influence of money in football


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could it be done away with?

just thinking out loud here so go easy on me - i know it's very idealistic.

no transfer fees, teams can have a squad of 25 and are allowed to swap players rather than buy / sell / loan them.

all the players get paid the same basic wage.
There's a reason the maximum wage was abolished. Have you looked around the world at other models for top level sport, such as the GAA or American sports, which seem to be organised on a more egalitarian, even socialist basis? GAA is even genuinely representative, in that you represent the county of your birth.
 
Comparisons with American and Irish sports are a waste of time. No one else in the world plays these sports to a degree that would tempt a top player to take their talents abroad. Reducing player wages in any country would lead to an exodus of the most talented. Obviously SAFC wouldnt lose anyone but as mentioned upthread the best remaining players would still end up at the same players.
 
could it be done away with?

just thinking out loud here so go easy on me - i know it's very idealistic.

no transfer fees, teams can have a squad of 25 and are allowed to swap players rather than buy / sell / loan them.

all the players get paid the same basic wage.

gats receipts and revenue for all clubs gets put into a pooled fund. Ticket prices are set at a standard price across-the-board.

i know there are probably a lot of reasons why this wouldn't work but i think it would be good because teams would succeed or fail based on having good training, youth teams, clever management rather than a rich chairman.

Nowt the matter with influence of money in football as long as it's coming from the fanbase and not some sugar daddy or a collective TV deal. It goes towards counteracting the big-crowd-v-up-and-coming-talent that can destray some players (see wickham pre his Leeds stint).

Unless you want to go back to the days when the likes of Luton, Wimbledon and Derby were mainstays of our top division.

"gats receipts and revenue for all clubs gets put into a pooled fund":lol:. The football league was killing football in this country man...we were lucky if we got 20000, and you think the answer is to give more money to piss poor supported clubs (not disrespect to the few fans they have BTW) that happen to be in the top division????????????

DO YOU NOT WATCH THE NEWS????? THE LIKES OF BLACKPOOL HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDED MORE THAN ENOUGH CASH THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Comparisons with American and Irish sports are a waste of time. No one else in the world plays these sports to a degree that would tempt a top player to take their talents abroad. Reducing player wages in any country would lead to an exodus of the most talented. Obviously SAFC wouldnt lose anyone but as mentioned upthread the best remaining players would still end up at the same players.

:lol:

Can't even hold onto Bardo

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could it be done away with?

just thinking out loud here so go easy on me - i know it's very idealistic.

no transfer fees, teams can have a squad of 25 and are allowed to swap players rather than buy / sell / loan them.

all the players get paid the same basic wage.

gats receipts and revenue for all clubs gets put into a pooled fund. Ticket prices are set at a standard price across-the-board.

i know there are probably a lot of reasons why this wouldn't work but i think it would be good because teams would succeed or fail based on having good training, youth teams, clever management rather than a rich chairman.
who will provide the jumpers for the goalposts?

you'll never make the poor rich by making the rich poor
 
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