Ruining football with Financial Fair Play

There isn’t a better way of killing football aspiration and competition than financial fair play regulations. With the implementation of FFP regulations, a level playing field will cease to exist. UEFA is leading us into a blind alley with its claim that FFP regulations will help the smaller clubs. This claim of UEFA is ludicrous at the very least!

The financial fair play regulations will create a chasm in terms of competitiveness across several leagues, including the elite competition—the UEFA Champions League. The revenue generating clubs are unlikely to curb their spending and the FFP will not challenge their spending as UEFA cannot function as a governing body without the help of these “super clubs.”

Today, if teams wish to grow, they need to spend big. Without any substantial activity in the transfer market, success on the football field is highly unlikely. In fact, in modern day football, a club needs to spend money just to stay competitive. It is not because of an emotional connection to the club that the rich owners of some of Europe’s super clubs are backing a rule that restricts the losses their own club can make. The Reason for them backing the FFP regulations is a very different one.

Today, football is not fair and football authorities like UEFA and FIFA are lying to you if they say otherwise. The FFP regulation is a rule that seeks to kill competition among football clubs across Europe. The financial fair play regulation does not make it a regular playing field for everyone. Wage demands and differing tax rates across Europe will severely affect the ability of smaller European clubs to sign players.

A tax rate of 75% for their highest earning footballers is what France has introduced. There are many footballers that come into this category. This tax rate means that French clubs have to pay higher gross wages than everyone else in Europe in order to meet the wage demands of their players. Now take into account FFP regulations that ask clubs to break even.

While the Big clubs will find a way out of this, it is the smaller/less-wealthier clubs that will suffer. The same is happening in many other leagues across Europe. Even the big leagues like the Premier league and the La-Liga are not safe from it. In the end, it is football that suffering and not these small clubs.

While the financial fair play is unfair and it may even ruin football, it does not stop us from loving this game. Visit www.livefootballtickets.com to grab your tickets if you’re a supporter of a small club and want to watch them play.