Salary Cap for leagues 1 & 2 withdrawn

An independent arbitration panel has upheld a claim from the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) that the EFL was in breach of the constitution of the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee (PFNCC) by introducing ‘Squad Salary Caps’.

In August 2020 following an extensive and comprehensive consultation process with EFL Clubs, Leagues One and Two voted to adopt new financial controls that replaced the previous Salary Cost Management Protocols (SCMP).

The PFA argued that the PFNCC’s remit to consider matters relating to the employment of, and any associated rules and regulations to professional players employed by EFL Clubs, was not properly considered as part of the process to introduce the new rules and as a result served a notice of claim to that effect.

The EFL and PFA then agreed to refer that matter to arbitration and after hearing submissions from both parties, an independent panel concluded that the EFL was in breach of its agreement as a member of the PFNCC.

At the time of the adoption of the Salary Cap Rules, the EFL included a provision to ensure that any decision such as this would have the effect of reinstating the SCMP rules that were in operation during season 2019/20, which links player related expenditure to turnover.

The EFL will now discuss the matter of financial controls and implications linked to this outcome at a series of meetings with its Member Clubs later this week.

www.efl.com/news/2021/february/efl-statement-pfa-arbitration/

Will this also affect the rule about squad sizes?

How many people involved in football get paid loads of cash to achieve nothing?

When will we announce Sturridge and Bony as our Strike force 'til the end of the season?

Announce Mané, Riquelme, Josimar & Ronaldo... Peña

It’s meat and drink to badly run clubs like us and Sunderland so we can rack up heavy debts again chasing mediocrity. Accrington can do with £5000 what we can’t do with a million and instead of trying to be like them the clubs take the cop out option of demanding their right to spend their way to success. It’s like treating depression with a drink and drugs bender.

Is it going to make a blind bit of difference to us and the other ‘smaller’ clubs in our division and below if you read paragraph 5?

Get yor chek book out wale !

Live coverage of Bristol Rovers owner on Zoom call to EFL.....