No, you get me wrong...

I'm not suggesting that the numbers of foreign players are restricted, nor that teams should be forced to play homegrown talent, but capping of wages will likely cause this to happen naturally, which is not a breach of employment law but a forseeable situation due to the higher wages that would be paid in other country's leagues. (For example if Ronaldo were to be offered either £30k to play at United or £30m to play in Milan, which one will he choose?)

If Arsenal fielded a team entirely made up of European players on £30k a year, who would want to stop that? Arsenal are one of the most exciting teams to watch at the moment, who would want to limit their players in that sense?

What I'm talking about is setting a cap that players - international or homegrown - can earn no more than, with additional rulings to prevent certain non-performance based loopholes, before our football industry falls apart, which it inevitably will.

Posted By: tim berry on March 29th 2007 at 14:44:01

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England fans' reaction to the team is all about money (Other Football) - duke of york, Mar 29, 13:51:32
- Which made it refreshing to see Grant saying earlier in the week (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Mar 29, 14:16:36
- I was thinking about this last night. (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 29, 14:04:30
  - That would be a top idea but like the academy and rules on bringing youth players (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Mar 29, 14:13:53
    - The problem is employment law (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Mar 29, 14:27:09
      - limits on foreigners and employment law (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 29, 15:57:06
        
        True, but we're talking FA wage capping, not foreigner capping. (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 29, 16:06:52
      - No, you get me wrong... (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 29, 14:44:01
      - Idon't think the number of foreign players in our league should be limited, (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Mar 29, 14:37:10
    - There's no reason why not. (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 29, 14:19:16
      - yup, but bonuses will be non-result based to get around the cap (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Mar 29, 14:31:21
        
        Yes, but if the club were to let Martin go... (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 29, 14:58:18
        
        I really should proof read before hitting submit (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Mar 29, 14:32:12
- spot on (Other Football) - megson, Mar 29, 14:01:21

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