Quote Originally Posted by fakeyank View Post
Why should a player not get paid for how good he is? Its like you being the most amazing programmer in the world and still making 60K a year for life!
Well obviously the argument is that players are getting paid for too much for 'how good they are'. I'm not happy to let the free-market decide that because the wage rates for top earners have been heavily skewed by Ambramovich and the other bored money men that have decided football clubs are more fashionable than yachts.

But I'm happy to concede on the salary cap point - not because I feel Rooney will struggle to live on less than £180k a week - but because I don't think it would really solve the problem of winning in football being so transparently about which owner has the deepest pockets. I think the 'financial fairplay' regulations - that will never seemingly come in - hints at clubs not being able to 'live beyond their means'; and so their expenditure (not only transfer fees but also wages etc.) have to be based on their income. The regulations should be tight enough - not only to prevent clubs like Man City getting a quick steroid boost but also to reward well-run clubs whose behaviour is thinking about building a good future.