Need some help with my dissertation question :(!

[Noni Juice]

Hi there,

Completly stuck on what to do here....I'm studying International Business at Uni and need a topic to do my dissertation on.

I'm very into football so I turned my attention there-

I came up with- FDI in the Premier League. Does everyclub want it and is it good for every club?

I feel the question is too wide however and I doubt big clubs management will talk to me...

I was thinking doing something about proposing wage and transfer caps to reduce the gap between the top and bottom of the table?

I'm still not sure though, I need something thats specific, and will have a clear conclusion and outcome.

 

[Noni Juice]

Thanks very much for the reply.

To be fair all your suggestions are more ethics based. I was looking to go into more the Business/Political side of things

 

[Noni Juice]

They'll never introduce a salary cap because all the half decent (including English) players will all go to Spain/Italy/Germany and we'll be left with football that isn't worth watching in comparison

Thats what I was thinking, we wont be able to compete in Europe and clubs will moan etc etc...

 

[Noni Juice]

Wage caps is a good idea but I doubt it will ever happen as there is a big gaping hole in the argument with the fact that The PL will not be able to compete with Seria A and Primera Divison in terms of signings and in turn, the CL.

I talked to my tutor, who wasnt very helpfull, he told me to do-

Foriegn Investment in the Premier League. The case of _________ and ___________. Is it good for a club?

Now my dissertation needs a point, a resolution. Can a club buy success? What is Chelseas opposite? I was thinking West Ham but even they have foriegn owners right?

What should be the main point of my dissertation do you think? That clubs can buy success? But how is that a bad thing?

I'm really getting stuck on this and I cant believe my tutor didnt at least help me abit more.....

Grammar Nazi how do you think FDI is skewing the quality? (What does skewing even mean lol)

 

[Noni Juice]

Mine, and I'm being serious - scribbled down what I said and said do that. I asked him I need something more specific and he just said do it about two clubs. I said it needs a point and he just looks at me. Then I just left....even asking If I should email him the finalised question and he just said no I just gave you a quesiton....meh.

I was suggested this- With the amount of debt mounting. Can a football club ever be a sucessfull business? Which two clubs do you guys think I could look at?

 

[Noni Juice]

Personally I wasn't thinking about a wage cap only applying to England but being enforced by FIFA.

My idea would be to grade players

say A-F

A) being a player such as messi or Ronaldo

Then going down the scale with a salary cap on each scale.

Again being 100% the same across all leagues controlled by FIFA

But who decides who deserves to go into which grade?