06-02-2021, 05:25 PM
(06-02-2021, 10:21 AM)SkyEdge Wrote: Hence i said.. it has to be a sort of informal agreement between club owners and Presidents.. legally i think its near impossible to implement across all of Europe.. since the owners and presidents think about Super League.. why cant they just sit down and talk about working together to keep costs down.. everyone knows baulk of problem is spiralling wages yet everyone is talking about ways to Get More money, inadvertantly from fans, instead of how to keep costs down.. for a bunch of smart people in management, its suprising how everyone cant seem to get together to solve this problem.. they sure as hell got together when it was abt Making More Money (Super League)..
There are two reasons that I can think of why that won't work either. For one, it is hard to hold teams responsible for something that is not legally liable. For example, every team can agree that Donna is only worth 5m per year, but what exactly can stop Juve from offering him 10m to secure the talent they want? You can't sue them. All it takes is one bad apple to ruin the whole thing.
Even if all the clubs can stop being selfish and agree to some kind of salary cap agreement, I am reasonably sure they will get sued for collusion in European courts. Players can make the argument that these teams effectively colluded in order to reduce their ability to earn money. I don't know how labor friendly the European courts are, but I have to think there are at least some countries where this could be a major no no to the courts. As soon as the players sue and win, the agreement basically vanishes because it is illegal and no team is going to fight the courts for it.
