Salary Cap

[summerisle]

PFA moves to halt salary cap after League One and League Two vote

League One and League Two clubs have voted to implement a salary cap, and the EFL is confident the measures can take immediate effect despite the PFA serving notice on the league

www.theguardian.com

Would love it to apply for some of our overblown, over paid players, alas, it'll never happen.

 

[Alan Whittle]

The PFA Chairman should have had a salary cap years ago.

 

[chrismpw]

Absolutely should happen. Suddenly there'd be less need for money, less need for cheating, less call for mercenaries.

 

[The binman chronicles]

No way should anyone get paid what they get paid to kick a bag of air around. They should be rich men as their careers are short but not rock star rich. It's a team game FFS.

 

[ToffeeTim]

It's not a bad idea at that level where finances are going to be tight for the foreseeable future.

It would never work in practice at the top level.

 

[DanB90]

Definitely should be brought in across the board. Would have no issue with heavy performance based incentives.

Sick of seeing players get dribbled past and jog back nonchalantly whilst the opponent bears down on goal, safe in the knowledge they’ll be collecting their 120k a week regardless.

 

[chrismpw]

No way should anyone get paid what they get paid to kick a bag of air around. They should be rich men as their careers are short but not rock star rich. It's a team game FFS.

I hear this argument a lot but never accept it as reason. I mean, you're in your mid 30s and you finish getting paid for doing a job. So what? This happens. Find another. Why should any job allow you to stop in your mid 30s to never lift a finger again?

 

[chrismpw]

It might help the 'mental health issues too. If a naff player isn't being paid the wealth of Croesus for strolling about the pitch doing squit, maybe people would be less inclined to boo their lungs out at them and make them sad. I think a lot of the hate around certain footballers these days is purely down to the ridiculous pay they get for being marginally better than a good Sunday morning player. They're not one of us anymore, their wealth puts them in a different class and different circles so people feel detached from them with support.

 

[The binman chronicles]

I hear this argument a lot but never accept it as reason. I mean, you're in your mid 30s and you finish getting paid for doing a job. So what? This happens. Find another. Why should any job allow you to stop in your mid 30s to never lift a finger again?

Because they can barely read or write, they only communicate using football tropes and start every sentence with erm...

 

[chrismpw]

Because they can barely read or write, they only communicate using football tropes and start every sentence with erm...

I've taught plenty of people like that. They'll never have that chance to be paid well before their mid 30s, so footballers will always be better off than them.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

No way should anyone get paid what they get paid to kick a bag of air around. They should be rich men as their careers are short but not rock star rich. It's a team game FFS.

Football is one of the only industries where the people making the product get a proper share of the rewards.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

I hear this argument a lot but never accept it as reason. I mean, you're in your mid 30s and you finish getting paid for doing a job. So what? This happens. Find another. Why should any job allow you to stop in your mid 30s to never lift a finger again?

Because your labour has generated billions of pounds of revenue and you should be entitled to a part of it.

Who would you rather the money went to ?

 

[Mildredblues]

Because your labour has generated billions of pounds of revenue and you should be entitled to a part of it.

Who would you rather the money went to ?

How about the money going to ensure cheaper season/matchday tickets and not ripping off TV consumers with "special" packages on a million different channels?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

How about the money going to ensure cheaper season/matchday tickets and not ripping off TV consumers with "special" packages on a million different channels?

This relies on various private enterprises in competition with each other deciding they have enough money to be going on with.

Which history tells us is somewhat unlikely.

 

[chrismpw]

Because your labour has generated billions of pounds of revenue and you should be entitled to a part of it.

Who would you rather the money went to ?

I'd rather it not be there in that, let's face it 'frivolous' industry, being spread instead to those who need it more.

Wealth equality! Its what the whole damn planet needs.