TROUBLE AHEAD?

[lmurkder]

It works both ways, if they want the same rights as other workers lets see if they are willing to take the same wage as other workers.

I look forward to Ronaldo being told that hes no longer on 250k a week and see how much he can cope with 30k a year.

Its nonsense.

The footballer contract can have an exclusivity clause.

Meaning that the player must have permission from the club holding the contract before playing for another club.

They can then put in place a confidentiality clause to back that up. Meaning the player can't take confidential information with them to another club without permission from the contract club.

Good luck with that one because they are legal and enforceable in the civil courts.

Players could end up sued by their former employers.

 

[lmurkder]

Umm...

A footballer is signing essentially a contract with a non-compete clause. If you don't want to honor that contract, that's fine, but don't expect to get paid, or legally be able to find another job in football. Other industries have this too, it's not exactly a plight only footballers face.

The average League Two player makes what, like 800 pounds a week? That's over twice what I make and I live pretty comfortably. I'm struggling to see the financial hardship of the football world.

True. Like I said. Clubs will sue each other and former players to recoup lost earnings 'damages'

Its a nonsense suggestion.

Other walks of life have these for for specialist employment.

What makes footballers unique?

 

[Little Ralphy]

This will just benefit the top players and the top clubs. It'll make it easier for them to move to the big sides and with no fees for the smaller clubs to re-invest.

 

[canuckblue]

This will just benefit the top players and the top clubs. It'll make it easier for them to move to the big sides and with no fees for the smaller clubs to re-invest.

On the other hand, the smaller clubs won't have to fork over huge transfer fees to get players and I highly doubt even the minted teams would end up with huge squads (Tottenham and their 438 midfielders aside). Players will still want first-team football and they can't all do that at United or Chelsea or City.
The trouble will be agents whoring out the players to the team playing the highest wage, but even then the laws of supply and demand come into play.

 

[peteblue]

It works both ways, if they want the same rights as other workers lets see if they are willing to take the same wage as other workers.

I look forward to Ronaldo being told that hes no longer on 250k a week and see how much he can cope with 30k a year.

^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^

I'd love to see the chairmen grow a pair each and do this....they'd all go on strike but then all the kids would get a chance....greedy b'stards

 

[Toffeelover]

I believe in truth such a move would destroy football, without the security of the present system how could clubs make plans, build teams, how much notice would a player or a club have to serve. As has been pointed out the small clubs may be driven into extermination but if that were the case the upper clubs would soon follow, where would the supply of players come from and whare would older or less skilful players go to earn a living.

Just think the current system is like a pyramid, start removeing the lower tiers and what will happen?

 

[Garrick]

I believe in truth such a move would destroy football, without the security of the present system how could clubs make plans, build teams, how much notice would a player or a club have to serve. As has been pointed out the small clubs may be driven into extermination but if that were the case the upper clubs would soon follow, where would the supply of players come from and whare would older or less skilful players go to earn a living.

Just think the current system is like a pyramid, start removeing the lower tiers and what will happen?

You'd probably end up with something similar to the Minor League Baseball "farm" system in the US. Leagues upon leagues of clubs in small towns across America at different ability levels that all feed in to specified MLB clubs.

Takes any sort of meaning out of following the lower league teams, but I guess you could still go watch a game in a small town on a Saturday.