future," according to Glenn Jackson of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. An appeals panel "is also in place for next season." The ongoing salary-cap review, likely to be finalized by the Australian Rugby League Commission in March, is "also set to recommend the controversial second-tier cap, a thorn in Schubert's side in the last of his 15 years in the role, be increased for next season." Schubert's departure "marks a significant step in the evolution of the salary cap, as well as the review." One man "will no longer be judge, jury and executioner when it comes to the salary cap." While Jamie L'Oste Brown will be the new cap auditor, the department "will come under the umbrella of the integrity unit" (SMH, 12/19).