![]() ![]() Now the Premier League owners have a decision to make.ĭo they deep six the regulation and go back to a laissez-faire approach do they maintain it at the present level do they increase the baseline? The measure is scheduled to lapse at the end of the 2016 season and that coincides with the current TV deal. Clubs can show “revenue uplift” by generating more money from the gate receipts, an increase in sponsorship deals and growth from Champions or Europa League participation against the baseline of 2012/13.What is excluded is money that flows to clubs from the Premier League’s TV contracts or as the Premier League describes it “Central Funds.” The definition is interesting but it is also restrictive. However, if a club can show an increase in “club revenue uplift” then it may exceed the limit of $6M a year up to a maximum as set by the "uplift". The measure focuses on player wage costs and in particular the top end.įor the first season (2013/14) and the next two any team with a 2012/13 base player wage cost of $80M or more is restricted to wage increases of $6M a season. However, it is the other measure - short term cost control – that is far more interesting. In effect, the Premier League took a two-tier approach – the first “long-term sustainability regulation” and the other “short-term cost control.” Under the Premier League model a club can incur losses of $160M over three years. Like UEFA Financial Fair Play the Premier League’s objective is to have clubs operate in a sustainable manner but the approach is different. What is not so widely discussed are the Financial Regulations brought in by the Premier League back in 2013/14. UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations are widely known and discussed and with this new wealth flowing to Premier League clubs there should be little problem for the clubs that qualify for European tournaments meeting the breakeven requirements set by UEFA, the governing body for soccer in Europe. ![]() So with the rich set to get richer the obvious benefactors would, on first blush, be the players who will receive more lucrative contracts and foreign clubs who will sell players to Premier League clubs for even higher transfer fees. ![]()
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