West Oxon U’s
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Blackpool look to be backing a salary cap.
Blackpool look to be backing a salary cap.
Wonder where they got all that income considering that would have been 65% of all their incomeThe season that Wigan won League One, they had revenues of 9.3m.
OK, that was augmented by a good cup run but still - they can easily sustain a wage budget well in excess of 2.5m. It would be crazy for an administrator - or any future owner - to support a wage cap that arbitrarily removed their competitive advantage at this level. If they were talking about capping wages at 5m, maybe. But 2.5m - way too low for a club like Wigan.
By the way, their wage bill that season? 13.6m! No wonder they won the league and gave us a good shoeing with that sort of financial advantage!
Do we think there may or not be an announcement today especially with the vote
Wouldn’t surprise me, probably a few brown envelopes to the EFL from clubs trying to get players in before the voteSure I read somewhere that the vote has been delayed until tomorrow.... might of dreamt that though!!!
Says that it has been delayed in today's OM articleSure I read somewhere that the vote has been delayed until tomorrow.... might of dreamt that though!!!
Are each division voting independently, or is it all 72 clubs combined? What if Championship and L2 agree and L1 doesn't? Will there be a consultation period while each club comes up with a suggested amount, then another vote as to which the league goes with, then another vote to decide whether everyone agrees to that figure, each of which will be delayed by a couple of weeks and afinal decision announced some time in march.
The Wigan Athletic you are referring to is gone.
The Wigan that comes out of administration, if a buyer is found, will be a shadow of the previous club.
Listen to what is coming from their administrator (strangely, remarkably similar to what the Bolton administrator was saying a year ago):
-They have debtors owed £millions.
-They have a huge wage bill that urgently needs paring (= fire sale of 1st team squad).
-Their ground sponsor (DW Sports) is also now in administration. (= more lost revenue).
-Unlikely any buyer in place before next season starts (= no buyer in talks).
So they start next season still in administration having sold any player they had that was worth anything, and unable to sign anyone other than frees and loans.
Chances of a quick return to the Championship = nil.
Chances of another unknown rich overseas 'punter' taking over is less likely after the last fiasco and given the scrutiny of the local MP.
I think all this points to a more modest investor where a salary cap might appeal.
Will the teams demoted to League one from the Championship have to comply immediately with a salary cap if it's voted in on Friday? If not, then they will have an unfair advantage over the rest of us. If they do have to, how do they deal with existing player wages which will almost certainly exceed the cap? Their high earners are on contracts and any attempt to reduce wages unilaterally to meet the cap will result in litigation for breach. It seems the only alternative is to offload players in order to comply and that won't be straightforward.If we include Tigers recent comments on RadOx, I think there are only 5 clubs who have stated publicly they are against the cap:
Oxford, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Ipswich and Plymouth Argyle.
I agree that Hull and Charlton will also likely vote against.
Wigan are not so straightforward - their vote will be cast by an administrator who is talking about the urgent need to slash their wage bill. He may think it easier to find a buyer for the club if a salary cap is already in place.
All the other clubs I've seen who've made their views known, including Peterborough, have come out in favour.
So maybe only 7 votes against, in which case it will pass, unless Doncaster and one other can be persuaded to abstain.
I think they get a season graceWill the teams demoted to League one from the Championship have to comply immediately with a salary cap if it's voted in on Friday? If not, then they will have an unfair advantage over the rest of us. If they do have to, how do they deal with existing player wages which will almost certainly exceed the cap? Their high earners are on contracts and any attempt to reduce wages unilaterally to meet the cap will result in litigation for breach. It seems the only alternative is to offload players in order to comply and that won't be straightforward.
Then so should all the other teams in League one.I think they get a season grace
Will the teams demoted to League one from the Championship have to comply immediately with a salary cap if it's voted in on Friday? If not, then they will have an unfair advantage over the rest of us. If they do have to, how do they deal with existing player wages which will almost certainly exceed the cap? Their high earners are on contracts and any attempt to reduce wages unilaterally to meet the cap will result in litigation for breach. It seems the only alternative is to offload players in order to comply and that won't be straightforward.
May as well not bother with a cap or FFP to much corruption in the gane as there is, these measures were brought in to make clubs sustainable and to make sure creditors are paidThen so should all the other teams in League one.