EFL salary cap unlawful according to PFA

He is wrong though isn't he? I'm not a lawyer but after hearing discussions on this before the problem with a salary cap is when it is imposed on individual players. A team wide salary cap shouldn't be a problem and I presume there would be no change to current contracts. The cap would affect new contracts which players are free to sign or not.
 
Wilf, spot on and he certainly does not want the gravy train to stop. Rugby has a team salary cap so i cannot see how he claims its illegal.Any scheme that comes in will be voted for by the clubs, so expect the players union to object, there will have to be a transition period as salaries come down. Covid 19 is bringing that in anyway.
Performance bonuses i have no issues with, so targets for strikers re goals, keepers clean sheets etc. Gested would have earned about 50p in bonus payments
 
Wilf said:
he has done a brilliant job for his members - look at the money they earn and the freedoms that they have.

you dont get re-elected time after time if you do terrible job - of course he has his critics, which trade union leaders dont.
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I think you'll find agents do far more there than the PFA. The PFA should be doing far more in respect of mental and physical health than they do. This is a random example from a couple of years ago....
Dawn Astle's comments
 
I thought they had upped their game on player care,the article is 2 years old but his salary is crazy, £42 K car allowance, Utilities payment? and they accuse MP's etc of being pigs at the trough when doing expenses
 
Wilf said:
he has done a brilliant job for his members - look at the money they earn and the freedoms that they have.

you dont get re-elected time after time if you do terrible job - of course he has his critics, which trade union leaders dont.
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Slepp Blatter got re-elected a couple of times, all it means is you do a good job for the chosen ones.
 
not sure if the £2.5m is for all playing staff or only 1st team squad. If first team squad only of 25 that's still an average of £100k year, not too shoddy.
 
The problem is that every Championship club is financially unviable - they are all propped up by sugar daddies in some way. If this collapses the Players will lose out, but the PFA seems to think this is never going to happen.

Average wages of £15k a week is not viable, that's £16.5m a year for just 22 players - that probably the sales turnover of nearly every Championship exceeded (excluding parachute payments) then there are all other costs of running a club, non playing staff, stadium and training facilities, academy, travel and food, insurances, medical bills, agent fees.
 
Does it come as any surprise that the EFL haven't consulted with the PFA?
I'm all for it, but there has to be an agreement and a phasing in period.
 
Redwurzel said:
The problem is that every Championship club is financially unviable - they are all propped up by sugar daddies in some way. If this collapses the Players will lose out, but the PFA seems to think this is never going to happen.

Average wages of £15k a week is not viable, that's £16.5m a year for just 22 players - that probably the sales turnover of nearly every Championship exceeded (excluding parachute payments) then there are all other costs of running a club, non playing staff, stadium and training facilities, academy, travel and food, insurances, medical bills, agent fees.
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Lots of ordinary blokes in unstable jobs would love 15K a week.
Or 5K a week [250,000 a year]

Ive no sympathy, empathy or sod all else for the poor little bleaters.

Clubs will have to cut their cloth and players will have what clubs can afford or get lost and find a proper job.
 
I have just read its L1 and L2 players for salary caps - All those clubs only give out short contracts to the vast majority of their players so most contracts will be new this season. If things continue as they are, some of these clubs will be gone soon (by October) and certainly can't spend 6 months in consultation after 5 months in Covid conditions, some of which could be a delaying tactic. There aren't as many sugar daddies in the lower leagues, except Salford where ex Pros have been subsidising the club (Adam Rooney went from Inverness to Salford for a pay increase, despite Salford been National League at the time). At present the PFA must prioritise the survival of L1 and L2 with its current clubs and players.

I would guess a major issue are contracts that carry over so a player on say £3k a week might have to take £2k a week if that becomes say the D1 cap. May the PFA and the club could cover the £1k a week until the player moves or his contract ends. When players aren't paid its the PFA who have to foot the bill and its very stressful for all concerned. Football clubs are not profit making in L1 and L2, in the last 25 years the players in general have done very well out of them. In the 1970s players earned the equivalent of £600 a week at teams like Darlington and lived in modest semis. One player at his height lived opposite my uncle in Darlington in a modest semi. If the Premiership money does not trickle down how can L2 clubs afford wages of say £2k a week. (£100k a year) playing in front of crowds of 2k. (total ticket revenue £460k a year)

There is a legal issue when employers actively collude to fix selling prices, not sure if this applies to wages in an industry. As said in other sports there are salary caps. I don't think the PFA will find a lot of sympathy.
 
If average £2k a week for a L1 player and £1.33k a week for L2 seems decent for the players. A regular player with a contract will not be going down the food bank on £100k a year or £67k a year L2.

I accept its a limited career but some players also break through and make much more money.

I can see why the transfer market is dead with all this uncertainty.
 
The PFA were never going to support something that threatens the gravy train.

But it's absolutely the right thing to do, even if it has the knock on of causing an exodus abroad.
Clubs need to become sustainable, and it's impossible with the wage demands of players now.
 
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