It also means that a lower end championship club could easily outbid on wages for top end league one players.
Any contract entered into on or prior to today’s vote will be capped at an agreed divisional average until that contract expires. Moving forwards, Clubs that are relegated will be permitted to cap all contracts at the divisional average prior to the Club’s relegation until those contracts expire.
I'm guessing that table equates to all wages across the Club.
These are the most recent wage bills I could find. Seems to suggest either something is wrong with the way Swiss Ramble (who are usually very good) are calculating the numbers, a misunderstanding of the EFL's methodology, or massive cost-cutting on the horizon on a scale that no-one has contemplated yet.
The transition agreements are also interesting - it's going to be a long time before teams are going to be forced to ship off players left right and centre:
This has the potential to be huge, but something tells me that (much like FFP) it's not going to be the historic shift some are making it out to be.
I'm guessing that table equates to all wages across the Club.
Not just players.
Things like the academy are significant additional costs .Those are some well-paid groundstaff in that case!
Wonder what they’ll do when a lot of their members are out of workPFA going to challenge it as"unlawful". not that big a surprise.
Gordon Taylor will have to take a paycutWonder what they’ll do when a lot of their members are out of work
Now you know that’s not going to happenGordon Taylor will have to take a paycut
We're not a league 1 club are we?Any news on which way we voted?
I know it was;
16 in favour
7 against
1 abstention
We're not a league 1 club are we?
Blimey, that doesnt make sense at all. I expect we voted for the proposal. Best make sure we dont get relegated now!Us, Rotherham & Wycombe were included in the vote rather than the relegated Championship sides - daft but true.
Kicking the can down the road. how anyone can look at Championship finances and think it's acceptable is just ridiculous. PFA isn't going to surrender the current money players get paid and so their share of it.Scrapped as EFL had introduced it unlawfully
What a shit show.
On the face of it a ridiculously short sighted decision. We wait years for football to make any attempt to sort out the financial mess its in and as soon as anything is done you've got the likes of the PFA trying to get it reversed.Scrapped as EFL had introduced it unlawfully
What a shit show.
And it will be the fans of the clubs who happily outspend everyone else without a care about the consequences who will be celebrating this and urging their owners to get the cheque book out even though we're in a pandemic. Wouldn't surprise me to see the likes of Sunderland and Portsmouth trying to get the transfer windows reopened.Idiots - it was to protect clubs lower down the leagues, to help prevent further Bury FCs but the PFA have forgotten about the 'greater good' Shame.
Kicking the can down the road. how anyone can look at Championship finances and think it's acceptable is just ridiculous. PFA isn't going to surrender the current money players get paid and so their share of it.
The whole idea was ridiculous - how can you legally dictate the spend of a private company on an aspect of its business. It’s bonkers. You’d have to have an agreement from all members in that sector to buy into the concept.
The whole idea was ridiculous - how can you legally dictate the spend of a private company on an aspect of its business. It’s bonkers. You’d have to have an agreement from all members in that sector to buy into the concept.
It's hardly ridiculous is it as nearly every other major sport has implemented caps of sorts. They were quite clearly an important step to help ensure that clubs could operate in a more sustainable manner.
Also, they didn't dictate it. All League One and Two member clubs voted in favour of salary caps. The EFL's mistake was that they didn't cooperate with the PFA and the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee first.
They're not - they're saying that the rules of playing in this competition are that you will adhere to a salary cap. Don't like it, don't play in the competition.
fine if you start A competition on that basis. Not go back in time and start something again that was booted out 50 years ago
The clubs have agreed to it. Can't help but feel that a split in the game is inevitable, an expanded Premier League and a Football League with no movement between them.
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