EFL salary cap

A great idea if it is implemented correctly and fairly. It'll certainly stop clubs from having too many players on the books and restricting the development of younger players.
Promoted teams have to be able to compete once they move into a new league though, otherwise it is a bit pointless.
I'm all for a salary cap, but it has to be done right. Maybe paying some of the TV money to clubs upfront might help those getting promoted from League One into the Championship so that they can bridge the gap without running up debts?
 
atypical_boro said:
For me, I can't see any obvious drawbacks. Even if it was in the PL, we might finally get past the stage we've been at for a few years where *very good* players would rather sit on the bench at a big club than start every week at a medium sized club.

Le Tissier at Southampton, Okocha at Bolton, and of course our very own TLF, if it was nowadays they'd all be sitting on Man City's bench. Even more so now we have 9 substitutes.

If this was introduced in the PL, you might find players going to whoever can afford to pay them the most, and it won't always be the Man City when they're inn is full.
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True. Like I say I am against it but if is Defiently introduced I would like to see how it changes things before I totally condemn it
 
dooderooni said:
A great idea if it is implemented correctly and fairly. It'll certainly stop clubs from having too many players on the books and restricting the development of younger players.
Promoted teams have to be able to compete once they move into a new league though, otherwise it is a bit pointless.
I'm all for a salary cap, but it has to be done right. Maybe paying some of the TV money to clubs upfront might help those getting promoted from League One into the Championship so that they can bridge the gap without running up debts?
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What so Chelsea couldn't have 45 full professionals out on loan? Whatever next!

Seriously, I hope its implemented through the leagues.

It actually works pretty well in basketball.
 
Going to create a problem for relegated teams from the championship, they will all be significantly over the cap. Suppose it will make the league very open.

Teams being promoted to the championship will have to spend a fortune just to be competitive though, should either be all of the leagues or none IMO
 
Just been discussing situations with FSA national people - we all think the penny hasn't maybe dropped yet just how many EFL clubs could be in serious financial trouble during next season. Any decisions that can be reached in advance that will help stave this off could be so important in the long run. Then we will need to see Wigan rulings made - ie was administration caused by COVID or is that a convenient excuse for a Charlton style appalling running of the club.
 
Something needs to happen for sure.
Salary Cap is definately worth exploring and good that it is linked to maximum number of players.
There is a potential issue of Championship don’t implement it. Means they could easily pick off ‘underpaid’ lower league players.
Difficult for Championship to implement given clubs relegated from Prem will have massive wages and parachute payments.
 
It's a tough one. I'm all for some sort of cap because the FFP doesn't do what it is supposed to do but the difference in the caps between leagues makes it problematic. A £2.5m cap in League One for 20 players means an average wage of £2.4k per week. £18m in the Championship would be £17k per week. If teams get relegated are players going to be expected to take a 75%+ wage cut? If not then all relegated teams will breach the cap instantly. I know it should allow you to pay some players more and some less so in theory you just lose your high earners. There will be some players in the Championship on a wage higher than the entire squad budget for League One.

A salary cap in part of the pyramid but not all of it will just exacerbate the gulf between the leagues.

I presume the 20 player limit doesn't include youth players. What's to stop the clubs going over the salary cap by getting expensive youth players?

One thing I would like to see is a fixed fee for loans. That would mean PL teams would have to almost fully fund the wages and receive only a nominal fee for loaning players. It should discourage the hoarding of players that goes on currently and means the promising youngsters will be shared around clubs a lot better.
 
It's not right that most of any club's revenue goes to players. A cap at all levels is well overdue.
 
1finny said:
Something needs to happen for sure.
Salary Cap is definately worth exploring and good that it is linked to maximum number of players.
There is a potential issue of Championship don’t implement it. Means they could easily pick off ‘underpaid’ lower league players.
Difficult for Championship to implement given clubs relegated from Prem will have massive wages and parachute payments.
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I think the way round the premier wages issue could be to introduce it at an agreed date in the future ( 5yrs?) so that any new contract issued that crosses that timeline has a wage reduction clause built in for every squad player. It is achievable, but only if the will is there. In reality, the better players at a club often (but not always) get sold on relegation.
 
There is no way the “greed is good league” are going to vote in anything that limits their billionaire/ trillionaire owners from turning the prem into the international cash cow that it has become.

I’m honestly amazed that they still have 3 places left for the drop zone. This is what I think will prob change before long especially now that Leeds are in ( as the prem have made no secret of their desire to have Leeds or more particularly their fan base back).
 
I don't really agree. I think the budget should be proportionate to the income coming in.

If Sunderland are pulling in 25-30k a week then they should be able to pay more than a team who gets 3k through the door. It's not like any league in the world is a level playing field.

The big issue is champo clubs going down. I believe our wage bill was in the region of 12-15mil (significantly less than the previous year). How do you get that down to 2.5mil? How long do you have?
 
It's a balancing act. Do you go for stars and pad the squad with cheap players or do you go for a strong team all around? There might also be heavy incentives for achieving promotion like big % wage increases. It'll be interesting because everyone will know everyone's wages and you will get players switching teams because they can't get the contract raise they think get deserve due to hitting the cap.

All of it is irrelevant if the EFL don't enforce the rules though like they have done with FFP.
 
League 1 clubs will obviously be more able to be self sustaining with a cap.
A £2.5m wage bill for 20 players is virtually covered by a 7k crowd x23 matches @ £15.
But why should Sunderland not be able to pay players more if they are pulling in 4 times that crowd?
Their owner shouldn't be able to cover off a huge loss and have a £20m wage bill, but this does seem a very low limit for them to operate within. Surely there has to be a fairer solution?

Won't any good player in League 1 be demanding a move even to sit in the bloated squad of Champs squad.
They can't all play, so this would suppress opportunity for young players at Champs clubs?
 
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