http://sonofthebronx.blogspot.com/2013/08/mlb-network-golf-channel-nbc-sports_23.html Liverpool vs. Stoke City (Sat. 7:38AM- 9:43AM): 287k Arsenal vs. Aston Villa (Sat. 9:57AM-12:02PM): 450k NY Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union (Sat. 8:00PM-10:30PM): 110k Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham (Sun. 8:28AM-10:27AM): 238k Chelsea vs. Hull City (Sun. 10:57AM- 1:00PM): 443k I think it's better for the Premier League to adopt 60% salary cap (on club total revenue) than the "break even" of UEFA financial fair play. The focus would be on REVENUE generation. Each club can spend 60% of its revenue on player salaries + net player transfer fee. A grace period is given Year 1: 70% Year 2: 66.7% Year 3: 63.3% Year 4: 60% A club that generate $400 million in revenue can spend up to $240 million a year in salaries + net transfer fee.
They are not new caveats. The purpose of NFL hard cap is to ensure parity. What's the point of introducing $120 million hard cap to ensure parity / Any Given Sunday when team A can outspend team B by $100 million a year in net transfer fee? If enforced parity is to happen to EPL, net transfer fee will also have to be part of the hard cap restriction. It's common sense. I have always stated that it would be a DISASTER for EPL because they have competition. If Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 all adopt NFL style hard cap at the same time, then it won't be a disaster for EPL because they will still be top dog. NFL have no competition in its sports. EPL and MLS have competition in its sports. With a $120 mil hard cap on salaries + net transfer fee, top EPL stars will leave. Top EPL teams will suck in the Champions League. The record international TV rights that EPL (about $1 billio a year) get will plummet. Its domestic TV rights ($1.5 billion a year) will also take a huge hit. Just from the TV Revenue stand point, it would be a DISASTER for the league. Then there are sponsorship, attendance, merchandise revenue to consider.
That is patently false. You clearly don't understand the reasons for Salary Caps. Parity is a consequence, not a driving factor. And it's reinforced from both the ownership and the worker side through CBA negotiations. The purpose of the NFL cap is cost certainty. NFL teams go into each season knowing pretty much exactly how much money they're going to take in and how much they're going to spend. And in a league where teams routinely go 14-2 or 2-14, I'm not sure "parity" is the right word.
And Mods, please, please, please close this thread. Or move it the the Business and Media forum. It has long since stopped being about MLS. Or even tangentially related to MLS.