I support salary cap. Reasons being:

1. Today, players play for money rather than football.
2. Unfair to clubs which do not funded by billionaires.
3. With salary cap, every clubs have equal chance to win the league.
4. Football is not a business, is a passion.

What do you all think?

(You can have your opinion but any insulting comment to others or childish comment are not welcome)

This post has been edited by hocksoo: Jul 6 2012, 03:52 PM

Why not call boss to cap your salary or if you do bussiness then call government to cap your income.

do u have a fans to support u when u r working?

ppl is NASA HEAD IT and president , dun play play with ppl

Why do I need fans to support me, I am no movie star.

What I post here does not reflect my work or my life.

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Added on July 6, 2012, 2:30 pmWhen the president talk, listen and learn.

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Added on July 6, 2012, 2:32 pmFootballer is doing what they love to do, they need lots of money for their lifestyle retirement, thay are not evergreen.

This post has been edited by kelvinfixx: Jul 6 2012, 02:33 PM

no player want to go to smaller team if there a cap in salary. everyone will go to bigger club like united, pools, barca, real, milan, juventus only.

everything got pros and cons.

I believe 50k - 100k per week is enough even when you're retired. People have been brainwash with this mentality. Also it's depend on their current lifestyle. Often we see footballer spend their money and living like a rockstar. As if they have unlimited amount of funds.

We need this rockstar to spent. If no how can Prada, Gucci, Bugatti can survive? Just let them spent, it is their money.

Any opinion is welcome. After all, it is a voting thread. Nobody has perfect answer.

My opinion is solely base on sport. Like NBA with salary cap, every team has their own star, and every team is enjoyable to watch.

It is enjoyable when you find a team with limited financial able to do well in EPL. But next season, they got their star players snap up by rich club and they end up relegate... It is really sad to that. Rich clubs just getting better players each season and poor clubs always need to seek out unknown gem of player, or even struggle to stay in the league.

Competetition must be spread across the board.

That way true fans who support their home town club unconditionally will also know the feeling of starting a tournament with the optimism to win it like gloryhunters do.

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 6 2012, 06:52 PM

I think there is some confusion over salary caps. To my understanding, it doesn't apply to individual players but to the team as a whole. How else do you reckon LA Galaxy attracted David Beckham? You can pay one bloke a lot of money and the rest of the team peanuts.

As a neutral, I like the idea of salary caps and drafts, just like in America. It ensures some form of fairness and justice. However I just don't see it happening in football at this juncture. I watch football because of Liverpool, not the other way around. I support the LA Lakers but it's not the same. Hard to form an emotional bond when there is significantly less history, tradition and folklore. Therefore I'd like Liverpool, as a club and institution in it's own right, to continue to flourish. It may sound selfish, but like I said, I support the club over the actual game.

There is already too much money involved and some football teams have become global institutions. There is no way Norwich City for example, will ursurp any of the bigger sides without a prolonged period of success (which ironically is unlikely to happen with the introduction of a salary cap). If anything, I think Financial Fairplay is a good step forward. It doesn't only address the issue of inflated salaries, it covers more areas ensuring clubs cannot spend more than they earn.

i like salary caps and drafts like America too.


But why dont you think Norwich cant succeed if they can pay the same salary as Manchester City under salary cap.. ?


The football world is very much skewed now because of money but it still not too late to repair it. A salary cap in the heart of the money pit that is EPL will be a good start.

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 11 2012, 07:17 PM

I think if all the ppl from the football society is serious abt it, it can happen. It give the chance to club like norwich to challenge for honor.

for certain reasons i agree. giving players too much salary has a chain effect. the other players will also follow up demanding high salary. it is bad if the football industry starting to rely on banks and owners to bail out everytime. its bad.

Football is run like a business and those who own clubs intend to profit, and they are serious as a heart attack about it. Reckon they'd want to share their piece of the pie? If you told me some two decades ago that a salary cap was going to be put in place, I'd think it realistic. Rich conglomerates and Mega wealthy tycoons had yet to venture into football. Sepp Blatter and FIFA have also come under allegations of corruption and there isn't a football fan alive today who will deny that Blatter is a greedy git.

If we accept that football is a business, then every industry has big and small players. Just because the small players won't trump the big players, it doesn't mean they won't still turn over a profit. In the case of Norwich, they made a reported profit of around £500,000 last season while Man City single handedly lost some £200,000,000 despite winning the league. Doubt the owners at Norwich or any of the 8 Premier League clubs who turned over a profit last season are too disappointed. If Norwich wants to compete with clubs who have way more global appeal, they'd need to be a dominant for for more than just a season. It will take time hence why I said, "prolonged period of success". Didn't say it was impossible to compete. Overheads would go up and thus profit would need to go up and for that to happen, you need eyeballs.

salary caps will help teams from cities with better living conditions. Clubs from London for example, will easily attract more players as compared to other places.

with money factor rulled out, i think playing time and role the player will take in the team will be a bigger pulling factor.

That's actually a pretty good point. With the introduction of salary caps, English clubs in particular will be hard pressed to attract the big names given their high tax structure. How can the gloomy, wet weather in England rival the sunny beaches of say, Spain? Players would also put a higher emphasis on endorsement deals and advertising contracts.

I really do think that Financial Fairplay is the best step forward at this point. More and more clubs are being taken over by foreign owners and turned into businesses, and thus are being marketed to sponsors, generating revenue for themselves. Financial Fairplay will regulate their spending, ensuring that clubs make nett profits and at the same time, curb indescriminate spending i.e. "buying trophies", by rich Sheiks looking for a hobby. This is a very logical and manageable way to move forward in my opinion.

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Added on July 13, 2012, 12:04 pmIt's kinda sad that topics like this which can change the face of the game aren't given more attention... This is a good topic to debate.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jul 13 2012, 12:04 PM