5. Salary Cap
One more long standing America idea that has been touted several times over here as a way of sorting out overpaid footballer and the teams that pay over the odds to have them is a salary cap. The cap would restrict the amount of cash one team can spend on players wages normally a big total so in theory teams wouldnt waste so much cash on weekly wages for top players. Now one problem in fact several firstly NFL players the top ones are still paid millions for their services so it wouldnt cut top wages would more effect players in the middle bracket like squad players. Secondly rugby does have a salary cap and if a top player wants more money like Johnny Wilkinson they can leave and go to France where there is no such cap on big salaries so it wouldnt really solve the problem of big money deals as the players wanting huge wheelbarrows full of cash would simply move abroad looking for higher salary. The only advantage I see to a salary cap is maybe preventing situations like at Leeds or Portsmouth where they were spending far too much money on players wages. The financial fair play rules that are set to come in during the next few years might do roughly the same job as the salary cap would. The big problem really is the fact big clubs do really own the Premier League I cant see Man Und or Chelsea taking a salary cap unless the cap was ridiculously high thus making it pointless as a restriction. Clubs and owners however could use a self-salary cap not because of Premier League rules but as a smart idea to save their club falling into the financial abyss other teams have gotten into. Clubs with stable financial planning like at West Brom or Swansea using a salary cap could further help make sure the team dont decline into ruin like so many others seem to be heading towards. Now a salary cap is probably one of the most likely rules to travel from the US to Premier League rule books however I dont see it solving the League massive overspending problem.