Bristol Bears attempt at some clever accounting looks like it could come back to bite them.
According to reports, Bristol face losing several core players in their squad as the club desperately look to offload contacts to squeeze under the salary cap as a serious administrative blunder has put them at risk of exceeding it next season.
In the midst of the first lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic that saw professional sport stop and then restart without fans in stadiums, the 13 Gallagher Premiership clubs voted to reduce the league's salary cap from £6.4 million to £5 million for the 2021-22 season.
