Best idea yet on FFP

[ditchy]

QPR manager Harry Redknapp has been speaking at a news conference about suggestions his club could face a large fine and even potential future demotion to the Conference for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
"To make it fair, we should be able to spend as much as Manchester United," says Redknapp. "What is fair play? One team can spend £200m, another team can spend £8m? Fair play would be everyone having the maximum of £30m to spend on their team and then have to bring in some players from the youth team.
"Seven teams are on another planet to the rest. You don't have to be a genius to pick the top seven teams - it will be almost certainly be the same seven as last year."

 

[coagulantwolf]

The point of Financial Fair Play is not to increase competitive balance, it is to make teams financially stable and less chances of running in to financial difficulties. For that reason, his point his moot.

 

[The Truth]

The FFP might not exist if it wasn't for the likes of Harry Redknapp.

 

[El Presidente]

The FFP might not exist if it wasn't for the likes of Harry Redknapp.

Eh?

 

[pishhead]

Harry Redknapp providing advice on FFP is like reading a book on baby sitting by the West's

 

[El Presidente]

The Premier League already has the most evenly distributed wages in European football - that's not even the point of FFP, Harry is talking out of his face/arse/whatever you want to call it.

Most recent wage bill (£'million) for 2012/13

City 233
United 183
Chelsea 179
Arsenal 154
Liverpoo 132
Spurs 96
QPR 78
Villa 74
Fulham 67
Everton 63
Newcastle 62
Stoke 60
Sunderland 58
West Ham 56
West Brom 54
Swansea 49
Southampton 47
Norwich 47
Reading 46
Wigan 45

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Maybe if they change the name to 'Sensible Spending Guidelines' (or something equally rubbish) then good ol' 'Arry will understand that FFP doesn't exist to make things equal amongst teams...

 

[Easy 10]

Harry Redknapp providing advice on FFP is like reading a book on baby sitting by the West's

The McCann's you mean ?

 

[The Truth]

Eh?

Portsmouth and now Qpr. He doesn't exactly back his argument up.

 

[ditchy]

The point of Financial Fair Play is not to increase competitive balance, it is to make teams financially stable and less chances of running in to financial difficulties. For that reason, his point his moot.

So if you cap every team to a reasonable discussed limit , isnt that making the teams financially stable ?

 

[El Presidente]

[MENTION=31]El Presidente[/MENTION]

That probably says more about the vast wage disparity of other European leagues.

My source: http://www.squawka.com/news/competitiveness-gini-co-efficient/20747

Good article (although the stats were far beyond my comprehension).

 

[El Presidente]

The point of Financial Fair Play is not to increase competitive balance, it is to make teams financially stable and less chances of running in to financial difficulties. For that reason, his point his moot.

It doesn't make teams financially stable as it focuses on profit rather than cash though.

 

[ditchy]

Portsmouth and now Qpr. He doesn't exactly back his argument up.

Surely that does ? If the limit was in place he wouldnt be allowed to spend what he has done in the past to bankrupt clubs

 

[drew]

So if you cap every team to a reasonable discussed limit , isnt that making the teams financially stable ?

Only if they all have the funds to meet that limit. Otherwise they just increase their debt.

It doesn't make teams financially stable as it focuses on profit rather than cash though.

Can you legitimately use the word 'profit' when referring to owning a football club?

 

[Kevlar]

Most recent wage bill (£'million) for 2012/13

City 233
United 183
Chelsea 179
Arsenal 154
Liverpoo 132
Spurs 96
QPR 78
Villa 74
Fulham 67
Everton 63
Newcastle 62
Stoke 60
Sunderland 58
West Ham 56
West Brom 54
Swansea 49
Southampton 47
Norwich 47
Reading 46
Wigan 45

so according to Harry QPR should be one of those 7

 

[The Truth]

Surely that does ? If the limit was in place he wouldnt be allowed to spend what he has done in the past to bankrupt clubs

The wages would surely be the issue when clubs are bankrupted?

 

[ditchy]

The wages would surely be the issue when clubs are bankrupted?

Would that not be part of the spending so therefore part of the cap .

 

[Gritt23]

Good ol' 'Arry and his mastery of the twisted logic, where he only thinks it's FAIR if everyone gets to spend as much as Man Utd, completely ignoring the fact that this fine is there because of the season he got promoted from The Championship when HE was the Man Utd of the division.

How dare someone have more money to spend than the rest ... unless it's him with the biggest pot of cash of course.

 

[BensGrandad]

Most recent wage bill (£'million) for 2012/13

City 233
United 183
Chelsea 179
Arsenal 154
Liverpoo 132
Spurs 96
QPR 78
Villa 74
Fulham 67
Everton 63
Newcastle 62
Stoke 60
Sunderland 58
West Ham 56
West Brom 54
Swansea 49
Southampton 47
Norwich 47
Reading 46
Wigan 45

It is no coincidence that the top 6 wage spenders are also the usual top 6 in The Premier and then comes QPR.

 

[Hamilton]

The point of Financial Fair Play is not to increase competitive balance, it is to make teams financially stable and less chances of running in to financial difficulties. For that reason, his point his moot.

He's a bit thick. He's forgotten that clubs he is in charge of are not just about his short tenure.