Financial Fair Play.....

As part of my final year at University, my dissertation which is looking at what effect Financial Fair Play Regulations from UEFA and other football governing bodies such as the Premier League and Football League will have on football clubs, football fans, and how clubs will come to terms with meeting these regulations, requires me to research and collect data around FFP and getting an opinion on what football fans think is vitally important. Therefore I have created a survey which I would appreciate if you could all take the time to complete.

With the full introduction of Financial Fair Play (FFP) being introduced in the coming season 2013/2014, FFP is set to become a massive part of mainstream football across Europe.

Many of you will of already have heard of ‘Financial Fair Play’ initiative originally introduced by UEFA focusing on regulating clubs who are wanting to qualify for Europe’s top club competitions, the Champions League and Europa League and recently being implemented by the Premier League for the England’s top divisions and the Football League for the Championship, League 1 and League 2 aimed at stabilising football clubs, creating a level playing field and restricting the amount of money being spent within the game.

‘Financial Fair Play’ has a range of objectives, including stop clubs paying excessive salaries and transfer fees, promote investment in youth development and playing infrastructure, preventing clubs form living beyond their means and thus preventing football clubs from financial collapse.

I would really appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes of your time to complete the survey and give me your opinions on Financial Fair Play.
Please click the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MQD62G9

 

I personally think it'll just give the scum a bigger advantage over the other clubs in the Premier League. Then again, it might stop them buying the title with debt as well. Could mean "smaller" clubs can start challenging for the title again.

 

Done, good luck!

 

It's a load of bollocks. The only penalty as far as I'm aware is a financial one. So even id the fine was £50m a year, many clubs would most certainly consider it as a normal business expense. I think it's the small clubs that'll get smaller, tbh!

 

No idea of how FFP will work, I did hear someone say wages have to be within a certain percentage of income and clubs with rich owners will get around the rules with those owners sponsoring the club with lucrative advertising contracts.

 

I think it'll be an age until they figure out a good way to do it all. There will no doubt be so many loopholes at first. A bit like what Ristac is saying, not only that they can do it through sales from the club shop, for example buying a pen for 100m and then using that 100m on player wages and transfer fees, its still technically income.

I think they should do it as a percentage of your gate receipts rather than income. It will be far harder to find loopholes and it will bring down the astronomical wages that footballers are getting these days anyway, the only thing with this idea is that the whole world would have to take part otherwise players will just leave the premier league alone and go to different countries to earn more money. Then all the other money that your club makes can be spent on transfer fees or improving the club in other ways

 

Think it will stop the small clubs mixing it with the big boys and collapse in spectacular fashion when the money dissappears - this is a good thing as there are not many Ken Bates' left around to save these smaller clubs from oblivion

 

Just done that survey pal. Good luck with your dissertation mate, I remember those days!