As I’ve asked in other threads about this - can anyone explain what the PSR rules are even officially meant to achieve?
They’re clearly not about trying to protect a club from getting itself into massive debts that they can’t afford to pay. If anything, it’s doing the opposite - owners often have more than enough money, but are prevented from simply giving it to the club because these regulations prevent that.
And they’re also clearly not about creating a level playing field in the way that NFL-style salary caps try to. The big 6 have vastly bigger spending power than everyone else because they have far more money coming in from revenue streams that the regulations see as football-related, such as sponsorships.
We all know what they’re actually achieving - making it almost impossible for anyone new to break into that elite group. But that can’t be the official reason, and doesn’t explain why other clubs don’t force the Premier League to ditch these rules.
As I’ve asked in other threads about this - can anyone explain what the PSR rules are even officially meant to achieve?
They’re clearly not about trying to protect a club from getting itself into massive debts that they can’t afford to pay. If anything, it’s doing the opposite - owners often have more than enough money, but are prevented from simply giving it to the club because these regulations prevent that.
And they’re also clearly not about creating a level playing field in the way that NFL-style salary caps try to. The big 6 have vastly bigger spending power than everyone else because they have far more money coming in from revenue streams that the regulations see as football-related, such as sponsorships.
We all know what they’re actually achieving - making it almost impossible for anyone new to break into that elite group. But that can’t be the official reason, and doesn’t explain why other clubs don’t force the Premier League to ditch these rules.