No, investing in the product is exactly the best way to increase revenue. Wrexham is a very special situation -- if only all teams could have a movie star owner who gets you a tv show!
If investing player salaries were the primary way forward, C'ship teams wouldn't be in their current predicament.
Many of those aren’t dodging FFP rules. Like, how is getting a government grant a violation? That makes no sense…it’s money, it’s revenue. Or selling stadium naming rights…that, too, is money, revenue. Etc. Am I missing something??? Or has Paul lost his mind?
If the goal is to create parity, sure. That’s the purpose of caps here. But the caps in Europe are mostly about preventing bankruptcies, instability, and unpaid bills. So if that’s the goal, different salary caps make perfect sense. It just depends on the goal.
Aaronson(RF in 343) and Leeds got the 3-0 win over Wolves 1 assist. 15/19 passing 2/3 dribbles 5 recoveries 5/10 duels 0/3 fouls/fouled FM(7.8)4th Campbell(LCB in 442) and WBA kept yet another clean sheet, this time in a 2-0 win over PNE. 21/28 passing 2/5 long balls 2 blocks 12 clearances 4/6 duels 1/0 fouls/fouled WS(7.9)MOTM
In terms of naming rights there have been cases of owners using the club's own money to get around FFP. In terms of grants, I don't think non-football revenue should go toward salary caps. Plus Wrexham's owners don't deserve to be subsidized. It should be a level playing field which excludes financial shenanigans. Why do Chelsea get to spend more money on their men's team because they sold their women's team?
The purpose of caps here really are to suppress salaries. But there's a nice benefit of parity of opportunity that makes the product much better for fans. FFP and the such originally came about to prevent bankruptcies, but they've been used to try and keep certain teams from putting in too much money (like Chelsea or Man City). In the end, though, they tend to perpetuate inequities between teams, not create opportunity. But regardless of intent, my comment is the same: the European system doesn't provide any element of parity; in fact it works to create and perpetuate inequal opportunities, and that sucks whatever the reason. I really can't believe people are arguing (not you) that a system in which a team is, by rule, restricted from spending as much as another team can, is a good idea for a competitive league.
Its been a couple of years since I did this analysis but its along this discussion of finances and competitive balance. MLB which has no salary cap (please don't tell me the payroll tax is akin to a cap) is an great example of how not to do things. And yes I know MLB is raking in money hand over fists but its a house of cards I fear. I looked at total roster payrolls for a 10 year period. The data showed that teams with total payrolls in the top 2 in their respective division made the playoffs 80% of the time. The problem most fans use examples of team XYZ making the playoffs spending way less than the big boys (LA, both NY, Boston, Cubs, etc), The point I made is that the system is stupid,. With the imbalanced schedule it makes it very difficult for small market teams in divisions with the big money clubs to compete year in and out. As an example the KC Royals don't have to spend towards what the Yankees and Red Sox do. They need to compete financially with the Twins, Guardians, White Sox and Tigers. On the flip side the Orioles don't need to do better than those 5 teams. They DO need to spend more toward the Yankees and the Red Sox. All this is a long winded way to say that, in general, soccer has it right. European leagues do have balanced schedules. Now if they would instill some league wide salary mins and max (not based on income) then you'd really have done it right.
That's a bizarre conclusion. I don't like the baseball system, but we don't see the same team win 10 titles in a row anymore in baseball, either. The best system by far are the the NBA, NFL, MLS type caps. There can still be dynastic runs by teams but it's not the same teams decade after decade. There's no structural barrier to a team like the San Antonio Spurs getting a title.
There's no way. Our record against potential playoff rivals is W4 D1 L9 We're managed by Phil Neville's assistant at Inter Miami. Our old manager's team has 107 points in the National League.
Tyler came off the bench today as Bournemouth beat Newcastle Don't look now but Bournemouth are tied on points with 6th place Chelsea. Only 4 points back 5th place Liverpool. Bournemouth, Brentford both are in the Champions League fight. Definitely in the European places battle. There's a scenario in which 6 teams go to the Champions League. Villa have to win the Europa League and then the Prem places have to stack.
Matarazzo just won the Copa Del Ray becoming he first US manager to win a European trophy, beating Atletico Madrid on penalties. He took over Real Sociedad in December and has them playing lights out. Cardoso came on for Madrid at 71 IIRC! Looked very calm and composed as usual.
Bournemouth, Brentford, and Brighton are the most perfectly unremarkable teams that just have an absolute method to modern EPL soccer.
Did we mention that Johnny came on as a sub in the Copa del Rey final today? Atletico lost on penalties to Sociedad, though.
Mazz is gonna be getting strong managerial looks for his Real Sociedad turnaround. Europe and the UK will be looking at that.
First American born manager to win a trophy in a top 5 league nation? Is that true? I guess it is.......................
Balo scores a penalty against Bryan Okoh and Auxerre. Monaco were down 2-0 at halftime but have tied it
BMG are one spot above relegation zone, Scally starting, against Mainz. Gio on bench. Hopefully Parma interest remains for a possible loan next season
BMG would love to loan, Neuhaus, their #10 in jersey and second highest paid player even more. Neither him or Gio are getting minutes and Polanski doesn't seem to view them as relegation battlers. Neuhaus's contract runs through 2027 and he is getting paid a salary no one else would pay so a sale is out of the question but maybe someone would pick up part of his salary on a loan.