Salary cap vital to NRL: Gallop

[hindmarsh4pm]

Scrap the cap, get rid of the thing. The NRL may be uneven for 2-3 years. Millionares will then come in and buy the clubs and run it. They will then have the money to buy the players they want, make the best teams.

You get Delmege to buy the eagles
Crowe will buy the bunnies
then before you know it, millionares come out and just start buying clubs.
Packer will buy roosters
Branson will probably buy one.

Who cares about the uneven comp, look at soccer in england and as many have already stated, worst teams are getting 30,000 a game and this is just a normal round game, the nrl can only dream of this right about now.

Make another competition for them teams who finish from say 5-10, they can play their own comp and at least they will be trying hard for another premiership, just like the uefa cup

Give teams money for the position they finish at the end of the year as well.

This all seems like alot of work, but it can be done, not over night, but over time this will save the game.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

"All restraints are illegal in some sense," Nolan said. "The test is not the illegality, it's the reasonableness of the restraint.

Crux of the issue...

There is an interesting discussion on the utility of the salary cap in the Adamson v NSWRL decision. However, in that case it was unnecessary for the ct to make any determination on the reasonableness of the salary cap after Adamson decided not to contest the issue.

 

[NGR]

now tell me if anyone other than man u, chelsea or arsenal will win the epl next year.

when was the last club outside these three to win the premier league?

liverpool:sarcasm:

 

[Hanscholo]

the salary cap has been responsible for a competition which has seen every team in the finals within the last decade & 7 different premiers in 10 years.
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And been responsible for every good side to be built in the last 15 years gang raped into mid table swill within 2 years of them winning a GF.

The salary cap only works when your the only game on offer, either that or you need to be the biggest on offer. We are neither, therefore it is failing in a way that people never expected it to. I dont think they can scrap it out right but it needs a massive overhaul in line with modern developments.

Id rather see 3 or 4 teams get the players than see them go to Union. Maybe make the cap proportional in relation to the income your club can generate like it used to be in the 90's, when sides were on different caps realting to their financial positions. That would at least stop one of the major issues i have with the cap and that is that it allows teams to stagnate with their finances rather than attempt to grow them.

 

[The Tank]

liverpool:sarcasm:

Dream on ;-)

 

[Perth Red]

Look at how crowds drop at most clubs when teams are in poor form. Now imagine that your team is one of those that can only spend a thrid of the other teams who come along and cherry pick your best talent each year. How many fans do you think will turn up for the 12 teams not able to spend gazillions on players?

 

[Pigskin]

Still, it is interesting that despite the disparity in the buying power between the clubs, it is still the most popular soccer league in the world, and the fans of the other clubs aren't crying out for a salary cap to even up the chances of their club.

good point !

Oink !

 

[Perth Red]

good point !

Oink !

reality is most clubs are either:

battling for survival
trying to get a good FA cup run
trying to get a European cup place
enjoying watching their team as underdogs battle against the glamour clubs and players

English soccer is a different beast altogether and like the NRL is incomparable to most sports.

 

[Noa]

keep A salary cap but scrap the ridiculous restriction on third-party payments. If a sponsor of a team whats to use a players for promotional purposes let em , without it counting towards the cap,as long as they pay market rates. The extra publicity league gets from that far outweighs the downside of things such as playrs having to move mid-season after one ore 2 years.

If it means teams can keep a few extra players for there entire careers, bravo. I would love to see Lachlan Coote, Wade Graham and Michael Jennings play there entire careers for the Panthers, and of it means they win 2 or 3 titles good on 'em, wont see no jealousy from me.

 

[Tom Ace]

Well then get the fans to put money into the club to buy players.

European soccer works extremely well. The reason? Clubs can spend as much as they want on players.

Go and ask any soccer fan and see if they want a salary cap introduced to soccer. Of course they don't. They still love their team, but also love the game. Having the absolute best of the best playing in the same comp as your team is ideal. In fact fans that don't want the salary cap are incredibly selfish and greedy. They'd rather the best of the best play in other competitions rather than their own - sort of a "If he can't play for us he can't play for anyone" mentality.

I also think we should go down the path of Italian and Spanish soccer in that teams sell their own TV rights. Although for that to happen we will need a 2nd pay TV sports channel first. So then all the teams home matches can be negotiated by that team and the club can get what they think they are worth - then the News Ltd owned clubs can sell their rights for bargain discount prices if they want, but other clubs could get what they are worth.

I think you'll find there is plenty of remarks about a salary cap and creating a more even competition from the lower/poorer teams in the Premiership.

Luckily I follow United so It's not a concern but not too long ago Kevin Keegan was voicing his concerns over the league.

And he is one of many who have talked about a salary cap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League

"Big Four" dominance

Another major criticism is the development of the so-called "Big Four" clubs.[51] Since Blackburn Rovers lifted the trophy in 1994–95, only three other clubs have won the Premier League title—Manchester United (eight times), Arsenal (three times) and Chelsea (twice). In addition, Manchester United have not finished outside the top three since the formation of the Premier League, with Arsenal finishing inside the top five in all but two seasons, while Liverpool, without an English league title since the pre-Premier League era, have not finished lower than fifth since 1999. In recent years, the success of these clubs has led to these four teams being increasingly referred to as the "Big Four". The Big Four clubs have finished in the first four positions for the last three seasons, therefore they have all qualified for the last four seasons of the Champions League and receive the financial benefits of such qualification. The benefits, especially increased revenue, is believed to have widened the gap between the Big Four clubs and the rest of the Premier League.[51] In May 2008, Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan said the Big Four's dominance threatened the division, saying, "This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world."[52] Following Keegan's comments, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore defended the league, saying, "There are a lot of different tussles that go on in the Premier League depending on whether you're at the top, in the middle or at the bottom that make it interesting."[53]