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[–] niceville@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think there should be a hard salary/transfer cap to level the playing field

While this would 'level the playing field', it would just take money from the players and give it to the owners so I don't think this is obviously a good thing.

If you limit how much can be spent on players, that just means more money going into the owners' pockets. It's not like teams are going to lower prices because player salaries are lower.

[–] hybridtheorist@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I suppose there could be more profit sharing, or funds taken for lower leagues/grassroots football, or any number of good causes.

It's not like teams are going to lower prices because player salaries are lower.

Or perhaps they could put some sort of price cap in place so fans don't get ripped off. Wouldn't really work on match tickets as demand is still high now, even at those crazy prices, but replica shirts/merch, things like that.

Obviously you make a good point, but if we were to implement a hard cap, I think they'd also have to implement other plans to stop it simply being money going into the pockets of the owners of the richest clubs (as the smaller clubs wouldn't be affected by salary caps).

Hell, why not make the teams fan owned, so if there is profits being made, its going to the fans not some billionaire who can't even be bothered to show up to matches?