This is easily resolved. Just go back to being bang average every year.
Salary Cap is the way.
Quote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way.Unless it is a worldwide one imposed by FIFA then I can't see that working. If just the Premier League imposed one or even just UEFA, the Saudi league amongst others would just start hoovering up players. If the idea behind the financial.restrictions is to stop clubs from bankrupting themselves, then surely there are better checks that could be implemented?
Quote from: tomd2103 on June 19, 2025, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way.Unless it is a worldwide one imposed by FIFA then I can't see that working. If just the Premier League imposed one or even just UEFA, the Saudi league amongst others would just start hoovering up players. If the idea behind the financial.restrictions is to stop clubs from bankrupting themselves, then surely there are better checks that could be implemented?It is supposed to stop the clubs being loaded with debt like Portsmouth ended up with , Manchester United take a bow
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on June 19, 2025, 04:37:45 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on June 19, 2025, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way.Unless it is a worldwide one imposed by FIFA then I can't see that working. If just the Premier League imposed one or even just UEFA, the Saudi league amongst others would just start hoovering up players. If the idea behind the financial.restrictions is to stop clubs from bankrupting themselves, then surely there are better checks that could be implemented?It is supposed to stop the clubs being loaded with debt like Portsmouth ended up with , Manchester United take a bowThis is the thing. A revenue-based test is flawed without being backed up by a balance sheet test. We don't have a huge debt pile and owners that are happy to put their money in as equity rather than gearing up the business like the glazers did. It needs both to stop the state-owned clubs just running amok and then a global salary cap too would be really effective.
Quote from: Lsvilla on June 19, 2025, 04:42:53 PMQuote from: VILLA MOLE on June 19, 2025, 04:37:45 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on June 19, 2025, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way.Unless it is a worldwide one imposed by FIFA then I can't see that working. If just the Premier League imposed one or even just UEFA, the Saudi league amongst others would just start hoovering up players. If the idea behind the financial.restrictions is to stop clubs from bankrupting themselves, then surely there are better checks that could be implemented?It is supposed to stop the clubs being loaded with debt like Portsmouth ended up with , Manchester United take a bowThis is the thing. A revenue-based test is flawed without being backed up by a balance sheet test. We don't have a huge debt pile and owners that are happy to put their money in as equity rather than gearing up the business like the glazers did. It needs both to stop the state-owned clubs just running amok and then a global salary cap too would be really effective. Also more restrictions on players you can own . stop clubs having 40 odd players on loan like Chelsea
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on June 19, 2025, 04:45:16 PMQuote from: Lsvilla on June 19, 2025, 04:42:53 PMQuote from: VILLA MOLE on June 19, 2025, 04:37:45 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on June 19, 2025, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way.Unless it is a worldwide one imposed by FIFA then I can't see that working. If just the Premier League imposed one or even just UEFA, the Saudi league amongst others would just start hoovering up players. If the idea behind the financial.restrictions is to stop clubs from bankrupting themselves, then surely there are better checks that could be implemented?It is supposed to stop the clubs being loaded with debt like Portsmouth ended up with , Manchester United take a bowThis is the thing. A revenue-based test is flawed without being backed up by a balance sheet test. We don't have a huge debt pile and owners that are happy to put their money in as equity rather than gearing up the business like the glazers did. It needs both to stop the state-owned clubs just running amok and then a global salary cap too would be really effective. Also more restrictions on players you can own . stop clubs having 40 odd players on loan like Chelsea Yep. Absolutely. Max number of loans or max squad size or however. But agree also needs addressing to stop stockpiling. As someone pointed out on another thread look at C115's bench last night. They've just bought Nypan to stop anyone else having him like they did with Grealish and Phillips. Chelsea just buy players like cattle.
Of course FIFA being beholden to Saudi (see World Cup and club World Cup) means they won't do anything the Saudis won't want them to.
Quote from: Drummond on June 18, 2025, 11:07:33 PMSalary Cap is the way. Would that cause players and agents to play the ‘restricting my trade’ card in much the same way Bosman did, which essentially started this whole thing in the first place ?
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on June 15, 2025, 10:39:19 AMThis is easily resolved. Just go back to being bang average every year.We used to dream of bang average in the 2010s