Fulham oppose it becasuse they struggle to generate money with such a small fan base

great for united

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Maybe? Their ridiculously cheap owner isn't going to be investing any money. It's amazing how they've always managed to stay in the league and never really get into much of a relegation scrap. Reminds me of Charlton before they got rid of Curbishley.

Arab, I'm just made up for the City fans. They're finally gonna get to see what it's like to support a self-sustainable model.

You never know what murky deals are being done behind the scenes. i.e. "If you vote against it, we will guarantee you x number of players on loan over the next 5 years"

Wearethefamousthfc.......Twinned with Bradford and Juventus to bring down Londons Little clubs (U10288)

Wouldn't Wigan then definitely want to oppose it too? Their fan base really doesn't stretch far at all.

Fulham have one of the lowest attendances in the Premiership.

The only London team below them is QPR... who would be similarly f'cked I'd imagine.

True

I really think sooner or later Wigan will go down and not come back up

I always thought Craven Cottage is full

QPR have bigger fan base than fulham but a smaller ground
Clubs would have to concentrate more on academys, and it would be good to bring in a rule to stop clubs poaching youngsters from other clubs

Not overly concerned as a Chelsea fan. A lot of the players on high wages are coming to the end of their contracts.

It would be nice if we could offload Torres to some Russian club though .

Craven Cottage average attendance this season is 25,523.

Only WBA, Reading, Swansea, Wigan and QPR are lower.

yeh like hazard , Mata and Oscar are on peanuts

I remember reading Al Fayed will be increasing Craven Cottage's seater by about 5k

Just imagine... Roman might actually have to stick with one manager for an ENTIRE season!

Hazard is probably on 100k+.

Mata and Oscar are not.

Mata to Arsenal 2014/15.

Break even - While this is a worthy principle, i think it should be spread over say 3 season.....Every business needs to invest to grow and so borrowing is a key part of this. If teams can only ever break even the league table will replicate the Revenue table with the richest at the top and the poorest at the bottom.

Wages - the same issue applies as above. SOme teams look to speculate to accumulate so a large increase in wages usually means a influx of better players. This in turn, over a few seasons, may result in better results and improving finances which can support the high wages.

Overall it is hard to restrict a clubs ambition otherwise the league will be stale and reflect revenue / club size more than anything else. BUT is measures are applied over a number of seasons, like the FFP, then at least one can control the general trend of clubs continuously spending more than is earned.

Any rules that reduce the influence of massive unearned cash injections on the league is a good thing.

Then to Man City 2015/16

What happens if they fail to comply with these new agreed rules? Docking points etc..? For all the rich boys, there's always a backdoor that can be open to avoid all these rules. Citys £400m sponsorship being one does wonders for the 'break-even' rule.

Everyone without a sugar-daddy realises that you have to run ever-faster just to stand still. Eventually the golden goose (the punter) will stop laying more valuable eggs and football will eat itself.

The amount of debt clubs have accrued trying to keep up with the Jones' is ridiculous. We were sleepwalking towards a big sheetstorm, a bubble like the housing market which everyone was blind to until it thumped them in the boat

Good move in my opinion - it will mean clubs having to actually manage their affairs properly rather than just throw money at it.

imagine how much money we would from a sponsor for old trafford

Chelsea made 1.5 million profit after winning the champions league and FA Cup so they have a long way to go to break even

this is another pointless exercise..

as with every financial rule ever introduced, whether for football or not, there is a loophole...

infact thats my day job.. find the loopholes and save people money !