Originally posted by Satchmo Distel
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Put your cap on - salary cap in League One and Two
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Originally posted by Sits View Post
All the teams being franchises of the game itself must change the equation somewhat too, or is that just the NFL?
All North American professional professional sports are closed shops in which new club owners (whether via transfer of ownership of an existing club or "expansion") must be approved by the league (effectively the other owners). However, the much more common arrangement is for the clubs/franchises to be owned by individuals or small groups. MLS began with a "single entity" structure where clubs were owned by the league, but is moving away from that, while other leagues only will take a franchise/club into common ownership in a time of crisis and look to dispose of it to a "proper owner" as soon as possible.
While egregious violations of a salary cap could be sanctioned by a forfeiture or forced sale of a club/franchise, there has to be a case that came anywhere close to that.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostCan they get around that with "bonuses" or payments to a spouse or agent?
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The proposed sanction is a pound-for-pound fine. I think that's what I read.
Pompey and Sunderland are very cross. Diddums.
What I couldn't tell from what was put out was if the transitional arrangements re: relegated clubs from the championship would continue for ever or not. Seems reasonable to say "these are new rules, so clubs relegated this season get a workaround". But not in three years' time.
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The sop to the PFA (who still opposed it) was that contracts signed in the Championship won't count as breaching the salary cap in League One. Nobody mentioned a time limit.
It may mean clubs find it hard to sign players though because presumably the salary cap will have been reached. For example a club comes down with a ?5 million wage bill. They've hit the cap. Some players leave and their wage bill comes down to ?3 million. I don't think that would give them ?2 million to spend.
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