What problems could arise for the game if salaries were capped?

Question

What problems could arise for the game if salaries were capped?

Answer 1

it really depends on what kind of wage cap system is in place - whether its a cap on player or team wages. either way it wont deter any youngsters from pursuing footballing as a career path, it will still result in getting paid handsomely for doing a job that he/she loves. but i must say i believe it is a very bad idea - to put a limit on one's earning potential. that isnt the case for top performers in other industries, so it should be for footballers - they should be compensated according to their worth.

if implemented as a club cap on wages, it would serve to increase competition within the league that implements it (such as the EPL), but would place those clubs at a disadvantage in other competitions (ex: champs league). but at the same time, clubs would find creative ways around it (write contracts that would result in varying wage rates for each year based on what other players wage rates are). but then we'd see alot of players getting big signing bonuses, then transferring from club to club within a few years based.

all in all, a bad idea.

Answer 2

No unmanageable problems would arise whatsoever, although it would be best if it could be done by international worldwide agreement.



But if not the UK should go it alone and introduce the caps NOW. May be it could be done in the next Budget by the Chancellor imposing a 99% tax on any footballer earning above the avearge national wage in the uk?



May be the spoiled brats would try going on strike or something, which they did do once before many years ago, but if that meant no matches were played for a few weeks would we honestly miss them. We have plenty of other sports to watch on Saturdays if we want to like rugby.



If it meant most foreign stars would not come to play in the British leagues for teams like Arsenal, Chelsea and Man united any more HOORAY, that would be the best thing that has ever happened to British football for years and the Premier League would start becoming interesting again with all teams having an equal chance, not just those with a multi billionaire's pocket behind them?

and our domestic game would benefit if British clubs had mainly British players like they used to.



Then our national teams would start winning instead of all being humiliated and disgracing this country, and hopefully the childsih antics like players dropping their trousers to show their undepants when they score a goal would cease.

Answer 3

In my opinion players wages are far to high, with some players earning £120,000 a week or approx £3,000 per hour. They aren't in football for the sport these days, they are in it for the money. Football is supposed to be a passion, but the passion is the money.



Players wages should be capped world wide then it would give players from lower divisions a chance. Also teams should be limited to how many overseas players are allowed to play in any one team at any one time,. Where would all the top teams be if they didn't have foreign players or pay wages the same as the lower divisions, they would be nowhere.



This is why the England team are so rubbish because there isn't enough English players that are being given a chance to prove themselves at the higher level and never will. For me to earn what professional footballers earn in a week it would take me about 10 years and it is scandalous especially with some many people living well below the national average. They are just greedy and think they are so much better than anyone else when they are not.



Give them the minimum wage and lets how they manage on that. Plus the cost to go and watch a football match these days is far to expensive.

Answer 4

I don't see why they should be paid millions and millions of pounds for PLAYING (no, not WORKING), a sport as a career.



What are the basic requirements for playing in a premiership club?



Physically fit.

Learn the game well.



At the end of the day, that is hardly anything to be paid such stupendous wages over.



Let's have a look at another job that requires the same and a lot more.



Military Forces basic requirements.



Physically fit.

Take orders as if you were a slave.

Risk your life on the whim of a single person.

Spend hundreds of hours memorising drill formations, battlefield tactics and teach others the same etc.

Paid a horribly unfair salary of around £17,000 P/A.



Do I think a cap on footballers salaries would be good? Yes.



Do I think footballers are extremely spoiled? Yes.



If the players did all leave to join other clubs it would only serve to disgrace England and make a mockery of the sport itself and frankly I would rather they did leave if they give up playing for their country for more money.



Premiership football ticket prices are blown way too much out of proportion. It may sound stupid, but they should honour us for going to watch them.



Have you ever played a sport with an audience/crowd watching you and experience the feeling which come with that? It's great and not many people would put a price on that.



Say a single person budget for food shopping is about £75 a week.



A football ticket for a top club is about £50. So how is it they reckon watching one football match is more than half as important as keeping enough food in your body to stay alive?



Just a note, £200k P/A is just under what a Superintendent (UK Police) earns, which takes well over 15 years of hard work and commitment. Not 10 years of practising a game of football.



They sure as hell do a lot more than a football player.

Answer 5

This question has been asked many times by football fans, but it's good to see a world class player asking it.



In a perfect world maybe it could work, but in reality there'd be so many problems implementing it.



First thing to remember is that it needs to be all or none. FIFA would have to place caps on every league or players will just move, especially players moving between clubs in EU member states. Then you've got to tell the top players that they're getting a paycut, which wont go down too well with the players union, not to mention the other people effected by it like agents and wags.



But if you do manage to convince them, you've got other headaches to worry about. The exchange rate will be a factor, if all the major leagues were capped in euros it would be difficult to set it fairly in the UK due to flactuating exchange rate with the pound. Plus there's the tax rates in individual countries, clubs in countries with high tax rates will have trouble getting the best players.



It's a good idea, but it just wouldn't work. It really needed to be implemented earlier, before football became this coperate machine, making billions.

Answer 6

i am devastated that england has not qualified we were definately better under svens management (see how well man city are doing ) i do think the players get paid too much money but i think if their pay was cut it would cause more intensity in the team. I was appalled to see gerard playing brillantly for liverpool so soon after england losing out why couldnt they play that good for their country ? Mclaren had the pick of the bunch but in such an important game failed to put out the A squad and then to make matters worse england had no form and the game was significantly lacking the normal star quality that these players can deliver.How about if the players lost they dont get paid an incentive to work harder i dont know but we have to make some serious changes in order to regain some dignanty back lets hope the new manager can turn things around

Answer 7

Players wouldn't have their unfairly lavish lifestyles for kicking a bag of wind around a small field. But that's a problem for players, not the ordinary punter, who works a proper job every week and footballers salaries capped might mean more affordable season tickets. The chairmen of clubs would deserve their lavish lifestyles for capping player salaries in order to make going to matches easier for the punter. Though I would never advocate salary capping on a REAL job. So In the long run everyone would benefit. The gains would far out-weigh the problems because players would still be earning extortionate amounts of money.

Answer 8

Why does Tiger Woods attract the attention of NON-golfers?



Why is Yao Ming regarded as the Most Successful Sportsman in China?



Why is Davd Beckham (not Ronaldinho, Zidane and definitely not Samuel Eto) The World's Best Selling Brand?



The game would unlikely suffer drops in playing standards if salaries were to be capped. Players want to play the best possible in the FIFA World Cup - it's the dream of every footballer to win football's top prize, not so much the money.



If players salaries are capped, Club Owners, FIFA, the Media, the Football Business will continue to reap untold billions of euros in revenue while You, the Professional Footballer are limited to a certain sum. Hey you can't play 20 years you know. Darn silly to contemplate this thought.

Answer 9

Why cap salaries? Why not just make it a requirement that the player lives in the town he will represent for at least 5 years before he can join the club and has to relinquish his place if he moves out of the catchment area. This would open the game to the local talent and stop the over paid foreigners who have taken over the game.

Answer 10

I believe that it wouldn't make a difference at all. It would mean that less clubs having to go into receivership as they would have to spend less on wages, The clubs would be able to lower ticket prices so more fans could attend games and players would find another way to increase their personal wealth through investments and other stuff.

Perhaps it would be better to ask if the wages are justified.

I've heard talk in the past that wages for footballers are high because it's their trade and if they're injured so they can't play anymore they need some sort of retirement plan but what about rugby players? Out of both groups of sportsmen who is more likely to suffer a career ending injury?

I'm not pro rugby by the way but i'm not pro football either, i just think it's a debate worth discussing.

Answer 11

The problems could only arise for the ball-kickers!

Everybody else (and particularly the supporters) might be a lot better off.

Restricting the foreign players and capping the salaries would also help the England team selection.

Answer 12

Other countries would offer larger salaries and then the players would move abroad for the increased salaries, the Premier league would then have less talented players, so the Premiership would not be as good, so less countries would pay to watch it. So a loss of jobs and a relatively small part of the economy would suffer. Although on the plus side, there would be less football on tv, and less Sky Sports with their dramatic, over the top 'the day today' type coverage.

Answer 13

some players earn so much they have a problem being motivated, and there would not be a problem maybe the money that these greedy players we keep saying only have a short carreer is a joke there is other jobs after they finnish as we all work to pay and watch some overrated players , maybe the tv money could be spent on the english game for the future as this would also bring up a lot of english players at the moment it goes overseas , we won the world cup many years ago , in a time of great english goalkeepers and players what has gone wrong total player greed ,

Answer 14

If salaries get capped, the clubs have more money to pay everyone instead of spending it on two or three players. In addition if salaries are capped, players will be rewarded for good performances because that doesn't get accounted for. Therefore everyone would be playing harder to get that win bonus and the game will become better.

Answer 15

The approach taken by American football could be workable. Individual salaries are not capped but the entire teams wages bill is and it is then up to the management to decide how it is allocated.



I'm quite sure there are an infinate number of ways around it to boost the bottom line incomes of the players but it's a start.

Answer 16

Errr none. In fact it would be a good thing. The majority of vastly over-paid foreign players would go into the Italian & Spanish leagues probably. But the main point is that English talent would have a greater chance of coming through. And that can only be a good thing in the long run for English football and the England football team. It's great having a well paid league but it's gone too far and there is too much money. There is no incentive for players to play anymore and it's disgusting.

Answer 17

lol Samuel you're really getting into the whole cyberlife aren't you? Must suck being injured though. I'd rather you as a centre forward than Henry anyday.



Anyway, if salaries were capped then we'd be seeing a lot of footballers advertising grocery items and more merchandise. Some idiots (like John Terry) would cry and fuss about not getting their 120,000 pound payment per week and then we'd see all these decent players going to play for American teams with a lot of money e.g. Beckham.

Answer 18

They shouldn't cap salaries for individual players. They should do it the saem way as the NFL. So the team would get a maximum wage budget. So for example £500,000 a week maximum for the team. So if teams want star players such as you, (eto'o) and would pay £130,000 then they would only have £370,000 for the rest of the team/squad. This would encourage teams to bring through rookies/youth players because they could pay these players much less than the 'star' player. So teams would sign some 'star' players and some youth players and get a good balance for the team.

Answer 19

None. Better yet why not create a reward system where the player who plays the best gets more money? Difficult to start up and implement but worth a look into.



There are a number of reasons why english national football is shocking dull and bad, high salaries is one reason which contributes to players being complacent and lack lustre because they know they are gonna be filfthy rich from one wage packet! High salaries brings in international talent and forgets local and homegrown talent.



Capping salaries would not mean all english footballers fled overseas and if it did it would just go to show that english premier league players really do just care about the money and not the teams and fans they are playing for. But anyway if all the money grabbers did b*gger off it would allow new homegrown talent to start and find the next best players after which my reward system which i spoke about first off could kick in and keep those players in the UK!

Answer 20

If every football league in the world had a fixed salary for all players. I don't think anything would happen. The players won't be able to revolt against it. In fear of having to justify their high salaries to the media. I think they should all earn an average salary of £1 million a year. Plus additional advertisement & endorserment deals.

Answer 21

Cap the player's wages but leave coach salaries uncapped.



This way we will attract top coaches to train mainly english players as foreign players move abroad. This will ultimately improve standard both domestically and internationally.



We will also lose those english players who do not wish to play for their country as I would not select them if playing abroad - just for the money. It would be their choice. Personally, I would much prefer to have a World Cup winners medal than all the money in the world. Most english players are so dim that they would not be able to cope living abroad in any case.

Answer 22

The problems that would arise from capping salaries would come from the over-intrusion of peripheral incomes which would flood in to fill the gap. This would have a severely detrimental effect on the game, as players' time and attention would be on their engagement diaries rather than the next big match.



People need to get over this envy of 'overpriced' footballers. There are dozens of other professions where people are paid way over the odds, but because joe public would actually rather LIKE to play football for a living, they doubly resent those who (1) play football for a living and (2) get paid a mint to do so. Get over it. Enjoy the match.

Answer 23

It would make no difference whotsoever. The game was played before without the heavy salaries and it would still continue to be played with or without them. Would the players say "oh no, this isn't paying enough, i'm going to be a window cleaner instead"?. The only real change will come from the whining, miserable, bitter sad sacks who keep on complaining about it. The amounts players recieve are indeed far too high and uneccessarily so, but then football is a multi trillion $ industry so it really isn't a surprise.

Answer 24

First you have to look at why the players are paid as much as they are. The basic reason that John Terry gets 100,000+ a week is because someone else apart from Chelsea is willing to pay that. A salary cap has to be implimented not just across Europe, but worldwide, so therefore has to be done by FIFA.



If then FIFA say that no-one can pay more than 20,000, Terry (and his agent, and other top players, and their agents) will still look for someone to pay 100,000.



The reason a cap works in rugby and the American based sports is that the players have nowhere else to go because the sports aren't popular enough. With football, all that would happen is that a league would be formed outside of FIFA jurisdiction (FIFA haven't got a "copyright" on the game of football), invite all the best players and pay them the market rate.



The consequences of that could be interesting. The players in the new league couldn't play in the world cup or any other FIFA international tournament, but the new league may start their own world cup. The new league could tweek the rules in all sorts of ways, and we might end up with two codes, like in rugby. So to sum up, all the best players would jump ship to a more lucrative league, and the premier league and all the FIFA competitions would be full of sub-standard players.

Answer 25

if sports have to be regulated like essential commodity then where is free market economy.

Is the football a universal service obligation that has to subserve large public interest so as to bring under regulation.

Would the Govt consider capping the service/professional charges of prostitutes, they operate in free economy.

Is the govt considering regualting the salary of top brass of utlity services like telecom, electricity , gas, etc.

The way some responder have argued they may ask bedroom activies be regulated by Govt.

if it is considered, are horse racing bets to be regulated .

High fees affect what segment of society --gamblers?

does labor govt has no work than to get in to the where wages of labor do not effect economy

Answer 26

Let me begin by saying how much I admire you as a sportsman and what's more, a highly skilled one. I love to watch you play and I can't wait to see you back to full fitness and a regular feature of the Barcelona team (I've been a Barça fan since I moved to Spain in 1993).



I'm a firm believer in market forces and the market for quality football is enormous, I, as a football fan, like to sit and watch 90 minutes of quality. Only the best players supply that. If salaries were capped, it would remove part of the motivation that leads to individual players putting the best of themselves into the spectacle that football provides. As long as football is generating the money it does in our society, a substancial majority of that money should go to the players. It's like asking: "Should Brad Pitt be paid what he is for each film?", well of course he should, he is what is behind generating the money his films make due to his talent (not just his 'good looks', I'm a heterosexual man and recognise his talent as an actor, just as I recognise the talent of a good footballer).



The problems that could arise therefore (in my humble opinion) by capping salaries, would all be associated with demotivation and the ensuing decrease in the entertainment factor that football (or indeed any sport) provides.



There will always be jealousy and resentment towards those who "achieve", usually from those who don't. Let them devote themselves to an aim and become the best in their fields before they take the liberty to criticise.



In short, I don't care how much you earn, as long as you continue to give all you've got to give to the fans (who pay your salary) and continue scoring those goals for your club or country that are eye candy for us fans.



Samuel, you have my fullest respect as a footballer, an entertainer and a human being. I wish you the very best, wherever your career takes you.



"Força Barça!"



Psymon.

Answer 27

what problems would it solve would be a better way to look at it. Lets see maybe players would start to play the game within the rues rather than cheating all the time, maybe it would become affordable to more people to visit the game, maybe we would be able to get back to some decent programmes on the telly, maybe we would be able to get soem other sport on the telly, maybe everybodies lives would improve, in fact the growth in the domination of football or gutlessball is abetter name can be linked back to the moral and ethical decay in society. the loss of manners, the rudeness, the lack of cleanness and self respect all because some people who can't do anything better than kick a bit of pig skin round a field are seen as heroes. You are universally a bunch of cheating self interested children with little skill and making no real contribution to my great country so go home

Answer 28

All the footballers would die because they could no longer afford their extravagant lifestyles and therefore no women would like them and they'd never get laid...



Really, they kick a ball from one ond of a field to the other and try to get it in a net. Why should they get paid MILLIONS for it?



I'm not trying to say there isn't a great deal of skill involved, there really is, but what about all the other jobs that require a great deal of skill that aren't in the public eye? Why do those people have to struggle by on minimum wage while empty-headed lads do their dream job for a living?



On a serious note though, teams would probably go bankrupt less often because they could afford to keep their players on, and smaller or 'not as good' teams could afford better players, therefore opening up the competition to more than three teams who just happen to have all the money and all the best players.



That's my "I have no idea whatsoever about football" person's viewpoint.

Answer 29

We need to review the salaries paid to professional footballers. The current situation is out of control. They are well overpaid and do not deserve to be. Earning over £130k A WEEK is obscene. They contribute nothing of value to society because they have failed at every turn since '66 to do anything outstanding. There should be a pay scale for each division and each player in each division should be paid the same.

Answer 30

No problems, i hope the salary cap is put at abotu 50 - 100 k a year for top footballers and that is still earning a busting amount

Answer 31

there would be more underhand payments to intice players to a specific club. also, the standard of living in each country would be a huge impact. if the cost of living in london is 3 times that of say madrid?? evry decent player would head for madrid as you'd get more for your money? i do think that it could be capped at say 75k a week, for top people, and dont forget that there are other business out there that rip it up aswell, look at music, decent bands struggle to earn a good living and then you get moguls like simon cowell and X factor goons that earn stupid amounts purely from expoiting someone else's talent? i dont hear people complaining about that? there must be a certain amount of high profile high paid players in football as these are the people kids look up to and strive to be, what should happen is, money should be taken away from the players and given to grass roots sports etc, when these players bring the game into disrepute. more fines for diving , surrounding the ref, red, yellow cards etc.

Answer 32

The best players in the world would move to a market where salaries were not capped, the market is way better at regulating this that any human would possibly do...

Answer 33

It would have to be a worldwide cap endorsed by FIFA otherwise players would simply "jump ship" to the country that pays the most.



One of the biggest problems is the fluctuating currency conversion rates and fluctuating inflation and cost of living. One worldwide cap would not work.



A UK only cap would be a disaster for the Premier League since suddenly nobody would wish to play here.

Answer 34

There is no chance at all for that happening. The moment they try (UEFA + FIFA) to introduce that, the moment the inevitable SUPER LEAGUE will be formed. The picture is quite big and a complicated one as well. Arsene Wenger said that Arsenal Fans wants to FIRST win the champions league and then win the World Cup. Rooney when asked said he would opt to win Champions League rather than World Cup. National coaches are leaving their posts and moving on to club football simply because the money is too much to turn away.

Answer 35

I don't think there would be a problem at all. The players get paid far too much money. Half of them do not earn their money anyway. There is shameful behaviour on the pitch with fouls, and of course the dives and more importantly intimidating the referees. Can anyone explain why it is the Managers that get sacked and not the players!!! After all it is they that are not doing the job properly!! I say their wages should be capped and even reduced for bad performances and for their bad behaviour towards the officials.

Answer 36

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Answer 37

you start from the premise that there would be problems, however this is not likely to be the case. would young men really not choose football as a career if the salaries were capped? i don't think so.

the benefits to the english game would be that there may be fewer foreign players playing in our leagues, therefore the young english players would get more first team experience.

Answer 38

No problems at all. Over-paid players would get much less money and fans would pay less for tickets.



Salaries in football are beyond a joke. Greedy players and agents are ruining the game. They should stop taking so much and give something back.

Answer 39

There's no need for a salary cap, it disrupts development. These teams are ultimately businesses and these fans will pour their hearts out whinging about it but it doesn't make any difference. A salary cap would just lead to players moving where their wasn't a salary cap! And players would fund themselves in different ways, like advertising. And you'd have loads of players wanting to get to the salary cap limit.

Answer 40

Wages should be capped world wide by FIFA. one thing that these overpaid players fail to realise is that it was the supporters of years ago that made football what it is today, and it is now those supporters that are banned from the games as being one of those supporters, I am now a pensioner and could not afford to go to the matches. As they live it up on mansions , parties, booze, drugs and prostitutes, don't they realise that it is the working class who are being fleeced just to prove the point that it is taking from the poor to make them rich.

Answer 41

For the players None : the players would not get as many Ferraris

Most of them cant even spell their car's name !

many foreign players own towns back home !!!

For what they do the money is ridiculous just aspin off of what happens in the USA. Endorsements are fine but clubs should only pay reaslistic wages .

For Club &Country : UK would get back to getting beter commited young players and less foreigners .

maybe England woul be internationally rated and qualify for the next world cup &Euro 2012

Dont hold you're breath .

Answer 42

i compare football to rugby, when ive seen interviews with rugby players they always come across as very intelligent are most likely would be architects or lawyers. But the footballers bless them left school before they could spell and you can tell when they are being interviewed - they dont exactly have the most diverse vocabulary. Football is a great game and has great speed and tactics - but i cannot abide the people that play and support it. To see earning this much money from being able to kick a ball well and recieve so much media and public worship, when there are lads in places like Iraq risking their life for their country for bugger all pay - and they call footballers heroes?

Answer 43

True talent would surface, if you are payed for scoring goals and you don't you are not fulfilling your contract of employment. If you are paid to pass a ball and cannot you are not fulfilling your contract. If money is your motive you should not be there. Preparation is the key, and you look at the job first. England have always talked a good game, unfortunately other teams leave their talking for on the pitch. Don't tell me your a good player, show me.

Answer 44

What problems? They get paid a stupid disproportional amount of money for what they do in the field in any case.



So effing what if they were capped, if anything they should be capped to IMHO 100K a year, not allowed to endorse products, produce other products unless they left the game and any form of advertising. If they do they should lose all entitlements to play.

Answer 45

If the clubs are prepared to pay the stupid high wages, then the players will accept them - wouldn`t you?

It`s the fault of all the major football clubs not just the footballers.

How would you enforce a cap on salaries? It would result in court cases lasting for years & years.

Once the fans decide enough is enough and refuse to pay the ridiculous high prices for a season ticket, which only allows the holder to watch league home games. The supporter has to pay out again if he/she wants to watch an away game or cup matches.

I would never pay the ridiculous prices asked for a season ticket, just to line the pockets of an overated egoisic `footballer`.



Football has lost touch with the ordinary - true - football supporter.

Answer 46

HI SAM

WHILE I DONT THINK THE PROBLEMS WOULD THAT BAD FOR THE ENGLISH GAME IT COULD IMPACT ON OTHER COUNTRIES



1) IF THE SALARIES WHERE CAPPED WOULD IT STOP TOP STARS COMING TO ENGLAND? THEY THEN IN TURN WOULD GO TO THE LEAGUE PAYING THE BEST MONEY IN A SLIGHTLY SIMILAR TO WHEN ENGLISH FOOTBALL TEAMS WHERE NOT IN EUROPE MOST OF THE BEST PLAYERS WENT TO ITALY SPAIN GERMANY & FRANCE ET AL!

2) IF THEY DID GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD THAT MEAN A BETTER LEAGUE FOR THE ENGLISH YOUNGSTERS TO COME THROUGH AS THERE WOULD BE MORE SPACES TO FILL?

3) HERES AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU!

IF THE MONEY STOPPED AT CHELSEA WHERE WOULD THE DROGBA'S TERRY'S LAMPARD'S GO AND WHO WOULD FILL THE SPACES LEFT?



SO TO SUM IT UP YES THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS BUT THEY MAY NOT ALL BE BAD PROBLEMS OK



THANKS FOR READING MY REPLY

ANTHONY

Answer 47

In a free market economy the price of goods or wages are determined by supply and demand. So next summer as people will watch less football, sky and others income will fall, in turn football clubs and the FA will receive less money and the players will be paid less as a result.

Answer 48

The game would be more beautiful and the capped salaries could be reinvested in to sports training and new swimming pools, fields and ski slopes !

Answer 49

Would the youngsters still want to be footballers with less money being paid, we might have a lack of players in the future if they don't. Give them a living wage with a bonus if they win as an incentive to play well. One good thing would be no Wags.

Answer 50

i could see nothing but improvements. people who are in the game only for the money could **** off abroad and people who want to actually score goals and play for the love of the game would be on the pitch. No one deerves the money these guys get , earning in a week what a nurse earns in 3 years - its a bottomless pit, laws of nature, what goes up must come down...

Answer 51

I guess the fans would be disgruntled if their favourite players were no longer there. I think football players have got too greedy and the whole sportmanship of the game has become poor as players only care about their bank balance. The fans who have to fork out the cash lose out.

Answer 52

what kind of wage cap system is in place - whether its a cap on player or team wages. either way it wont deter any youngsters from pursuing footballing as a career path, it will still result in getting paid handsomely for doing a job that he/she loves. but i must say i believe it is a very bad idea - to put a limit on one's earning potential. that isnt the case for top performers in other industries, so it should be for footballers - they should be compensated according to their worth.

if implemented as a club cap on wages, it would serve to increase competition within the league that implements it (such as the EPL), but would place those clubs at a disadvantage in other competitions (ex: champs league). but at the same time, clubs would find creative ways around it (write contracts that would result in varying wage rates for each year based

Answer 53

It coul;d only improve what is a best a pathetic excuse for the flagship of british sport



Played by liars cheats and self indulging moneygrabbing whingers.



Cut the pay to zero thats the solution

Answer 54

A decrease in god complex. People playing for the passion not the money. Lack of 'psuedo' injury time off. A game the nation can be proud of. Hero worship by our kids for the skill and passion and not for the materialism and sham imagery. I personally think it would save the game but it's too late for that.

Answer 55

They should be reduced across the board by about 90%. To pay a footballer £120,000 per week is totally unjustifiable.Even ten thousand a week would be an excessive salary.

Answer 56

none, they should get a reality check.. football is about money now.. it's ruined..



i feel sorry for the fans who pay out for tv subscriptions and £800+ for a season ticket..



oh and as for the English team.. limit it to 2 foreign players a side.. and they wonder why the English side isn't better..



e.g. prime example.. we don't exactly have a lot of english goal keepers to choose.



half of the other countries national teams , the players play in the uk normally , thats a JOKE.

Answer 57

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Answer 58

If the whole world capped salaries then players would have to accept it but if only a few countries did then players may move where the money is

Answer 59

"we would not get the world class players over here, and the world class English players would also go abroad. it would be the death of the domestic game" HAHAHAHAHAHA are you serious nick??? what world class players?? Frank Fatty Lampard??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh please. the last world class player england had was Paul Gazza Gascoigne, and that's already a stretch labeling him world class seeing how he was drunk off his *** most of the time. if england really did have world class players, A) some of them would already be playing abroad (no, MLS DOES NOT COUNT), B) they would be already qualified to the Euro Cup '08 and C)they would already be recognized as favorites for the cup in '08. Instead, all your players this summer will be living it up comfortably in Ibiza, spending all their money on prostitutes and recreational drugs and not doing a thing until the start of next season's premier league (apart from putting on weight). A salary cap in the Premier League would only slap right off the smug pretentious looks on the faces of these overpayed underperforming pretty boys.

Answer 60

nothing, footballers r paid 2 much anyway. they should be able to play well even if they were playing for free.



the problem with the game is, the premiership has 2 much control over the national team, the team don't gel together well as a team and the "never say die" attitude which is so obvious in the rugby team is non existent in the national football team.



adios amigos



Richard

Answer 61

i dont think they will be hardly any problems



some good points

clubs could spend the extra money they have on improving stadium facitlities etc better toilets cheaper tickets for fans more security at home games more comfortable seats for fans to use

easier disabled ascess to games more coaches to be taken to and from home games

better treatment for players who have injuries and better equipment for players to use

more quality gym equipment, better training

more money could be spent on devolping youth players instead of buying from abroad and home grown players can help the national side



some bad points

clubs could go into debt if players wages go even higher as they cannot afford high wages

the teams top players could be sold to raise money to pay wages for the rest of team and if they clubs top players are sold there will only a few good players left in team and there will be no money to buy new players because money has been spent on paying the players that are left

Answer 62

The Top players would move to the next Country where they could still be earning the same if not More!

It would have to be a World wide wage Cap, but then there would be so many loop-holes it would Never Work!

Answer 63

The sale of very expensive cars would decrease.

Seriously, if players were paid a reasonable amount instead of being overpaid to the point of vulgarity, and more home grown players were brought in to every team in the premiership, things might improve for the whole of the game, but I have been saying this for years.

Answer 64

There would no doubt be arrangements made to set up secret off shore Bank Accounts for certain of the top most sort after players. It would then be a simple case of paying them 'up front' salaries within the stated guidelines within the UK, whilst much larger 'back handers' would be paid direct to their secret accounts.

Answer 65

the worst thing for the game, was the removal of the cap in the early 60s.

Answer 66

Very little really for many Premiership players will still receive indecently high wages. What else could many of them do if they left football. Some of the more gifted players could move abroad.

Answer 67

players would want more bonuses and endorsements. I could see some players doing endorsements all year around which would affect their game.

Salaries should not be capped but players should be fined large amounts ( 4 weeks fine is nothing) if they do something wrong like drink-drive.

Answer 68

I totally agree with fairwaether. Reasonal pay for work you do.

there would be no primadonnas who think that they can do as they like as most like royals think they are above the law. as said, must be accross the board accross Europe. and let's us have home Country teams consist of players who ARE playing in the whatever Country and not pulled back from abroad. In my oppinnion if a player or any other sportsman decides to live and play abroad should not elligble to for his/her home country.

Answer 69

salaries arent the issue



we need a manager who picks players depending on form regardless of their salary or name



incidently i think every month a player should get a salary depending on their performance that month and recieve a predtermined set amount if they dont play or are injured

Answer 70

All the spoilt little babies will spit out their dummies.

You guys arent doctors,you do nothing but whinge and kick a ball around,badly most of the time,its a joke.



Beckham is the biggest tool of the lot,with that anorexic bag of rubbish he calls a wife,that tramp should be cleaning toilets.

Answer 71

Lower league teams may not be able to fund their players wages. Players in the higher leagues would be able to top up their wages with endorsments of products, however they would also be in a vulnerable position of having commercial contracts that could interfere with their club commitments. I also think that the clubs could be at risk of being accused of fiddling wages and the media would constantly be looking at ways of highlighting this.

Answer 72

They shouldn't need to be paid at all, or if they are paid, only pay them for the games they win, this would make them realize that they cant just play and get paid they have to win. aka they have to earn there pay. They should also scrap the ridiculous fees they charge for players moving clubs.

Answer 73

No Problems on capping salaries. But It has to come from FIFA and cover all leagues so no one league can unfairly entice players away.

Answer 74

Make the pay performance related.

The managers take the flack, and are sacked for poor results, but its the 11 men on the field who are responsible for their own actions (or 12 if they use a sub!!!!)

Answer 75

Excuse me Scotland a failure, our players are not Prima donnas, ok some of them play in the premiership, but they were in a hard draw, and did well so cmon give them credit and they moved up in the rankings and poor birmingham Mc Leish ????

Answer 76

None, smaller clubs would have a better chance of signing (so called ) big name players, and maybe and end to the "dominant" three or four clubs in all the top leagues. Ticket prices could fall and there would be less resentment from fans who pay extortionate prices to watch their teams.

Answer 77

A lot of foriegn players would leave and England Will have a bigger range of quality players for the International side. No problem as I see it.

Answer 78

We would have real football again instead of a bunch of over paid actors as we have now, you only have sneeze nears a player these days and he is on the floor crying.

Answer 79

A lot of the best players would choose not to come to play in the UK when they could earn a lot more playing elsewhere in the world.

Answer 80

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Answer 81

players moving around to find another team with a higher salary cap.(please join man.u )

Answer 82

With the exception of deflated egos, none. NO footballer is worth £130,000 a week (hullorerr John Terry), so bring it down to ALL footballers worldwide receive £500 a week and then let's see how passionate you are for the game.

Answer 83

More money could be spent on providing decent stadiums and facilities. Also, money could be invested in nurturing young players.



A lot of boot polish could be bought as well.

Answer 84

i don't think that is the problem, if the revenues are higher in the game and it is the players who perform the entertainment they should be paid their dues.



For example an actor is paid for his performance and if he/she is sucessful then in the next film they are payed more but if it fails they are paid less. if you are a successful Fottballer you should be paid more than that who is not but if you do not perform then you should be payed less.



of course the only things is if and when you are coming back from injury your performance should not be rated.

Answer 85

People would find out which players loved the game and which were really in it just for the money...... interesting. Plus Posh might leave David. x

Answer 86

Not too sure, but what i do know is that i should be a footballer, defensive midfield, nobody would get past me....and i only want £20k a week!



Put a good word in for me with Mr. Rijkaard!

Answer 87

None as far as I can see. The players wouldn't leave to go overseas because there is nowhere else in the world that pays them so much. The England squad might actually begin to care about playing for their country instead of how much money it makes them. The clubs would get more supporters going to the games as they would not be able to use players salaries as the excuse for the high cost of tickets and would be forced to drop the prices. The players might move away from the whole 'image is everything' phase they seem to be going through and start concentrating on their performance on the pitch which is what they are paid for - not appearing on the covers of glossy mags.

Answer 88

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Answer 89

That people would just get paid in other ways.



It happened in England before, and that is how clubs got round it. They would buy houses, cars and the like.



Jimmy Hill ended it http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/02/23/on_second_thoughts_jimmy_hill.html as footballers were being exploited. It would be interesting to see what he would have campaigned for if he knew what we know now!



There is one thing though, they money is one reason that people want to play football. It offers hope and inspiration to children across the globe. It would be fairer though to have a more equitable distribution of income. Many football players earn little, and careers can be ended by injury all too soon. And example of this is David Buust who ended his career all too soon after a horrific fracture at Sold Trafford. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1562253.stm

Answer 90

I am an Indian but I know about football the one and only problem is they will never play football and they will play basketball.

Answer 91

It means players would have to wait a little longer to get that red ferrari. The horrorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr can u imagine it samuel

Answer 92

Tickets could be cheaper and more people could watch the game. Therefore there would be more football hooligans and more people would get beaten to death at the weekends.

Answer 93

Maybe, Just Maybe, we would actually see football players, playing the game most, of the UK used to enjoy watching

.But then again, we would see I am sure, the disappearance of the prima Donna's, we have on the fields of play today,

Answer 94

The number of player tantrums would rise 2000%. Players would take their ball home. And competition would be more fair which would be absolutely terrible, wouldn't it?

Answer 95

the fans might not be so broke having to fork out a good portion of their wages to watch all you cheaters on the pitch who have the audacity to try and blame the ref for cheating

Answer 96

If that happened I reckon the average working man would be applying for professinal footballers jobs as long as they were fit, even the uneployed would be applying

Answer 97

It does sound nice but the Players wouldn't like it. It would be harder to out bid another club for a important player. The clubs could use the money for other needed things.

Answer 98

Clubs would be forced to invest in many young players at a grass roots level and commit to them over the years, rather than just come in, open their cheque books and take whoever they want.

Answer 99

I don't think it would cause any problems. Sure for about a decade all the current too highly paid players would ***** and fuss about it. I really don't see the harm in them earing say, £50,000, £100,000, £200,000 a year. But earning millions for what they do is ridiculous.

The gap between lower and higher tiers would decrease and clubs wouldn't need to charge such high fees for their tickets and could give the game back to the fans.

Answer 100

all the players would quit football and only the ones who truly love the game will be left behind.

Answer 101

All the players will do like David Beckham and go to a useless club in a useless league just for the paycheck.

Answer 102

The players would have a problem smuggling their fat brown envelopes out of the ground.

Answer 103

a lot of younger players, in boys teams would get a chance to play in the leagues.

Answer 104

Talk about closing the door after the horse has bolted! They do get paid too much for kicking a ball around a field badly as it turns out.

Answer 105

That would be brilliant Beckham would have to sell some off his houses Victoria Beckham would have to get a job (Maybe Tesco's would have her)

Answer 106

All the players would be relishing zero-motivation mode, naturally ! instead of living, sleeping & dying in the passion treated FOOTBALL.

Answer 107

I fear it would cause real problems with clubs being able to attract players. i.e. if two clubs offer the same amount of wages to the same player, they will always choose the bigger and most famous club. If Barcelona and Chelsea offered the same wages to me I would go to Barca because its a nicer place, climate, etc. But if Chelsea offer me £120k, Barca just £80k, then I will go to Chelsea.



Teams need to be able to compete for players in order for things to be fair.



Why shouldn't players be paid these ridiculous sums? We all love football, these guys who this would effect are the absolute world superstars and people love to watch them, clubs want them, they can earn a fortune for clubs as well. I say fair play to them.



I would prefer to see a footballer earn millions than some poncey actor making millions for acting in some film.

Answer 108

None, it could only be a great thing!

or we can carry on with the likes of

El Hadji Diouf ?

Answer 109

They can get lost and they can find another league to earn millions in. We could do with more homegrown talent anyway.

Answer 110

We would find out who loved playing football and who was in it for the money.

Answer 111

they cant cap salaries now its gone too far

Answer 112

corruption is in question. will player get more money illegally ? one has to analyse that a players career is short, only till 35 years maximum

Answer 113

well it would probably save the world because all the big names wouldnt be able to afford big gas guzzling 4 x 4's

Answer 114

If it was done just in the uk. All the first cass imports and home grown players will be off..

Answer 115

you would have to enter the real world ...........tough **** ....i work

bloody hard for £7 an hour .......enough said .

PS ...How dare you talk about wages , your wages are obscene

To me you are Vile .......you kick a piece of leather about and get paid 500 times more than a nurse..... i don't mind earning £7 an hour if a nurse is getting more than me for saving lives ....ok you should be ashamed of yourself ...... go away and **** off !

Answer 116

Well, let me see, I suppose you would have to go out and get a proper job and work for a living like most of us have to.

Answer 117

we might get some players who played for the club rather than the highest wage

Answer 118

Ide like to see footballers live on low wages. see how hard it is to know where your next meal is coming from

Answer 119

the ones who are in it for the money aka fake players would seek endorsements but the real players will stay and continue to play for the club that they love

Answer 120

They'd have to be capped in every country in the World.

Answer 121

It would be just like in america when the hocky league got a salary cap and everyone pitched a fit. There was no hocky played that season.

Answer 122

People like you would leave and play in Italy, or wherever the money was best.

Answer 123

The Premiership "stars" would have to settle for cheaper hookers and lower quality cocaine on their days off.

Answer 124

leagues could lose the chance to gain better players from abroad if salaries were not as inviting ?

and the gap between the big clubs and small clubs could inverably get bigger aswell !

but it would stop clubs from going into administration....

Answer 125

Many football will be put off playing.

Answer 126

youngsters wouldnt want to go into a career in footie? or er players would feel demotivated etc.

Answer 127

dispute between players and club will result in agony among the fans.

Answer 128

Footballers wifes would starve

Answer 129

Our tickets would become more affordable and the "average family" could afford to go and watch their team play!

Answer 130

Who cares what happens to football?

Answer 131

Their wives and girl friends would shop at the charity shops.

Answer 132

Kick and scream and go play in the USA, some of them are so spoiled

Answer 133

the game would totally change and football would no longer be the most dominate sport

Answer 134

none, in fact it would be beneficial for the rest of us if we didnt hear about the enormous amounts these gobshites were trousering .

Answer 135

it would go back to under the counter payments to sign the best players.human nature says if offered more even if illegal they will take it.

Answer 136

You would have to go back to McDonalds or get an education.

Answer 137

players would get their money via endorsements. Agencies and agents would have more power.

Answer 138

More home grown players would be in the teams.... but we would still lose....who ever we are.

Answer 139

All the primadonnas would throw a hissy fit.

Answer 140

I do not think that the paying public would think that this would cause problems!!!!

What problems would it cause you?

Answer 141

You can't blame their high wages



I blame their lack of passion and commitment

Answer 142

not much, the players could threaten to strike but if the directors stayed united and did not do secret deals the players would have to accept it or do something else and most footballers come from poor backgrounds and would not have much else to do.

Answer 143

then the over paid no marks would be in a serious predicament. POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

Answer 144

count ur self lucky that u earn good money considering how poor ur country is where u come from

Answer 145

Don't give a toss Yahoo

Answer 146

alot of page 3 girls would have to go back to work.

Answer 147

i think they earn too much anyway. it shouldnt affect the players skill, but i think they would complain about it a lot!

Answer 148

the only probelm would be the football players, every1 would be for it as the clubs spending less money and players would be playing for the love of the game again not the money!

Answer 149

Not as many as you seem to suggest.

Answer 150

Hopefully there wouldn't be any. People would realise that itz a good idea.

Answer 151

players will not feel the need to transfer

Answer 152

the ordinary fan might not get fleeced the way they are now

Answer 153

prostitutes, speed camera's and bookies will lose out on revenue.

Answer 154

we might start playing decent footy

Answer 155

one less Ferrari

Answer 156

Players won't be able to buy food, then they won't eat and won't have enough energy to play.

Answer 157

it wouldnt change, players would still command £20k a week, more than most people get in a year, thatd do them wouldnt it??

Answer 158

Players may revolt, rebel, etc. They may move away to clubs which offer better salaries, eg USA, and decrease the viewership of European Football. Players may refuse to play, this hurts the fans, etc.

Answer 159

Tears and tantrums.

Answer 160

Ooh, you're famous.

Answer 161

Those who could would do what Becks does.

By the way I didn´t know your English was so good!

Answer 162

i'm only answering your question samuel so i can tell you about slightlystoutbob's campaign to get more answers than you....

Answer 163

endless problems.

Answer 164

are you the real sammy eto'o

Answer 165

I think that the sport of football could become less desirable with less money going into players pockets.



ps. Please transfer to Liverpool fc!!!!

Answer 166

They would sell them selves to the highest bidder.

Answer 167

You would have to take a wage cut!!

Answer 168

People would not be happy!

Answer 169

The players wud switch to more endorsements and adds.

but i dont feel the players who really play football passionately would leave thier clubs for the sake of money.



i wud play for free for barcelona.

Answer 170

fat cats would have to run sensible cars and not chelsea tractors an other gas guzzlers... Oh what a shame!

Answer 171

what

Answer 172

it goes into"total oblivion"?I hope!.............

Answer 173

A load of spoilt brats will be throwing their toys out of their cots

Answer 174

we would not get the world class players over here, and the world class English players would also go abroad. it would be the death of the domestic game, we would never win another European trophy. And the national team would be full of championship players because the decent ones don't need the fitbin from Joe average, when they can sit on a bench in LA and make a fortune.



the problem with the English game is not the high wages, not the foreign influx its the moaning fans and the over expectant media. get behind the team not on its back!