Started a new game recently with Rabobank and approaching July in season one.
Thought it would be a good time to try and resign some of the 8 or 9 riders who are out of contract at the end of the year.
Problem - by signing 1 or 2 free agents at the start I have exceeded my salary cap by £1250.
As a result, when I try to offer contracts my sponsors will only allow me to offer £1500!
This was ok to secure a couple of the younger riders but obviously nowhere near enough to help me resign freire, boogy, gesink and 3 or 4 others.
How do I solve this before July comes round?
If I release a rider, say Van Heeswijk who is on approx £22,000 and past his best, at this stage of the season will that drop me back below the salary cap and allow me to offer decent wages again?
Dont really want to release anyone at this stage of the seaon but if I knew for sure that it would enable me to sign freire at least I wouldnt mind the sacrifice.
Any other ideas?
And on another topic what was up with British Eurosports Giro highlights show last night????? All week we have had regular one hour shows for the flat stages, then for the first day that the favourites show when things get a bit steeper we have a 30 minute show?
And was it just me or did the first have of the show focus on a flat bit of the stage 50kms from the finish, then after the commercial break all of a sudden there was 1.9 kms to go and all the action was over???? What the hell???
Thats like showing highlights of a football match, showing the first 5 minutes of the match, taking a break and then showing the last 2 minutes of injury time after all the goals have been scored!!!
Useless channel when it comes to cycling and its just getting worse and worse every year.
