| greedy footballers on 13:04 - Apr 16 with 1295 views | stevec |
Sounds like a wage cap for Championship could be voted in at this summers AGM.
Had enough of seeing players taking all the income from football clubs, most sensible thing they’ve ever done if it gets carried.
Could get rid of FFP for a start. Depending on your club owners, means the likes of Wigan can compete with likes of WBA.
Sanity at last. |  | |  |
| greedy footballers on 14:06 - Apr 16 with 1171 views | derbyhoop |
Hoos quoted in the Standard saying a complete re-think required.
Of the 16 clubs in the Championship, last season, who didn't get parachute payments, 13 were spending more on player wages than they were bringing in. That isn't sustainable.
A salary cap, say 70% of turnover on wages, is needed. But it has to be agreed across the board.
The trouble is the disparity between the Championship and the PL.
Meanwhile as many as 12 L1/L2 clubs could go bankrupt by end of June. |  |
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| greedy footballers on 14:28 - Apr 16 with 1120 views | stowmarketrange |
| greedy footballers on 14:06 - Apr 16 by derbyhoop |
Hoos quoted in the Standard saying a complete re-think required.
Of the 16 clubs in the Championship, last season, who didn't get parachute payments, 13 were spending more on player wages than they were bringing in. That isn't sustainable.
A salary cap, say 70% of turnover on wages, is needed. But it has to be agreed across the board.
The trouble is the disparity between the Championship and the PL.
Meanwhile as many as 12 L1/L2 clubs could go bankrupt by end of June. |
How would that work with parachute payments?The clubs getting them would be at an even bigger advantage wouldn’t they?Or they could get their sponsors to pay the wages instead like derby do with rooneys.
The premier league wouldn’t do it on its own or it could become the poorest league in Europe if the top players stopped coming here.
Maybe the answer lies with the fans like me who pay for the sports channels.If we all boycott it for a season or two,but overseas broadcasters pay more for the tv rights than we do anyway,so I don’t know what the answer is. |  | | |
| greedy footballers on 14:32 - Apr 16 with 1116 views | MedwayR |
Football has dug its own grave.
Huge amounts of money have poured into the game, an opportunity to build infrastructure and cement clubs' futures and wellbeing long into the future as well as have a reserve for a rainy day.
Instead, even bigger amounts of money have poured out of the game in a desperate attempt to chase short-term on-pitch success and vanity projects.
It's not sustainable, never has been, and controls should have been considered and incorporated as part of the TV deals when the Premier League was formed.
It kind of replicates modern life too, huge disparities of wealth and accumulation of wealth whilst not enough is done to control/encourage the distribution of wealth. |  |
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| greedy footballers on 15:23 - Apr 16 with 1025 views | stevec |
| greedy footballers on 14:28 - Apr 16 by stowmarketrange |
How would that work with parachute payments?The clubs getting them would be at an even bigger advantage wouldn’t they?Or they could get their sponsors to pay the wages instead like derby do with rooneys.
The premier league wouldn’t do it on its own or it could become the poorest league in Europe if the top players stopped coming here.
Maybe the answer lies with the fans like me who pay for the sports channels.If we all boycott it for a season or two,but overseas broadcasters pay more for the tv rights than we do anyway,so I don’t know what the answer is. |
Get the impression they’re talking about a specific amount rather than a percentage. A percentage would give the smaller clubs no chance of competing, whereas a sum say £20m leaves scope for owners to top up ie cover the club losses if they want to give their club a greater chance to compete.
Relegated clubs from PL a potential problem but maybe give them a one season amnesty, they’ll be clearing their decks most likely anyway.
Would put a stop to Rooney scenarios if the cap is an overall sum and there must be a lot of supporters who’ve never witnessed LR in anything other than its present form, quite sad really as part of the pleasure in our rise since mid 60’s was seeing the transformation of the ground built largely on the clubs success over the next 20 odd years. | | | |
| greedy footballers on 17:22 - Apr 16 with 936 views | derbyhoop |
| greedy footballers on 14:28 - Apr 16 by stowmarketrange |
How would that work with parachute payments?The clubs getting them would be at an even bigger advantage wouldn’t they?Or they could get their sponsors to pay the wages instead like derby do with rooneys.
The premier league wouldn’t do it on its own or it could become the poorest league in Europe if the top players stopped coming here.
Maybe the answer lies with the fans like me who pay for the sports channels.If we all boycott it for a season or two,but overseas broadcasters pay more for the tv rights than we do anyway,so I don’t know what the answer is. |
The % of turnover would include the parachute payments. Would it really make that much difference as, under current situation, they have far more money than the clubs who don't have the payments.
Relegated teams don't always bounce straight back and they still have to get their books in balance, over time, usually by unloading the highest paid as quickly as possible.
The real issue is that there is no way the PL would accept any cap.
The fact is that teams below the PL are far more reliant on gate income and if you carry on paying more than you get in you're reliant on a benefactor (Tony/Ruben) or you do a Bury. | |
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| greedy footballers on 00:37 - Apr 17 with 767 views | Boston |
We of course, have Canadian teams in two of the leagues that impose salary caps(none in the NFL and no cap in MLB).
Our northern neighbours are included in the caps, I believe the figure is set during the close season and that's what they operate on until the following year but...the loonie(stop the tittering), can fluctuate wildly compared to the USD, so smaller Canadian clubs really feel the squeeze on occasions. (if you don't know yer hockey - the three mega money clubs are NY Rangers, Montreal and Toronto, league would be in difficulty without them to be honest).
I'm a supporter of salary caps. [Post edited 17 Apr 2020 0:38]
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| greedy footballers on 01:09 - Apr 17 with 387 views | bob566 |
| greedy footballers on 00:37 - Apr 17 by Boston |
We of course, have Canadian teams in two of the leagues that impose salary caps(none in the NFL and no cap in MLB).
Our northern neighbours are included in the caps, I believe the figure is set during the close season and that's what they operate on until the following year but...the loonie(stop the tittering), can fluctuate wildly compared to the USD, so smaller Canadian clubs really feel the squeeze on occasions. (if you don't know yer hockey - the three mega money clubs are NY Rangers, Montreal and Toronto, league would be in difficulty without them to be honest).
I'm a supporter of salary caps. [Post edited 17 Apr 2020 0:38]
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Works a treat because of the draft. | | | |
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