So many clubs struggling financially and facing punishments.
Thank fu** for Gibbo ey. Even at our worst I never worry.
I thank him for everything he has and continues to do for our club.
What a legend
Thing is, if the reward is a guaranteed £120m, it is a good investment.Oh and another thing that needs to be managed in fans expectations in terms of spending. There seemed to be a good number of our fan base who thought it would be a good idea to spend £20m+ on a single striker in the summer. It’s just not realistic for a club like us at the moment and even so, do you really want that risk all in one basket. If we did have that money, we should be looking at it more like how can we make it more affordable for fans to support the club, what improvements can we bring to enhance the fan match day experience, what infrastructure improvements can we invest in.
See I’m not sure it is the wages.The huge elephant in the room is still footballers wages......and agents.
Until players stop getting paid ridiculous amounts the current problems will continue.
Oh, and stop the top teams hoovering up all of the young talent. Lot of clubs survived developing good young players then selling them on for a couple of million - kept the clubs financially ticking over. Now, the top clubs hoard these players, loan them out for 4-5 seasons, then either sell or release them.
Whole football model is pretty f*cked isn't it? But as with society, until those at the bottom start challenging the system, the only change will be for the worse - the rich clubs get even richer and the poor clubs go under.
Works in every American sport. Contracts are owned by the league.Salary caps are good in theory but who can enforce it.
We currently have people investing in Wrexham so they can rumoured to pay £5k a week salaries to players ot play in front of 1,200 people at some games in the National League.
American sport is completely different though. They don't have relegation/promotion and all clubs work on a franchise basis. If any clubs breached that agreement, the franchise agreement would be terminated. There's no way of enforcing a similar system in the UK without changing the entire way the league system works.Works in every American sport. Contracts are owned by the league.
and the problem of course is the trickle down effect. Until the Man City and Chelsea's of the world stop spending 350-400k/week on players then the wages further down can't readjust.The huge elephant in the room is still footballers wages......and agents.
Until players stop getting paid ridiculous amounts the current problems will continue.
AgreedI don't think there's anything in the American sports system that could work anywhere but America.
Wages didn't drop after the 2008 financial crisis. Nor did they drop after COVID. I can just see them going up and up and up.I love football and love Middlesbrough fc but the Big Bang can’t come quick enough.
Bang average players like britt and gestede will get the wage their talent allows. Greedy **** agents get a lot less money and we stop paying off managers huge sums for failure.
Massive reality check coming hopefully
No, they won't because sooner or later there'll be another vanity business area that emerges to hoover up cash from people who have more money than sense.Wages didn't drop after the 2008 financial crisis. Nor did they drop after COVID. I can just see them going up and up and up.
People have been saying that for a long long time. Do you have any evidence of the money beginning to dry up? Wages are rising. Transfer fees are rising. There are lots of wealthy people in the country who can afford a sky subscription.No, they won't because sooner or later there'll be another vanity business area that emerges to hoover up cash from people who have more money than sense.
When Ryan Reynolds realises that Wrexham won't ever win the Champions' League, he'll be gone.
Football - in England especially - is living in a twilight world where players are paid so much that the only people who can be owners are either billionaires or crooks.
The money is starting to dry up now, and the next few years will see a lot of clubs start to struggle. There could be just 40 pro clubs - as they are now - left by 2030.
Sky are loosing subscribers, I’m not sure there’s any evidence wages are rising across the whole league, transfer fees are only going up as a few clubs are exploiting loopholes around long term contracts.People have been saying that for a long long time. Do you have any evidence of the money beginning to dry up? Wages are rising. Transfer fees are rising. There are lots of wealthy people in the country who can afford a sky subscription.
Yeah they lost 255k subscribers in Q4 last year dropping revenue by 13.8% they have been ordered to cut costs by their parent company Comcast. I expect the next TV deal will see a fair drop if this continues.Sky are loosing subscribers, I’m not sure there’s any evidence wages are rising across the whole league, transfer fees are only going up as a few clubs are exploiting loopholes around long term contracts.
I think the last domestic PL deal was swept through as an extension under the same value as it would likely have lost money had it gone to auction.