Sure fire way to send all the prem players to the Arab leagues.
This would kill the PL.
Why not take a page from US and give preferential rules in transfers to teams that do not win as much? The money is still a huge factor but for example, more access to young players, longer transfer periods for lower clubs…forms of motivating behavior that dont affect worldwide competition.
but what does “not win as much” look like?
you can’t have some sort of draft system because the bottom 3 teams get relegated, which means the championship is unfair
I mean parachute payments already make the Championship MASSIVELY fucking unfair.
Theres a preety clear divide in teams that win and those that don’t. Past 4th place, some sort of benefit system enters…imagine that bottom 8 teams can get transfers done for twice as long.
Just random ideas I didnt think much, but I do believe there is more to be done on that level…instead of weird financial rules that always get circumvented or could just hinder professional competitivess.
The horse has bolted
It would just strengthen other leagues
Yes please lol
United would be fucked wym
Go la liga on those mfers
Horse has bottled from the stadium on this one a long, long time ago.
Would be lovely sure, however I don’t see FIFA/UEFA making this happen (or even work! Looking at you FFP)
Anti competitive bullshit.
Salary caps don’t aid parity, they just screw over labor for the sake of billionaires’ bottom line. It’s a myth owners tell fans to get them to be okay with it.
"Revenue sharing* is what creates parity. Call me when the big European leagues starting doing that American-style.
Let the players get paid whatever they can get. This only makes the rich owners richer, no wonder they want it.
Luxury tax system like baseball and it’s a uefa rule
No way. This would open the door for other leagues to become more competitive.
The only reason the premier league is attractive to players is the wages (sorry guys, it was never the dream of Mo Salah to spend his days in Liverpool weather) and the premier league is not suffering (yet) from lack of competition.
Weird take
Don’t agree with the first part, even if you don’t take into account wages the PL is still as attractive as any other big league outside of La Liga
Yeh we don’t have the best weather granted but don’t tell me the UK isn’t one of if not the best countries to live and travel to play top flight football.
To live not, I am pretty sure most players love warmer and sunnier place. But clearly to leave is not that bad at all, specially London.
And of course Premier league is one of not the best league in the world. But it partially because of the league being able to attract talent with very high wages. The argument is a bit the chicken and the egg here I reckon
The argument is a bit the chicken and the egg here I reckon
Yeh true
Players union won’t agree. The big clubs won’t agree. And it won’t stop off the books payments either, just like it didn’t stop Saracens in the rugby PL with their salary cap.
Yea, teams like chelsea are out here buying the league right now
I can think of a hundred ways to circumvent a wage cap. It wouldn’t make a difference even if implemented.