glyncity said:
People ask who will challenge the ffp rules through the eu courts , well in my opinion like the bosman it will be a dis-satisfied player .
Take the scenario , shrek has a major set to with bacon face , bacon face says " your going to rot in the reserves shrek , if i dont get the fee i want for you "
but unfortunately for shrek , none of the clubs with the financial ability to pay his fee plus his wages actually want him .
Harry over at QPR likes the lad and "finks hes a fantastic talent ", the owners are equally keen but unfortunately the ffp rules restrict them .
Shrek, his agent and his team of lawyers are adamant , he is a top player and as such deserves top wages , clearly it is a restraint of the fat granny shaggers human rights to negotiate in a free and competitive market and receive what he regards a fair price for his talents .
For shrek read any top striker in Europe who suddenly finds himself out of favour at one of the so called elite clubs , once the ffp rules come into play , only a very small number of clubs will even be able to afford the very top players , the players who are out of favour will be either forced to take large pay cuts or spend their time unwanted on the bench untill their value drops significantly and they become affordable , my guess is it wont be long before such a player challenges the ffp rules as a restraint of trade .
You are quite possibly right about a player challenging it, but not in the terms you mention. Not least because I'm struggling to imagine Taggart calling him Shrek to his face, as much as I'd love it to be true!
If Rooney is contracted to united, then subject to FIFA rules, they are entitled to play him as much or as little as they want, as long as they comply with the terms of the contract ie pay his wages etc.. He freely entered into that arrangement.
I can, however, see at some point FFP being challenged by a player as it could very well act as a restriction on the free movement of labour between EU member states, given the different income tax levels that operate in different countries and the fact that player wages can no longer be "subsidised" by clubs, as was the case previously.
This could act as a measure effectively stopping a player being able to move to a particular country to play with the same freedom as before, due to FFP. That is to say, that clubs in countries with lower income tax rates have a significant competitive advantage as a result of something imposed by UEFA. Surely this is not something that the EU could be comfortable with. Other high paid industries such as banking often operate on a 'net pay' basis, knowing that their top earners can command similar sums in other countries. FFP prevents this from happening and I reckon a well resourced and sufficiently motivated player could readily challenge it.
The resources and motivation could, of course, come from a number of sources.
