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BBC Article: CAFC and FFP

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  • Interesting that we were one of just six clubs who rejected it... I always wondered how many did... Just a shame we dont know the other five
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    It's a disgrace.

    One step forward, 5 steps back.

    Greedy owners, who couldn't give a flying one about a club once they have financially crippled it, are bending the football league over a barrell.

    I don't see why clubs can't be named? It will also be interesting to see what punishments (if any) will be handed out.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,000
    Clubs have been named, it's in a separate thread.
  • Rotherham, Ipswich, Derby, Blackpool & Huddersfield voted with us i believe.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    It'll be interesting in a couple of weeks to see the named 'guilty' clubs and the extent of fines and sanctions against them.

    I fear a major cop out by the authorities.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    I am surprised that a few of the smaller clubs such as Brentford didn't vote against the proposals .. or were Brentford not in the division or ineligible at the time when the died was cast ?
    It's good to see that a bigish club like Derby was acting sensibly and with realism
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729

    I am surprised that a few of the smaller clubs such as Brentford didn't vote against the proposals .. or were Brentford not in the division or ineligible at the time when the died was cast ?
    It's good to see that a bigish club like Derby was acting sensibly and with realism

    brentford have an owner that's very rich and willing to put a lot of money into the club.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348

    I am surprised that a few of the smaller clubs such as Brentford didn't vote against the proposals .. or were Brentford not in the division or ineligible at the time when the died was cast ?
    It's good to see that a bigish club like Derby was acting sensibly and with realism

    brentford have an owner that's very rich and willing to put a lot of money into the club.
    good point, thanks .. and of course the same probably applies to (e.g.) Bournemouth
  • Brighton were the ones who changed their opinion late on and effectively meant the rules were changed.

    Brentford are a great example of how daft this is, sooner or later their owner will get bored of trying to get a small club, in the shadow of Chelsea, into the PL. No other investors will be lining up to take on a club, by then, crippled with debt, so they will go bust. Bournemouth maybe have a couple of years of trying before the same will happen to them.

    They are traditionally small clubs so, sadly, no one will care and nothing will change.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited November 2014
    But in the mean time the owners aren't going to vote to restrict their spending power... It's a complete farce to allow a vote on something like this.
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  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255

    Brighton were the ones who changed their opinion late on and effectively meant the rules were changed.

    Brentford are a great example of how daft this is, sooner or later their owner will get bored of trying to get a small club, in the shadow of Chelsea, into the PL. No other investors will be lining up to take on a club, by then, crippled with debt, so they will go bust. Bournemouth maybe have a couple of years of trying before the same will happen to them.

    They are traditionally small clubs so, sadly, no one will care and nothing will change.

    Also Brighton. Very surprised with that. That ownership have pumped a lot of money in the last 2 or so seasons. They haven't got to the promised land, and I thought this season they were tightening

    But they've probably over spent and will be in breach for the next few seasons until the new limit kicks in, so that's why they've voted for it.

    Basically everyone that has voted for it is probably in breach with current limits, those that haven't, like us, are on a firmer footing
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,352
    edited November 2014
    Football used to bring me so much joy. What with this change of the FFP rules and let's face it the FIFA circus I just feckin hate it. It cannot be just down to me being old, clapped out looking back to some fabled utopian dream.

    Thank God Charlton are back in action on Saturday against M I L L... oh fuck!!!!
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Surprised we didn't against vote against it as we are working within the regulations.

    Well they say we are...
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255

    Football used to bring me so much joy. What with this change of the FFP rules and let's face it the FIFA circus I just feckin hate it. It cannot be just down to me being old, clapped out looking back to some fabled utopian dream.

    Thank God Charlton are back in action on Saturday against M I L L... oh fuck!!!!

    Nope, nothing wrong with traditional values. Pretty much all of which have been eroded in the modern game. Small example, Wilshere was wearing headphones in the warm up out on the pitch tonight. It is more important to listen to cheesy hip hop music (I guarantee that's what he was listening to), than soak up the atmosphere of your oldest rivals
  • I am surprised that a few of the smaller clubs such as Brentford didn't vote against the proposals .. or were Brentford not in the division or ineligible at the time when the died was cast ?
    It's good to see that a bigish club like Derby was acting sensibly and with realism

    I imagine for some clubs the threat of losing the TV money could have played a part.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    an extra £700k from the Premier League seemed enough for some, while financial dopers like Bournemouth couldn't operate under the old structure.
  • Brighton were the ones who changed their opinion late on and effectively meant the rules were changed.

    Brentford are a great example of how daft this is, sooner or later their owner will get bored of trying to get a small club, in the shadow of Chelsea, into the PL. No other investors will be lining up to take on a club, by then, crippled with debt, so they will go bust. Bournemouth maybe have a couple of years of trying before the same will happen to them.

    They are traditionally small clubs so, sadly, no one will care and nothing will change.

    This, i don't want to hear sympathy for the fans of QPR, Bournemouth, Brentford etc when they end up the next Portsmouth or worse in the next 5 years or so, fans should be concerned about how their club is operating now not just when the money is gone.