(04-29-2021, 07:59 PM)slifersd Wrote: The difficulty with instituting any kind of salary cap in professional soccer is that there are always teams that do not want to buy into it. And all it takes is one team to bend the rules for the whole thing to fall apart. Take the Donna situation, for example. Nobody wants to deal with his demands and his agent, except Juve, who has no problem signing him for free and give a huge contract and sign on fee to his agent. As such, they will get a very good player for free, and gain a competitive advantage because of it. Other teams in the league will see that, and go "well, shit, I guess we have to compete with Juve by playing their game too". Once that happens, the rules are broken because everyone would violate it. Salary cap is a great idea, but really isnt feasible unless there is an official agreement like the NBA.
No way Donna is better then Sczescny (or however it is spelled). He may become better but at most is on par with him and untested in big games with lots of eyes (cL). With COVID limiting incomes, that move doesn’t make a ton of sense to me.
Salary cap can work as Bayern and Dortmund do pretty well with it. As you grow the brand the caps increase. Of course players may leave for money’s sake, but if your system is successful and you can invest in the youth levels and recruiting (Atalanta) you can make it work. With the CL rules, there really is no other way. You can’t just splash the money unless it is income.