PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[fulabeer]

Fascinating how American sports are so socialist while Europeans lean more into unfettered capitalism. One of life's greatest ironies.

Easy to be generous when you have a monopoly. Ie no relegation.
They just carve up the profits with no risk or danger.
That isn't sport. It's just entertainment like the Harlem Globe Trotters etc.

 

[yankblue]

So what about the 172? How do they stop a team going over that?

They're just not allowed to - contracts have to be approved by the league so I'd imagine they'd cancel anything not in compliance

 

[Stoned Rose]

Those and other signings were designed to piss Bobby Manc off.

They had to wait another 12 months to achieve that after four players including David Silva,allegedly,said they would leave if he stayed.

There’s some absolute spunk on this thread but this theory makes me worry for your sanity.

 

[yankblue]

Easy to be generous when you have a monopoly. Ie no relegation.
They just carve up the profits with no risk or danger.
That isn't sport. It's just entertainment like the Harlem Globe Trotters etc.

That was just an offhanded joke on my part not meant to be taken seriously. I agree with what you're saying but it's definitely a sport with plenty of risk, it just functions differently.

 

[halfcenturyup]

They're just not allowed to - contracts have to be approved by the league so I'd imagine they'd cancel anything not in compliance

And the 172 would be based on a multiple of the lowest salary cost? Or did I misunderstand that?

 

[wolviedinho]

Proposition Joe likes this.

 

[oakiecokie]

That's not THE alternative, that's AN alternative.

You're quite weird, pal.

He has an opinion about everything and clearly is never wrong.
Waste of time even trying to hold a decent conversation with people like him.

 

[halfcenturyup]

There’s some absolute spunk on this thread but this theory makes me worry for your sanity.

:) Wasn't Cook still the CEO that summer? Not sure he would be part of a Mancini-out conspiracy. Although I am perfectly happy to believe that Mansour wanted Mancini out in 2013 after Soriano and Begiristain were settled.

Not sure of all the dates. Whatever, it was a crap summer window :)

 

[yankblue]

And the 172 would be based on a multiple of the lowest salary cost? Or did I misunderstand that?

If I understand your question - all contracts up to the 100m "soft cap" don't have a luxury tax or multiplier. Any contract that goes over and afterwards does, and theres a multiplier on that specific contract(s).

So say a team is at 95m. They give another contract to a player for 10m. That puts them over the threshold, so that 10m contract and anything after it will have a multiplier attached to it.

Not sure if that answers your question or not let me know!

 

[Gone for a Burton]

There’s some absolute spunk on this thread but this theory makes me worry for your sanity.

Never been better thanks Rosie.