Hey Warren, I found your insights into the salary cap quite interesting, thanks for taking the time to post.
I'm probably not100% up to speed on all the regs but my understanding was that L1 and L2 clubs need to operate within the salary cap. Teams that drop into one of the divisions can use "average salary" for players already signed on contracts that are in excess of the average.
Do you ever envisage a scenario where a team (say Bolton or Wigan) which has the revenue streams to be able to spend beyond the cap, but which have been marooned in a division for a while and therefore are constrained by the cap itself and can't get promoted, will take a "tactical" relegation to the conference (where I assume no cap is in place), spend big to bring quality players in on longer contracts, then enjoy successive promotions, up the divisions, secure in the knowledge that the players on bigger salaries can be accounted for on the average ?
In reality, I doubt this will ever happen, was just musing, more likely that clubs will employ some "creative accountants" to sign a player on an average wage, and give his brother, sister, wife a job within the admin side of things. There will always be loop holes to exploit by the wealthier.