Post by QPR Report on Feb 6, 2009 7:19:55 GMT
Still won't stop the big teams from dominating. If anything need more of a financial equality, as to a degree there is in US Sports.
The Independent/Jason Burt - Platini aim is financial fair play
New proposals may force even rich clubs to spend only what they receive in income
The Uefa president Michel Platini, pictured at the building site of Uefa's new offices, questions the ethics of bidding £100m for a player such as Kaka
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Football clubs will be banned from European competitions unless they spend from within their means under proposals to be put forward next month by the president of Uefa, Michel Platini, who yesterday singled out Manchester City's "ridiculous" £100m bid for Kaka as an example of the excesses which are damaging the game and calling into question its "morals". Platini also demanded an overhaul of the transfer system so that players cannot move between clubs in the same division within a season and questioned whether it was "ethical" that David Beckham could be signed to play for Milan for just three months.
"If he can do that, then you can take a player for one game and that's a big problem for me," Platini said. "A player should stay at a club for at least one season. One year. If one player from Chelsea plays against Liverpool and scores a goal against Liverpool and then plays for Liverpool against Chelsea, I'm not sure that's correct. For me it's not ethical."
In a wide-ranging briefing, Platini, said he would outlaw players moving between clubs in the same division within a season – from one Premier League club to another in the January transfer window for example – and labelled plans for the so-called 39th game as "stupid", implying that such a proposal may damage England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup even though he heavily qualified that by saying it was a Fifa decision.
But Platini reserved his strongest criticism for the way in which some clubs conduct their financial affairs and he picked up on City's bid to sign Kaka from Milan for a world record fee last month. "It's ridiculous," he said. "From a football point of view, a social point of view, a financial point of view. If you want to buy a house for €150m, a plane for €150m, a boat for €150m, but a man? It's bad. I have a philosophy and I share a philosophy with 99 per cent of the people of Europe, that we have to do something to have a transparency in the regulation of football."
That "something", he said, would be a series of proposals which will be put to the Uefa strategy committee in March and which have been drawn up in consultation with clubs, organisations, financial and legal experts and Fifpro, which represents players. "I want financial fair play," Platini said. "My philosophy is clear. I have to give the possibility to everybody to win but more and more not everybody can win. The key point is transparency."
A prime tenet to Platini's approach, although he accepts it will be difficult to police and has to negotiate the European laws as well, is a belief that clubs should draw from their income, their own turnover when it comes to spending, rather than their owner's resources or bank borrowings. "It's about making a level playing field," he said. "If clubs have money, they can spend money. But if they don't have it they cannot spend more than they have. One club has a budget of £100m but spends £150m. They win because they cheat. It's not fair. It's not correct and it's not good for football."
The accusation Platini has faced is that his approach is driven by a dislike of the dominance of the Premier League in the Champions League – an accusation he dismissed. "It's not an English problem," he said. "It's a European problem. Tell me, every year you have the same four teams at the top, in France we have Lyon winning the league seven years in a row, what's interesting about that?" Platini maintained that his demands for greater financial control had the support of "all the clubs" even those who are fortunate enough to have wealthy benefactors. "The presidents of the clubs are not happy and they ask us to impose rules so they don't have to continue paying out of their own pockets," he said. "Many English clubs have asked me to help them. We need to find a system by which you spend the income you have. We have to accept that if the salary and so on goes over the income the club receives then the club can be banned from European competition. One of the proposals is to link wages to a percentage of revenue."
If, for example, the top four in the Premier League all broke the financial restraints that may be brought in then the teams that finish in the next four places in the league may qualify for the Champions League, so long as they comply by the rules. Platini accepts he cannot control domestic leagues.
Platini, in London for last night's League Managers' Association dinner to honour Fabio Capello, had a warning for Roma, who face Arsenal in the forthcoming Champions League tie and should host the final in May. He said that if there was any violence outside the stadium then it was not too late for Uefa to take the final away. "It would be a tough decision," he said but one, clearly like others he's contemplating, that he's prepared to make.
Platini's proposals: Wages could be linked to percentage of club turnover
Proposals being considered by the Uefa president Michel Platini:
* Clubs should live within their means and spend the income they have.
* This may mean wages being linked to an audited percentage of turnovers.
* There should be greater financial transparency from clubs.
* The transfer of players under the age of 16 from overseas should be banned. Clubs should draw from their local areas.
* The transfer system should be examined. As with European and cup competitions, players should not feature for different clubs within the same season.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/platini-aim-is-financial-fair-play-1547556.html
The Independent/Jason Burt - Platini aim is financial fair play
New proposals may force even rich clubs to spend only what they receive in income
The Uefa president Michel Platini, pictured at the building site of Uefa's new offices, questions the ethics of bidding £100m for a player such as Kaka
enlarge
Football clubs will be banned from European competitions unless they spend from within their means under proposals to be put forward next month by the president of Uefa, Michel Platini, who yesterday singled out Manchester City's "ridiculous" £100m bid for Kaka as an example of the excesses which are damaging the game and calling into question its "morals". Platini also demanded an overhaul of the transfer system so that players cannot move between clubs in the same division within a season and questioned whether it was "ethical" that David Beckham could be signed to play for Milan for just three months.
"If he can do that, then you can take a player for one game and that's a big problem for me," Platini said. "A player should stay at a club for at least one season. One year. If one player from Chelsea plays against Liverpool and scores a goal against Liverpool and then plays for Liverpool against Chelsea, I'm not sure that's correct. For me it's not ethical."
In a wide-ranging briefing, Platini, said he would outlaw players moving between clubs in the same division within a season – from one Premier League club to another in the January transfer window for example – and labelled plans for the so-called 39th game as "stupid", implying that such a proposal may damage England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup even though he heavily qualified that by saying it was a Fifa decision.
But Platini reserved his strongest criticism for the way in which some clubs conduct their financial affairs and he picked up on City's bid to sign Kaka from Milan for a world record fee last month. "It's ridiculous," he said. "From a football point of view, a social point of view, a financial point of view. If you want to buy a house for €150m, a plane for €150m, a boat for €150m, but a man? It's bad. I have a philosophy and I share a philosophy with 99 per cent of the people of Europe, that we have to do something to have a transparency in the regulation of football."
That "something", he said, would be a series of proposals which will be put to the Uefa strategy committee in March and which have been drawn up in consultation with clubs, organisations, financial and legal experts and Fifpro, which represents players. "I want financial fair play," Platini said. "My philosophy is clear. I have to give the possibility to everybody to win but more and more not everybody can win. The key point is transparency."
A prime tenet to Platini's approach, although he accepts it will be difficult to police and has to negotiate the European laws as well, is a belief that clubs should draw from their income, their own turnover when it comes to spending, rather than their owner's resources or bank borrowings. "It's about making a level playing field," he said. "If clubs have money, they can spend money. But if they don't have it they cannot spend more than they have. One club has a budget of £100m but spends £150m. They win because they cheat. It's not fair. It's not correct and it's not good for football."
The accusation Platini has faced is that his approach is driven by a dislike of the dominance of the Premier League in the Champions League – an accusation he dismissed. "It's not an English problem," he said. "It's a European problem. Tell me, every year you have the same four teams at the top, in France we have Lyon winning the league seven years in a row, what's interesting about that?" Platini maintained that his demands for greater financial control had the support of "all the clubs" even those who are fortunate enough to have wealthy benefactors. "The presidents of the clubs are not happy and they ask us to impose rules so they don't have to continue paying out of their own pockets," he said. "Many English clubs have asked me to help them. We need to find a system by which you spend the income you have. We have to accept that if the salary and so on goes over the income the club receives then the club can be banned from European competition. One of the proposals is to link wages to a percentage of revenue."
If, for example, the top four in the Premier League all broke the financial restraints that may be brought in then the teams that finish in the next four places in the league may qualify for the Champions League, so long as they comply by the rules. Platini accepts he cannot control domestic leagues.
Platini, in London for last night's League Managers' Association dinner to honour Fabio Capello, had a warning for Roma, who face Arsenal in the forthcoming Champions League tie and should host the final in May. He said that if there was any violence outside the stadium then it was not too late for Uefa to take the final away. "It would be a tough decision," he said but one, clearly like others he's contemplating, that he's prepared to make.
Platini's proposals: Wages could be linked to percentage of club turnover
Proposals being considered by the Uefa president Michel Platini:
* Clubs should live within their means and spend the income they have.
* This may mean wages being linked to an audited percentage of turnovers.
* There should be greater financial transparency from clubs.
* The transfer of players under the age of 16 from overseas should be banned. Clubs should draw from their local areas.
* The transfer system should be examined. As with European and cup competitions, players should not feature for different clubs within the same season.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/platini-aim-is-financial-fair-play-1547556.html