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Originally Posted by gosties
As for a salary cap it will never work as teams will find ways of getting around it. A few years ago in one of the american sports, a salary cap was introduced but was removed not that much longer after its introduction, as the teams were ignoring it. As a gesture it's a good idea but that's all. |
It worked for 60 years in England. It has to be binding, and enforced. The salary cap in the US failed as there was in actual fact little support for it from the off, and clubs blatantly offered 'inducements'. Yes, there are always clubs who will try and get round it, but in the past it worked because the benefits where there for
all clubs. I.e. no-one had a crippling wage bill, whether big club or small. It's noticable that since the scrapping of the maximum wage in England, wages Europe wide went ape, and the current 'us and them' was felt within a decade. By 1971, pundits were warning that todays situation would occur - to the detriment of the game. That was without the fore-knowledge of Bosman etc.
You are correct (and a few pundits have mentioned this recently as well) that Europe wide, the gap between the top three or four and the rest has been opened up dramaticaly by the CL placings. It's also noticable that as a result:-
a) corruption has now got a real grip on the game
b) less and less games have any meaning
c) success is now limited to a pitifully small number of teams
d) the standard of the games both domesticaly and in the CL has decreased exponentialy in recent years
While a limited number of teams grab all the players, all the money funnels their way, success funnels their way, and support funnels their way. It's a vicious circle for those outside the loop.
In the end we may all up like Scotland. A big 'two' with a couple of lesser, but still streets ahead of the rest, clubs hanging on behind them, the rest allso rans. Jeez, what a depressing thought.