Should there be a cap?

Sliver

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Given the current controversy over Barcelona forward Neymar and his possible £198 transfer fee, do you not think that football has gotten out of control regarding transfer fees?

For example, if the FA imposed a fifty million pound cap on transfer fees, then the savings made could be used to reduce ticket prices for the fans. After all, it's the fans like you and me who keep the sport alive.

Brian Clough said that money will ruin the game, and he's being proved right. Season ticket prices are extortionate. If clubs didn't have to pay such ridiculous prices for players then :

  • We would see fewer clubs going into administration
  • Lower prices for fans at the gate
  • More signings and easier transfers from one club to another

Thoughts.
 
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Wouldn't it be better to put a cap on ticket prices and let the clubs do what they want with their money?
 
There's already the Financial Fair Play scheme, though from what I understand it Qatar were going to 'hire' Neymar in a token role to be an ambassador for the World cup and pay him exactly what he needed to buy himself out of the contract anyway, which would have gotten around the rules.

That's the problem when a foreigh state are allowed to own a football team.
 
touch said:
Wouldn't it be better to put a cap on ticket prices and let the clubs do what they want with their money?
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That would work too, good point. But would they do that? Is it financially viable for the club and would it not mean the lost income at the gate would simply fuel the need to raise transfer fees further in order to recoup money? I don't know. Ultimately though, however you look at it, £198 million pounds for a player is just ridiculous.
 
It is unsustainable as it stands now.

Football is a joke, money will kill it, if Neymar is worth that much, what is Messi, Ronaldo and others worth?
 
It's the wages that go along with it as well, the deal including wages and bonuses is near £450 million.

Arazi said:
It is unsustainable as it stands now.

Football is a joke, money will kill it, if Neymar is worth that much, what is Messi, Ronaldo and others worth?
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Far more but they're nearing the end of their careers, Neymar is 25 and has his prime ahead of him, still don't agree with the money involved though.
 
Only way I can see it changing is if fans decide its enough and stop paying for it (season tickets / sky sports / merch)

Support lower league teams instead until it hurts the big players.

I guess then the money will switch to the lower leagues and the cycle will start again
 
In an ideal work, the rest of Europe would follow Germany's lead and ensure that clubs are fan-owned. That would solve many problems at the top end (e.g. Man City, PSG) and at the bottom end (e.g. Blackpool, Leyton Orient).

That's unlikely to happen so let's hope that UEFA have the balls to hand out a real punishment to PSG.
 
I'm not sure that more money going into a sport is going to ruin it, if clubs are overpaying for players then that is their problem tbh..
 
One of my friends worked out it's cheaper for him to get a flight, go see a German league, stay in a hotel and get back cheaper every week than getting a season ticket for Chelsea.

Mental, when you think of it.
 
Putting a cap on transfer fees will simply limit the costs for the club. I doubt the saving would be passed onto the fans in ticket prices. It would simply result in higher profits for the club. A better solution, as pointed out above, would be to limit ticket prices. Ultimately fans don't really care what the transfer fees are. They care whether they can afford to watch a game.
 
Sliver said:
Yes, so if costs go down then profits go up. Savings can then be past on to the fans.
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Why would a for-profit company do that? Fans are used to paying current ticket prices. There's no incentive to reduce ticket prices, and therefore profits, for the company when they can simply reduce costs and keep ticket prices high. Fans will continue to pay it because they are used to it.
 
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Why would a for-profit company do that? Fans are used to paying current ticket prices. There's no incentive to reduce ticket prices, and therefore profits, for the company when they can simply reduce costs and keep ticket prices high. Fans will continue to pay it because they are used to it.
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I'm simply stating what should happen. It's not unreasonable to suggest that a cap on ticket prices could be imposed.
 
it could be but I don't see why the clubs would want to do it

if you start trying to reduce the prices for players etc.. then surely the long term effect is that they'll move elsewhere - the US is developing 'soccer' maybe you'll create a situation where many more players head over there and as a result turn the premier league into a second rate one
 
Hmm, capping how much private businesses can spend sounds a bit commie to me.
 
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