BobUpnDown
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Was a huge mistake signing a 6 year contract with a club like Spurs..
NahWas a huge mistake signing a 6 year contract with a club like Spurs..
what do you suggest replacing it with? and what are the success criteria if you do it? what are the outcomes you would try to achieve?The whole transfer system needs an overhaul, with transfer fees scrapped
I think the basic concept of players as a commodity which requires clubs to buy them is flawed.what do you suggest replacing it with? and what are the success criteria if you do it? what are the outcomes you would try to achieve?
I'm not arguing that the current system is perfect, by the way, just interested on ideas for change
The US has a franchise and draft situation in place.I think the basic concept of players as a commodity which requires clubs to buy them is flawed.
Remove it and you're just left with the issue of compensation for players leaving mid contract. I realise you could argue that's the same and that would need regulation I guess.
It's a tough one, but the US operates without it in their major sports, so it is possible.
More fool him for believing a gentleman’s agreement off levy. He has history for playing the long game, if he was going to leave it would have been at 10pm on deadline day.
Well for believing a gentleman's agreement off anyone in the game really. You insist on it being in your contract surely? Release clause or whatever. If Levy intended on honouring the agreement then would be no problem making it official you'd think.
Suspect Kane has always been in two minds. He is genuinely a Spurs fan and doesn't want to leave. He's also no doubt keenly aware he's running out of time to win something and spurs look further away than ever.
Only a fan signs the deal he did. I'm sure he thought Spurs would be challenging or not far away when he signed it. But I think anyone not emotionally tied to the club has some sort of exit strategy just in case. His agent must have discussed it with him, which suggests at least part of him was always going to want to stay at Spurs regardless.
Another problem with that is his brother is his agent. More than likely another Spurs fan.
Like Bale, Keane, Modric, Berbatov, Eriksen, etc?Levy’s stance must surely cost them certain players, wouldn’t surprise me if this was one of the reasons Pau Torres sacked them off, it stops them being a viable stepping stone club for players who genuinely think they can become elite, why go to a club that won’t win anything and won’t sell you to bigger club if you do well.
Players aren't technically the commodity anymore, that was resolved during the days of the Bosman debates. The contract is the commodity.I think the basic concept of players as a commodity which requires clubs to buy them is flawed.
Remove it and you're just left with the issue of compensation for players leaving mid contract.
problem with that is contracts are owned centrally by the MLS, NBA, NFL etc. But it isn't really an international game. So they have no competition for those players. They also have fixed franchise system with no relegation or promotion. Imagine if the NFL had relegation and some smaller club got promoted to the NFL. They would have to agree that all the existing players would have to sign new contracts with the NFL, rip up their old contracts, and then form part of a national pool of players to be shared across the league. It's unworkable in a promotion pyramid system.The US has a franchise and draft situation in place.