Transfer fees must go

The Fan of an elite Premier League Club, owned by several multi-billionaires, situated in the world's greatest city; complaining how football's not fair.

comment by Scarf (U21116)
posted 3 minutes ago
The Fan of an elite Premier League Club, owned by several multi-billionaires, situated in the world's greatest city; complaining how football's not fair.
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Worlds greatest City? It's a toxic dive FFS

comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Scarf (U21116)
posted 3 minutes ago
The Fan of an elite Premier League Club, owned by several multi-billionaires, situated in the world's greatest city; complaining how football's not fair.
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Worlds greatest City? It's a toxic dive FFS
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A toxic dive awash with money

OP, I think you are forgetting that a football club is mostly just a business and the players are just a commodity / asset to be used in whatever way the club feel will get them the best return.

It does seem like something should be done to at least improve the image of football. Like maybe when a fee is over a certain amount, a small percentage should go back into the game to improve grassroots football and development of youngsters in poor areas.
I know some football clubs do stuff in this area anyway . But at least on the face of it'd look like some benefit for everyone was coming from these astronomical fees, and not just benefiting greedy agents, players and rich clubs

comment by The Year of the Ox (U7080)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
It does seem like something should be done to at least improve the image of football. Like maybe when a fee is over a certain amount, a small percentage should go back into the game to improve grassroots football and development of youngsters in poor areas.
I know some football clubs do stuff in this area anyway . But at least on the face of it'd look like some benefit for everyone was coming from these astronomical fees, and not just benefiting greedy agents, players and rich clubs
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1% of all fees received, 1% matched of salaries paid to go in to grasroots sport seems reasonable enough.

On top of whatever the PL put in

Ox with the right idea but I would say overall a not so small percentage of money spent on transfers should have to be matched in grass roots donation. If you spend 300 mil on transfers/wages, you HAVE to spend 30-60 mil funding the lower leagues and a national schools youth league worth having.

We'll never change the stupid money in football so don't try to. Just tax it. A Grasa Roots Tax. All top flight clubs (maybe championship too actually) made to pay a 10-20% of player budget, to finance discovery and development of talent up and down the country.

Still have stupid fees but at least we get big some money for those in the game who need it most.

I read that Mata is donating 1% of his wages to charity and is urging others to do the same. http://ind.pn/2vAyFfp

Maybe any English players should donate theirs to grass roots football.

comment by sᴉɥƃuǝlפ (U19365)
posted 16 minutes ago
I read that Mata is donating 1% of his wages to charity and is urging others to do the same. http://ind.pn/2vAyFfp

Maybe any English players should donate theirs to grass roots football.
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Doubt he will get many takers. Footballers are mostly cants. Well done mata.

Though it's a nice sentiment, given the scale of a top flight footballer's pay, 1% is a joke. It's basically equivalent to the average Joe spending spending 4.95 in a shop, paying with a fiver and chucking the 5p change in a charity pot.

I'm not actually too down on the players as loads of them give their time and money to various charities/youth projects. I'd want this tax on the club's, related directly to transfer outlay. It would both raise money for grass roots and discourage the big boys "Obscene spending for the sake of it" cavalier attitude toward transfers. We'd still see silly prices but the days of teams stacking the squad with expensive talent they don't use would soon be over. Just have to make the percentage high enough on the tax.