I think it's a bit of both, it must have been embarrassing for the leagues to have so many clubs going into administration. From 2008-20013 a quick Google and 20 clubs from the Conference North/South level upwards went into administration, 12 were league clubs, since 2013 i'm not sure any have. So something is working somewhere. And they definitely always want Man Utd, Real, etc at the top of their leagues.
FFP is also creating a new problem for the Premiership in that it is cementing small, unfashionable clubs in the league at the expense of others (like us) who pull in more viewers. I can't ses the Chinese paying a fortune to see Bournemouth play Huddersfield or Watford play Brighton so the product will in time be less able to attract the big TV money of the past both at home and abroad. Last year, our games were often pulling better viewer numbers than many Premiership games.
Fulham managed to hang to to Cairney last summer so I’m hopeful we can do the same with Jack
Quote from: VinnieChase84 on May 28, 2018, 12:43:31 AMFulham managed to hang to to Cairney last summer so I’m hopeful we can do the same with JackFulham selling McCormack to us for 12m helped them balanced the books nicely and avoided FFP penalties.Does show you can sell a big player which helps rebuild the first 11 at least.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/15/leeds-blackburn-nottingham-forest-financial-fair-play-transfer-embargoForest, Leeds and Blackburn all punished in 2014 and restricted to free transfers and loans with special criteria.
If you look at the real problems in the finances it's the stupid long term contracts we entered into in the sherwood and rdm period that have given us unusable dross on megabucks for years.Conversely SB's deals are loans and short-term (in the main) and don't leave us in financial meltdown. I think he's under-rated on this front.Even if you look at some of his longer term deals like Lansbury or Bjarni they are usable or sellable. Hogan probably the worst panic buy but I can see him going, albeit at a significant loss. We will just have to use some younger players, and I'm happy with that. Make do and mend.
Quote from: SoccerHQ on May 29, 2018, 12:25:37 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on May 28, 2018, 12:43:31 AMFulham managed to hang to to Cairney last summer so I’m hopeful we can do the same with JackFulham selling McCormack to us for 12m helped them balanced the books nicely and avoided FFP penalties.Does show you can sell a big player which helps rebuild the first 11 at least.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/15/leeds-blackburn-nottingham-forest-financial-fair-play-transfer-embargoForest, Leeds and Blackburn all punished in 2014 and restricted to free transfers and loans with special criteria. McCormack is a good example. He'd been at Fulham for 2 years I believe, and they sold him to us for a similar price to what they paid.Under most explanations of FFP I've seen thats only moderately helpful. Fulham would have an amortised cost of (12/4=) £3m pa, assuming a four year contract. So £6m outstanding after two years. We pay £12m upfront. So the benefit to Fulham is only £6m for FFP purposes. It helps again next year when Fulham don't have to incur the extra £3m hit.I'm not sure I'm convinced this is right yet. But I've seen this explanation in a few places. If it is right, you really need to be selling home grown players, or those who've been with you a while, or who've massively increased their value, if you're trying to head off a crisis year. But given that we only really have grealish in any of those categories, and at the start of the season he probably wasnt worth mega bucks or in that much demand, I'm thinking there must have been alternatives considered or the above is wrong somehow
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on May 28, 2018, 09:01:31 PMI think it's a bit of both, it must have been embarrassing for the leagues to have so many clubs going into administration. From 2008-20013 a quick Google and 20 clubs from the Conference North/South level upwards went into administration, 12 were league clubs, since 2013 i'm not sure any have. So something is working somewhere. And they definitely always want Man Utd, Real, etc at the top of their leagues. Trying to bring some sort of financial common sense into play was a good thing, but a one size fits all approach that tries to work for the Premier League with teams like Man U and Man City, and League 2 with teams like Scunthorpe and Hartlepool was always going to end with disparities.
Is the Wolves style model out of the question? I'm no expert on these things but you'd think an agent would rather his players be put in the shop window/earn him his return far more with us than with anybody else. Larger fan base also provides greater return for commercial opportunities and merchandise.