Quote Originally Posted by anfield5 View Post
1. Clubs can only spend up to the equivalent of 1 million pounds per week on players wages. (ave of 40000 per player in a 25 man squad). This would stop the quite sickening amounts some players get paid. i.e. more in a week than most people make in 5 years.
What would stop a mass exodus of players leaving and going overseas where the money was better?

Even Australian Rules football has a salary cap of $9,630,000 which works over for a squad of 47 (most clubs do not have 47 in their first team) of $204,000 a year per player.