Ntini wrote:I could pass the fit and proper test - it doesn't mean I can fund a club. It's meaningless in terms of any relevant analysis of an individual's ability to own/run a club properly. The only purpose it serves is a mechanism to prevent known bad apples from owning a club again (such as Vaughan at Chester).
If the EFL were serious about their duty to protect the integrity of their leagues and their members, then they would have no option other than to introduce some form of regulation around salary caps. Too many clubs are spending beyond their means which leaves the leagues looking something like this:
Top 1/3 - Clubs overspending to gain promotion
Middle 1/3 - Clubs living within their means with no real consistent chance of gaining promotion
Bottom 1/3 - Clubs living within their means with a small budget and struggling to compete / Clubs that have spent beyond their means and are now struggling financially
The PL will never buy into a salary cap as it will detract from their product (attracting the best players in the world on ludicrous salaries). But the EFL is being dragged along by those hunting for that 'prize'.
Bury (and possibly Bolton) will just be brushed off as collateral damage as the money juggernaut chugs on. Very sad.
A very good summing-up, and yes very sad for the clubs and fans affected directly and for football generally. Sadly, it's the commercial cut and thrust, boom or bust, financial economics that we have in our society, with little of charitable ethics from the top dogs, to prevent situations like this arising. It has spoiled the sporting competition for League One this season, and knock-on effect for League Two at the end of the season. Not good for the game.
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:22 pm