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View dreamwaverider's Profile dreamwaverider Flag London 23 Sep 20 7.57am Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

In light of banning all fans from grounds, other than the prem who rely on sky as their main source of income, how will other pro clubs survive? I think their main source by far is the gate, hospitality etc. Without that I can’t see their chairmen funding huge wages with no income.
This means player will effectively have to accept a few Bob each or their clubs will simply fold. This is looking very serious

 

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View CPFC1965's Profile CPFC1965 Flag Warrington 23 Sep 20 8.24am Send a Private Message to CPFC1965 Add CPFC1965 as a friend

The reality is that England has a disproportional number of professional clubs that have always existed hand to mouth. Maybe it is time to restructure the football league and salary caps across the board. Change the Championship into Premier 2, which it effectively is now but without the funding.

 

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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 23 Sep 20 8.30am

Eventually it will all even itself out, once players contracts come to an end. Going forward new player contracts will have to be for less. If you were on on 100k per week but now only get 60k then so be it, it’s still better than working on a building site for £150 a day

 


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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 23 Sep 20 8.37am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend


It is very worrying in Scotland. To take one example - Dunfermline, a mid-size Championship club (average home crowd 4620) made a profit of £5,644 in 2018 while many clubs were already operating at a loss.
At this level the promotion or relegation of one local rival or a cup tie against the Old Firm can make a big difference in terms of revenue.
It’s hard to see how clubs in lower divisions can survive.

 

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View dreamwaverider's Profile dreamwaverider Flag London 23 Sep 20 9.12am Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

Let’s be straight. This is ALL about players wages (managers too).
It will eventually boil down to whether they want to be pro players or not. I doubt the premier will share. Too greedy. Maybe they will be allowed to pick up lower clubs as feeders? They will be free by then.
Profesional footballers will need to get together to sort this out.
I can’t see any of the existing contracts being torn up. It’s what comes out of the ashes that counts.
Tradesman are now on £80k pa plus so I suppose when the game has adjusted we could be looking at say £250k pa. so much healthier.

 

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View CrazyBadger's Profile CrazyBadger Flag Ware 23 Sep 20 9.27am Send a Private Message to CrazyBadger Add CrazyBadger as a friend

I agree that Wages age the major outlay, and should be reduced if possible. But, if we reduce wages significantly - and this especially applies to wages in the Prem, whats to stop players simply moving abroad in search of better wages, and weakening our own league?

 


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View Dubai Eagle's Profile Dubai Eagle Flag 23 Sep 20 9.41am Send a Private Message to Dubai Eagle Add Dubai Eagle as a friend

In pretty much any industry, the best workers , achievers, players, performer (those in most demand) , will undoubtedly follow the money -

 

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View spartakev2's Profile spartakev2 Flag Anerley 23 Sep 20 9.53am Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

The big clubs will break away and form a european league, taking all the tv money with them....

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 23 Sep 20 10.24am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Some good points made I agree with most.

I think the era of crazy money for bang average players is coming to an end which is why I am not bothered that many of our squad are out of contract at the end of next season. With one or 2 exceptions I expect they will be offered less money.

How many of our squad would walk into another PL side? Those that can will be looked after if not by us by another club. The rest can moan as much as they like but a player on 50k a week who is not wanted on those terms elsewhere can be replaced from the Championship where the players and their clubs will be very keen to move.

It is quite likely that Sky and the big boys will form some kind of breakaway league however I do not want to see that and if it happens say goodbye to everything below the Championship.

As for our players going abroad, never going to happen. The better players have always had that option but the other major leagues are in a financial mess maybe even worse than us so the same rule applies great players will always be alright.

Worrying times if you love football, unfortunately the FA are spineless and the clubs selfish and greedy I really hope I am wrong about this.

Edited by Badger11 (23 Sep 2020 10.26am)

 


One more point

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View doombear's Profile doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 23 Sep 20 10.59am Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by CrazyBadger

I agree that Wages age the major outlay, and should be reduced if possible. But, if we reduce wages significantly - and this especially applies to wages in the Prem, whats to stop players simply moving abroad in search of better wages, and weakening our own league?


The same problem as here - Covid 19 with its various forms of lockdown, and I suspect foreign leagues are more dependent on matchday income than the Prem clubs.

 

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View Eaglehamster's Profile Eaglehamster Flag Storrington 23 Sep 20 10.59am Send a Private Message to Eaglehamster Add Eaglehamster as a friend

Originally posted by CrazyBadger

I agree that Wages age the major outlay, and should be reduced if possible. But, if we reduce wages significantly - and this especially applies to wages in the Prem, whats to stop players simply moving abroad in search of better wages, and weakening our own league?

Won't there be reduced wages worldwide?

 


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View Ginger Pubic Wig's Profile Ginger Pubic Wig Flag Wickham de L'Ouest 23 Sep 20 1.39pm Send a Private Message to Ginger Pubic Wig Add Ginger Pubic Wig as a friend

One of the best things about England is the depth of the game. These tiny clubs with fervent fans and rich histories.

It made me very sad when Bury folded. I have a massive soft spot for them (they're my 2nd team). It would be tragic to see 40 or 50 lower league sides fold.

You just have to hope they don't lose their stadia. If they don't, hope remains.

 


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