by under the tin »
07 Sep 2011 09:10
The thing is, though, is that even these small clubs aren't overspending by installing gold plated ivory goalposts, or covering the terraces with 40 quid a square metre Wilton carpet.
The money's all going on player wages. There is no way that imposing a kind of wage cap will work, because it won't get past the legislation handed down by Brussells. I suspect the PFA could afford to hire some very tasty advocates to take to court.
In any event, all the time that there are those employers who are prepared to pay over the odds, then it remains a busted flush.
The footballers have attained a certain earning level, and they will not give that up lightly.
I don't share Svlad's optimism that regulation will win out.
In my view, it's going to take something seismic to force change. The penny will drop for the pro footballers when when they can see hordes of fellow pro's signing on the dole, as a direct consequence of the destruction of their own industry by their own hand.