[Football] Terrific Guardian article about lower league finances

[mikeyjh]

Worked out that Premier League spending this window has broken a billion with Ruben Dias's move to City. A 1% tax on this to be redistributed evenly amongst the 72 clubs would've meant around £150,000 per club. That's 10% of the yearly salary cap at League Two level and would surely have gone a long long way.

Or implement a salary cap across the board that would relieve the inflationary pressure on lower league clubs. And abolish parachute payments.

 

[El Presidente]

Or implement a salary cap across the board that would relieve the inflationary pressure on lower league clubs. And abolish parachute payments.

Parachute payments help prevent clubs going out of business. It would make more sense to reduce the financial gaps between divisions that encourage clubs to overspend to chase promotion. Then there would be no need for parachute payments.

 

[vegster]

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-league-clubs-wont-care-if-efl-teams-go-under

A very good writer, Jonathan Liew.

He is a very good writer, although Jonathan Agnew is an exception to that view.

 

[keaton]

I didn't particularly rate the previous one but this one is good
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...outhgate-surely-do?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[father_and_son]

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-league-clubs-wont-care-if-efl-teams-go-under

A very good writer, Jonathan Liew.

No insight, no revelations, no new information... Frankly just jumping on popular opinion, reiterating what has been said by the 'average man in the street' a million times already.

A long long way from terrific and not the showpiece of 'a very good writer'.

That said. Yes, the greed of the PL is both astounding and predictable. The lack of interest and or responsibility for the wider game I'd expect from the half of the league that has always enjoyed a seat at the trough but not the other half, who must surely remember being lower league themselves.

Sky's £15 smack in the face is just a further insult compounding the bad PR that the PL are inflicting on themselves and, by association, all of us as fans.

 

[father_and_son]

it's a zero net spend.

I get the general point, but reality is that it isn't completely balanced. Clubs are replacing depreciated assets so it's not the same money flowing continually. Lawyer and agent fees represent a massive drain so what is spent is not what it received. And for every player bought, it's wage inflation (for both the new player and those retained on new/improved contracts).

Yes, it's a headline figure that shouldn't be taken in isolation. The PL did not build a bonfire with £1bn and that money is gone, it is redistributed around those in and feeding off the game.

But, the original argument stands true. A LOT of cash is still sloshing about in the PL and there appears to be very few who tightened their belts even a notch. The optics does nothing for the bad PR the PL brings on itself time and again because of greed and 'I'm alright Jack' attitudes.

 

[Wozza]

No insight, no revelations, no new information... Frankly just jumping on popular opinion, reiterating what has been said by the 'average man in the street' a million times already.

A long long way from terrific and not the showpiece of 'a very good writer'.

It's an opinion piece. By the sports columnist of the year.

 

[El Presidente]

A DULLARD spoke at length on the subject on Five Live this morning at about 1:27:00

Reference to a small club in South London too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ncyv

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Premier League pay-per-view plan will 'drive fans towards illegal streams' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180

A DULLARD pontificated at length about this as well.