UFGN wrote:Apollo wrote:UFGN wrote:Apollo wrote:UFGN wrote:Apollo wrote:UFGN wrote:How about a radical system where players can only be paid according to how many goals, assists, clean sheets, trophies, appearances and league position they achieve, in addition to a basic wage of no more than about €100,000. This would still allow the best players to earn the most.
Crucially, the rates would be set centrally by Uefa and all amounts would be Net, so income tax differences between countries wouldn't be a factor.
Then everyone goes to the MLS, and the MLS becomes the strongest/only relevant league in the world.
And my match ticket gets much cheaper. Meanwhile all the plastics are watching MLS and Arsenal are competing against other clubs in a more honest, more meaningful league.
Sounds good to me.
I guess a league with Jermaine Defoe being the star attraction wouldn't be all that bad.
The'd be more natives starting for the winning teams so that's another bonus, when the capped International footballers reach their 40s they could find their way back to Europe and play for one of the top 4 as their curtain call.
Yes.
If Mata and Costa are the best players in the league then we need to have players as good as them to win the league. But if the best players are Peter Crouch and Charlie Adam, then players as good as them or better is all we need.
As for "beautiful football ", f**k it, i really don't care. The club is king, not the players. If all the galacticos left European football, I'd shrug and watch whoever was waring an Arsenal shirt.
Honestly, Fair play.
Wouldn't be a big club in a big league but would still be Arsenal. Whether or not games were shown on TV, stadiums were half full,talent was below the average.
Im sure there are some people who watch the BBL(British Basketball league) even though the NBA exists.
A fan of the Newcastle Eagles myself.
I still think the matches would be well attended. The tickets would be cheaper and that would bring more people through the turnstiles despite there being no Alexis, Fabregas etc
I think it would go much further than top branch talent.
The league and teams can afford to pay the wages they do because of Foreign Capital,International support bases,ticket sales,shirt sales etc
Say the base is at €100,000, top talent leaves.
That amount will no longer be the premium because clubs wouldnt be able to afford paying players that much, So Wages drop throughout the line. Advertising drops, foreign investment drops, foreign support bases drops,Television revenue drops.
Now clubs are no longer filthy Rich, they're borderline.If the talent that can be attracted is Stoke level whilst there's a Super league somewhere else with all the worlds premier talent you could except to see far more NY Red Bulls jerseys in the middle of London then you would AFC.
Talent attracts Viewers, Viewers attract Capital,Capital attracts more Talent, which in turn attracts more viewers.
Tickets would certainly be cheaper though, doubt a club would be able to maintain or fill a stadium as big as the Emirates though,without any attractions.