Re: Marwan Koukash again : Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:12 pm
Magic Superbeetle wrote:
Problem being that there isn't enough money for it the be split 24 ways and still be a meaningful sum ... So how do the lower teams afford the extra cap space? The home grown cap cap has been brought in for the championship as well so that covers some of the gap imo.
I've been thinking about this, if a club is relegated in the "million pound match" how is it meant to shed half its playing salary in time for the new season? Even if you say okay, just leave all the players it had signed for the following season, the squad unbalance it would cause makes it exponentially harder to return, and the club would have an obligation to pay its contracts. At least with straight relegation clubs could have an inkling to whether it was a possibility and adjust accordingly ...
I've been thinking about this, if a club is relegated in the "million pound match" how is it meant to shed half its playing salary in time for the new season? Even if you say okay, just leave all the players it had signed for the following season, the squad unbalance it would cause makes it exponentially harder to return, and the club would have an obligation to pay its contracts. At least with straight relegation clubs could have an inkling to whether it was a possibility and adjust accordingly ...
I'd be fine with all clubs getting the same amount.
But lets be realistic. This new system is only in place as the SL clubs voted for it. If the RFL had proposed an even split of the money. Then it would never have taken off. We would still have a closed shop.
Also if clubs in the championship can spend the same as in SL, then they have to make up the difference with less TV money, less fans(generally speaking), so the only option is a gamble on some backers money. Which I assume is the reason why it was decided not to go down that road.
HOWEVER...... Should Bradford / Leigh / Toulouse whoever, start to show that this new system is building their crowds and competitiveness and that their income streams can handle bigger payments, I have no dogmatic issue with them progressing to spending the same.
For me it's all about the ability of the club (not the chairman) to spend. If it can be done within their means fine. But if it's a splurge that the chairman is funding through loans to the club, then really it's just a gamble until the chairperson is bored.
I think the new system is quite flexible in how it could quite easily over time become a divisional structure if the Championship clubs grow. Or become an elite competition if it does not work out.