FFP facing legal challenge (updated pg 12)

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

i could never see City joining up with the scum

Are you accusing me of being a Rag?.....

not at all

Yes, thanks for explaining that one.

 

[Gojairu]

FFP to be challenged in court by Bosman ruling lawyer

<a class="postlink" href="http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-06/european-soccer-s-financial-rules-challenged-by-bosman-lawyer.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0 ... awyer.html</a>

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21958992" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21958992</a>

 

[Master_Tactician]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

Regarding the Premiership's £4m annual wage rise cap, Rugby Union had has a salary cap in place for years, MLS clubs have had a salary cap in place for years, surely if this was illegal it would have been challenged by now?

A Salary Cap is a restraint of trade and is illegal in virtually all Western democracies UNLESS it is agreed with most employers and is fair - i.e. also agreed with the players representatives (normally a player Union of some sort). When all sides agree the league operates, when they don't there is normally a labour dispute - be it a strike or a lock out.

Interesting, do you know if the PFA agreed to the Premiership FFP rules? Also interesting that the government backed the rules, surely they wouldn't have done if they weren't passed in the correct legal manner?

 

[BlueAnorak]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.soccernomics-agency.com/?p=454" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.soccernomics-agency.com/?p=454</a>
I hadn't spotted it before, but it is interesting to note that Jean-Louis Dupont is the same lawyer who won the Bosman case.

 

[squirtyflower]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

Regarding the Premiership's £4m annual wage rise cap, Rugby Union had has a salary cap in place for years, MLS clubs have had a salary cap in place for years, surely if this was illegal it would have been challenged by now?

A Salary Cap is a restraint of trade and is illegal in virtually all Western democracies UNLESS it is agreed with most employers and is fair - i.e. also agreed with the players representatives (normally a player Union of some sort). When all sides agree the league operates, when they don't there is normally a labour dispute - be it a strike or a lock out.

Interesting, do you know if the PFA agreed to the Premiership FFP rules? Also interesting that the government backed the rules, surely they wouldn't have done if they weren't passed in the correct legal manner?

do you?

 

[quiet_riot]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21958992

Just shows that FIFA, UEFA, the FA and the Premier League just see themselves as above the law.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

I love his last point:

He added that even if the ban on overspending was ruled legal, he would have further grounds to appeal because Uefa, football's European governing body, could achieve its aims by a less restrictive measure such as forcing clubs to makes guarantees on any spending beyond projected income.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

Regarding the Premiership's £4m annual wage rise cap, Rugby Union had has a salary cap in place for years, MLS clubs have had a salary cap in place for years, surely if this was illegal it would have been challenged by now?

A Salary Cap is a restraint of trade and is illegal in virtually all Western democracies UNLESS it is agreed with most employers and is fair - i.e. also agreed with the players representatives (normally a player Union of some sort). When all sides agree the league operates, when they don't there is normally a labour dispute - be it a strike or a lock out.

Interesting, do you know if the PFA agreed to the Premiership FFP rules? Also interesting that the government backed the rules, surely they wouldn't have done if they weren't passed in the correct legal manner?

Any player or employer could object to the rules - so long as they have the money to take it to court.

If a Salary cap was proposed by the PL it would have a much higher chance of success than the FFP bollox they have concocted as it would apply to all teams equally and would be less likely to "Fossilise the existing market structure" - which as we all know is the reason for FFP in a nutshell.

 

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