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Salary Cap

Premier League Should Emulate Major League Baseball’s Wage Structure

by tyduffy on February 25, 2009 · 10 comments

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore rejected the notion of a salary cap, suggested by UEFA.
“If you say 60% or 50% can be capped on wages, what it really does is absolutely lock in the natural order,” he told BBC Radio Five’s Sportsweek programme yesterday. “It would help the big clubs far more than the [...]

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Would A Salary Cap Combat Debt?

by tyduffy on October 8, 2008 · 3 comments

 
FA chairman David Treisman mentioned introducing a salary cap, to combat the “very tangible dangers” of the current financial climate.  Premier League clubs have a combined £3 billion of debt.  But, is wage expenditure really the most prominent issue?
Yes, players make an absurd amount of money for wearing short pants and playing a kid’s game.  [...]

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