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ChrisLUFC22 · 24-10-2010, 14:10

[QUOTE=TheDaddy;35112576]A salary cap would never work, sneaky ways round it would be found and exploited.

and yet no one complains when business men (except bankers) earn millions a year or when F1 drivers sign million pound contracts, footballers are different though and have you ever wondered why a footballers salary is reported as weekly? No one elses is, you dont hear of Tiger Woods weekly wage but you do footballers, it's a throwback to the days of earning a fiver a week, it's not a working class game anymore and the players earning big bucks earn their clubs a hell of a lot of revenue in the process.

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A salary cap could work, it works in rugby. Players could get a set amount from their club, for arguments sake £10k, then are free to chase their own sponsorship deals and lucrative contracts elsewhere.
I'm not complaining at the fact that they get paid alot, it's the fact that they are paid obscene amounts and the clubs are getting into debt because of the demands. This is for arguments sake, but if Chelsea win the league this season and get £25m prize money I would have absolutely no problem with the players sharing that, the players are the attraction of football and DO deserve a cut of the money, but it needs to be regulated or capped, with the rest going into investing in youth, grass roots etc.

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ChrisLUFC22 Inactive Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Yorkshire Services: Sky Stream Posts: 342	Re: Football Season 2010/2011 [QUOTE=TheDaddy;35112576]A salary cap would never work, sneaky ways round it would be found and exploited. and yet no one complains when business men (except bankers) earn millions a year or when F1 drivers sign million pound contracts, footballers are different though and have you ever wondered why a footballers salary is reported as weekly? No one elses is, you dont hear of Tiger Woods weekly wage but you do footballers, it's a throwback to the days of earning a fiver a week, it's not a working class game anymore and the players earning big bucks earn their clubs a hell of a lot of revenue in the process. QUOTE] A salary cap could work, it works in rugby. Players could get a set amount from their club, for arguments sake £10k, then are free to chase their own sponsorship deals and lucrative contracts elsewhere. I'm not complaining at the fact that they get paid alot, it's the fact that they are paid obscene amounts and the clubs are getting into debt because of the demands. This is for arguments sake, but if Chelsea win the league this season and get £25m prize money I would have absolutely no problem with the players sharing that, the players are the attraction of football and DO deserve a cut of the money, but it needs to be regulated or capped, with the rest going into investing in youth, grass roots etc.