I have to say in some respects I don't have an issue with this from the angle of:
The owners of Sydney are prepared to invest in players to make it a better league. They will have spent well over the cap easily. It's not fundamentally right for fairness but there is an owner in Sydney that has fronted up and put his money where his mouth is and the FFA have come to the party somewhat.
Now we as a team have no real right to bitch or ask for handouts. What's the FFA going to say to us 'well your owners are not prepared to splash the cash on anyone to go outside of the cap with available exemptions to make the team better and a more marketable product so why should we?'