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Would have to be a world wide wage cap for it to work.
It'll never happen though sadly. Far too many greedy fat cats and snuffling pigs in the trough full of truffles now. It's called liberal capitalism which has defeated socialism (don't know for how long though because even a strong believer of capitalism as SP is thinking as a socialist these days, or at least when it comes to football).
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Even if every league agreed to it we would all see Prem leagues in all the major football countries in Europe. Outside of that there would be some sort of Championship level.
Outside of that regional leagues or nothing. Forty odd clubs in this country would go to the wall overnight.
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I prefered the game before the prem by a mile the italian and spanish clubs gor the so called top players but we did not do too bad did we barnes, dalglishm rush etc etc
It meant more than the game is now plastic even Liverpool vs Man united sometimes you can hear a pin drop at the match.
The lower clubs were stronger too and the FA and Carling cup were real competitions especially the FA cup and upsets were regular.
The England team did well too.
Now all we talk about is sponsorship
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Thing is we all want it all.
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I think so. It would create more parity between the clubs. It's become such an aristocratic set up. The big premier league clubs have all the power, and no one will ever be able to oust them. Maybe Liverpool could end up winning a title someday, or even Everton or Spurs or Newcastle. But clubs like Villa, Sot'on, Sunderland, Stoke, etc. are pretty much doomed to stay where they are, and the teams bellow will never be able to contend with the top again. Leeds, Portsmouth, Birmingham, and the like are pretty much stuck.
There are a lot of things that I love about football in the UK that are so different from American sports culture (which for the most part I don't particularly identify with), but one thing that the NBA and the NFL do well is create parity and level the playing field. With the draft system that gives priority recruiting to the teams that did poorly and a wage cap that prevents teams from having too much spending power, the power balance is a lot more evenly allocated.
That's not to say that England should copy the American model at all. But if we ever want to see anyone challenge the crazy money that teams like Chelsea and City have, something probably has to be done. The downside to this would be that English teams probably would be competitive in the CL, and the prem would have fewer stars.
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I think so. It would create more parity between the clubs. It's become such an aristocratic set up. The big premier league clubs have all the power, and no one will ever be able to oust them. Maybe Liverpool could end up winning a title someday, or even Everton or Spurs or Newcastle. But clubs like Villa, Sot'on, Sunderland, Stoke, etc. are pretty much doomed to stay where they are, and the teams bellow will never be able to contend with the top again. Leeds, Portsmouth, Birmingham, and the like are pretty much stuck.
There are a lot of things that I love about football in the UK that are so different from American sports culture (which for the most part I don't particularly identify with), but one thing that the NBA and the NFL do well is create parity and level the playing field. With the draft system that gives priority recruiting to the teams that did poorly and a wage cap that prevents teams from having too much spending power, the power balance is a lot more evenly allocated.
That's not to say that England should copy the American model at all. But if we ever want to see anyone challenge the crazy money that teams like Chelsea and City have, something probably has to be done. The downside to this would be that English teams probably would be competitive in the CL, and the prem would have fewer stars. I agree it would be a better more entertaining product the fact there would be less stars is a small price to pay. I got far more enjoyment watching sterling progress last season than any of the mega paid mercenaries at city or Chelsea
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I prefered the game before the prem by a mile the italian and spanish clubs gor the so called top players but we did not do too bad did we barnes, dalglishm rush etc etc
It meant more than the game is now plastic even Liverpool vs Man united sometimes you can hear a pin drop at the match.
The lower clubs were stronger too and the FA and Carling cup were real competitions especially the FA cup and upsets were regular.
The England team did well too.
Now all we talk about is sponsorship
But the top British players would leave too and there won't be the likes of Barnes, Rush and Dalglish as soon as they would show some promise. Would you be ok with that? I've seen the French clubs getting depleated every season for years and it's not good.
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I think so. It would create more parity between the clubs. It's become such an aristocratic set up. The big premier league clubs have all the power, and no one will ever be able to oust them. Maybe Liverpool could end up winning a title someday, or even Everton or Spurs or Newcastle. But clubs like Villa, Sot'on, Sunderland, Stoke, etc. are pretty much doomed to stay where they are, and the teams bellow will never be able to contend with the top again. Leeds, Portsmouth, Birmingham, and the like are pretty much stuck.
There are a lot of things that I love about football in the UK that are so different from American sports culture (which for the most part I don't particularly identify with), but one thing that the NBA and the NFL do well is create parity and level the playing field. With the draft system that gives priority recruiting to the teams that did poorly and a wage cap that prevents teams from having too much spending power, the power balance is a lot more evenly allocated.
That's not to say that England should copy the American model at all. But if we ever want to see anyone challenge the crazy money that teams like Chelsea and City have, something probably has to be done. The downside to this would be that English teams probably would be competitive in the CL, and the prem would have fewer stars. I agree it would be a better more entertaining product the fact there would be less stars is a small price to pay. I got far more enjoyment watching sterling progress last season than any of the mega paid mercenaries at city or Chelsea With a wage cap, players like Sterling would have gone to Real Madrid reserves by now.
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Surely that depends on what the wage cap is actually set at?
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[u][/u] Surely that depends on what the wage cap is actually set at? Indeed, this thread is a spin off from the Blackpool one, so I assumed its on the low side, but if the wage cap is a 100k per week, it could work. However, will this save the smaller teams, I don't know. A 50k/week wage cap will make the EPL very weak
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