Player retention, a priority for Roger Draper in his first year as executive director, will be top of the agenda for club chairmen and chief executives when they gather at Super League headquarters at MediaCityUK.
They will be asked to vote on a number of proposals, which are thought to include an increase in the current salary cap of STG1.85 million ($A3.05 million) as well as a host of new exemptions, for example for players signed from rugby union.
Draper, formerly chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association, is keen to halt the drain of players from Super League to the NRL, where Joe Greenwood, Dan Sarginson and Jordan Turner moved this year, and to keep rugby union at bay following the recent controversial switch by Denny Solomona.
The cap, introduced into Super League in 1999 with the twin aim of increasing the competitiveness of Super League and preventing clubs from spending beyond their means, has barely kept pace with inflation over the last 18 years, although a marquee player rule was brought in two years ago.
In 2010, the cap stood at STG1.65 million ($A2.72 million).
In Australia, the NRL are proposing to increase their cap to more than STG5 million ($A8.2 million) next season while the cap in rugby union's English Premiership stands at STG7 million ($A12 million).
Draper also wants to see the introduction of central contracts as a way of keeping hold of the game's elite talent but that is a matter for the governing body, the Rugby Football League, which is expected to update the Super League clubs on its latest plans.
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