Should Everton back EPPP proposals?

[Tubey]

A centralized all purpose sports village for footballing prospects, distributed via a draft system would be immense. Each league picks 40 players (2 each) starting at the Premier League and going down, with the order sorted by league position the previous year.

Like a university for footballers. Would work brilliantly.

 

[Matt Damon]

A centralized all purpose sports village for footballing prospects, distributed via a draft system would be immense. Each league picks 40 players (2 each) starting at the Premier League and going down, with the order sorted by league position the previous year.

Like a university for footballers. Would work brilliantly.

Yeah I can imagine the lawyers would love that....


Think of all the work they'd get for issuing super injunctions for spit roastings in the dorms, John Terry like scandals and all sorts.

I'm sure plenty would say "get whilst they're young" and forget about putting a bad apple amongst the rest of the crop then allowing illdiscipline follow them back to their clubs.


Its better with an acadmey system.

Fratinization is bad

 

[Mvflusk]

Yes ok, lets have a Barcelona model where the country's best players are monopolised at a CREEPILY young age and are so grotesquely gluttonous towards young talent that their reserves occupy a place in the country's second tier.

No thanks.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Agree with most of what you're saying ( got a bit lost near the end with the discounted stuff ) and it's not a million miles away from what the suits at UEFA have come up with.
You're not Platini in disguise are you ?

Discount from the allowance any money spent on players from lower leagues within the same FA (or perhaps The British Isles if the FAs agree to combine the 'rule' to suit themselves) - meaning if Everton had £30M to spend they could spend £25M on (existing) PL or non-British Isles players and a further £5M would be allowed if it was from lower leagues - meaning the money still gets to go down to the next level (as it sometimes does happen!) without penalty. Clearly many top level sides are not too interested in lower level players (the fees are smaller too) so this wouldn't damage the trading between PL teams and non-PL teams.

UEFA haven't put a limit on transfers only on being financially viable. The difference is a club can make a big profit and buy players whereas the rest don't make a profit and can't buy. The UEFA proposal is pretty good (from the perspective of Fiduciary Care and admittance (for the few) to the CL and Europa League competitions) but perhaps what is needed is a sensible balance that marries Financial Stability with allowing clubs to deal in the transfer market (which protects the seller - clubs who buy well and develop youth well) rather than totally stagnating it. The horse has bolted if they more or less put an embargo in place by introducing Financial Fair Play - the selling club could well find it harder to sell good players!!