Football's 'last chance saloon' ?

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

The perilous state of this club (and many others) leads me to conclude that there's 'something rotten in the state of Denmark' and we just can't carry on like this - could this plan be the last chance to save the game as we know it ?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1132727/Salary-cap-plan-save-clubs-credit-crunch-starts-bite.html

 

Good idea , bring it on I say .

[FloridaMarlin]

And the Premier League clubs who are relegated with parachute payments are going to agree to this, are they?

 

Good idea in principle, but be careful what you wish for.

 

This could give the Premier League the excuse they are looking for to pull up the ladder and end promotion/relegation, just keep it to themselves and run it as a closed shop like the NFL which is actually run competitively because it has......a salary cap!

 

The combination of a salary cap and a draft system means the NFL is a much more competitive entity than th PL, hence the Arizona Cardinals are in the Superbowl.

 

As I say, a Footbal LEague salary cap is a good idea, but Prem clubs won't go for it. Which will either kill it off, or if the Football League do it unilaterally, leave the Prem to carry out its own unilateral actions.

[eelpie]

Salary cap? About time. (But will it happen?)

 

The Football League (and the Premiership) have been fiddling (in more ways than one) while Rome burns, so to speak.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Great idea, but only if the Prem is brought to justice too. What must be remembered is that the actions in the Prem ripple down the leagues and also through supporters wallets. The pain MUST be borne starting in the Prem otherwise this will not have the desired result overall.