Priemiership draft

[toxic rooster]

Precisely.

That's where a salary cap (like in Aussie football) becomes useful, because it limits the amount that a team can spend on their players, and ensures that they don't spend beyond their means and face administration etc.

If you wanted to even out the competitions, use a salary cap and ROOKIE AND FREE AGENT draft. Not something like Doink is suggesting, where teams are in a lottery as to the players that they get.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

There seems to be too many teams and leagues to run a draft

[Doink]

Originally Posted by Wee Gooner Precisely. That's where a salary cap (like in Aussie football) becomes useful, because it limits the amount that a team can spend on their players, and ensures that they don't spend beyond their means and face administration etc. If you wanted to even out the competitions, use a salary cap and ROOKIE AND FREE AGENT draft. Not something like Doink is suggesting, where teams are in a lottery as to the players that they get.

like i said i dont know the full in's & outs of how the drafts work but it may give teams a better chance of gaining more money by finishing higher in league because they have been drafted better players. a wage cap would be needed for it to work.

also Dazz mentioned it would hinder the national side, i thought about this last night and i have to disagree.

if we draft players rather from within the leagues rather than sign forigners all the time then teams will have to look to their academys and youth teams for future players, this will only help the national side

[toxic rooster]

But having 4 international keepers at one club, however, will not.

[The Mackem]

It wouldn't work because football is more "worldly" than any of the American sports. Different countries with different economies. It would take someone with the intelligence of 91 91's to get a system that worked and was fair. Plus the big teams would piss and moan about it.

[toxic rooster]

Precisely.

The system I explained works for us in Australia because:

a) We're the only country in the world that plays the game
b) There's only one division IE no promotion/relegation etc.

[The Mask]

It's a terrible idea though, just all round.

Let's say the wage cap was 50k a week. That'd still be far too high for most clubs in the premiership, especially if they brought in 3 players on that.

Following that, Man Utd can easily play to 75k or more people per week if they wanted, on top of their worldwide fanbase, so they're always going to have money rolling in. You can't really say the same for say... Norwich. Delia Smith only goes so far. She'll have to have bake sales at match day to keep a 50k per week player happy

[Doink]

Originally Posted by Wee Gooner But having 4 international keepers at one club, however, will not.

to help the national side i.e england for myself, the situation of 4 keepers was at chelsea, its easily solved they had 2 english keepers & 2 forginers, solution dump the forigners!

seriously though it prob wouldnt work anyway as the players could probably sue the F.A for not being given the chance to further their careers (i.e move to a big club should an offer come in).

it would take a hell of a lot of thinking, organising and co-operation for anything like this to happen.

[Doink]

Originally Posted by The Mask . Delia Smith only goes so far. She'll have to have bake sales at match day to keep a 50k per week player happy

she wouldnt make much money anyway, ive seen her programme and her cakes always look dry & horrid to me!