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Discussion Luxury Tax, Phil Holland, Soccernet

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Monstar
post Mar 26 2009, 05:59 AM

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QUOTE(bitzboy @ Mar 25 2009, 11:31 PM)
Great idea  smile.gif ...but like the article says, how does one justify which team should receive more money from the pool?...And what if the club is able to afford exceeding the salary cap as well as pay the taxes charged? True, the smaller,less richer teams receives support from the pool, but it might make the truly rich teams,..better?  unsure.gif
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As opposed to? Having this tax would directly increase rich clubs' wage bill by 40%. Maybe they would be more mindful before offering 100k PW contracts knowing that it would actually cost them 140 instead. The only worry is that rich club with a rich fanbase (Chelsea, Man U, etc.) would counter this by increasing their ticket and merchandise prices. At the end of the day, the ones that suffer might be the not so well off fans (ME!!!).
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post Mar 27 2009, 11:43 AM

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QUOTE(Duke Red @ Mar 26 2009, 11:04 AM)
I think they've considered this, I mean as it is clubs are facing a drop in attendance due to the current economic climate and are dropping ticket prices. At some point, fans will stop buying tickets and merchandise.
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Not the really rich ones. The demand is wayyy above supply for these clubs. Which kinda defeats the purpose of this tax if these clubs don't feel the pinch.

 

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