You must be one of the working class i quoted Eagles, to much celebrity jungle tv by the sounds of it!

I know it's an admirable approach and many many people would agree with you but I'm starting to see why you aren't the director of a FTSE100 company (along with all the people that agree with you).

Let's put part of your idea to the test.

If it was £5 entry to Selhurst, on the basis of 20 home games a season at capacity, the club would stand to make an income of £2.5m per year. It probably costs around £1m per year just to maintain the ground and training facilities and around £100k in staffing to stage each game (£2m) per year leaving a £500k deficit before any players are paid. The low standard of football would mean that TV and sponsorship revenues would dry up, and the business plan would fail.... much like every attempt in history to make socialism work. Sorry.

All the business that support Selhurst Park would also fail, and the government would miss out in millions in tax revenue from players, VAT and all other directly and indirectly created employment. Less money would be available to invest in public services.

All the clubs privately financed outreach programmes would dry up, there would be no cage football or kicks scheme that have given the chance for Zaha, Eze, Mitchell, AWB, Clyne to become millionaires.

Local pubs and shops would go out of business reducing the amenities available for local people. There would be less demand for public transport so investment would halt.

I do have to say that I enjoy watching my own team or my mates far more than I enjoy watching Palace, but that doesn't scale up as spectators lose the connection with the players as the size of the crowd increases. A high quality product is need to attract more people to make the business sustainable.

Don’t get me wrong mate, I hate CEOs of big companies. They are mostly on a gravy train, asset stripping and moving on from company to company within a few years after screwing things up.

Rarely do you meet a CEO that cares unless it is their own business.

Lots of problems in the business world and the reason why I started working for myself at the age of 35. No simple answer to it although I do like the John Lewis model which links workers pay to overall company performance.

I suppose I’m a Conservative who likes some Labour policies, but I hate politics and politicians and believe it is down to business to get us out of the crap. Unfortunately I don’t think the business leaders are up to it either as they are mostly interested in feathering their own nests or shareholders pockets.

Bit of a rant I know!

I get you, some fair points mate, but not sure you are correct about the standard attracting the crowd. If everyone had the same standard player, all be it championship standard, but were playing in the top league, we would still see the same kind of games, win some, lose some, we would still pay to go, and the tv money would still come in as the fans would still be interested! Perhaps my only downfal is that tv rights across the world might fall more, but if every club had a wage cap the standard would be the same anyway!

It's not a matter of the standard. There would be no professional sport (at least without state sponsorship). You couldn't build and maintain the stadiums, that would accommodate the crowds, that would pay the players wages.

Their would be no framework to identify the best players from amateur football to tempt people away from their day job into an elite club.

The only people that would have the time to play in a nationwide league would be those with the resources to support a life of leisure.

Social mobility would be destroyed. Cronyism is far worst in socialist economies.

But the tv money pays for all that, and my point is we would still watch reserve teams and be willing them to win the league, and the tv money would be the same as tv viewing figures would stay same- if all football went same way worldwide