Bumper TV deal could lead to salary cap increase

Premiership Rugby's longest-ever broadcasting rights deal with BT Sport could lead to another rise in the competition's salary cap.



Chief executive Mark McCafferty admitted the four-year contract extension with BT Sport will feature in talks over setting the salary cap level for the 2016-17 Aviva Premiership season.



Premiership chiefs confirmed the new BT deal on Monday, extending the existing four-year contract until 2021.

McCafferty accepted the salary cap could "possibly" rise again off the back of the deal - but not straight away.



"We've got the salary cap levels in place for t…