I Like Gazidis (so far) but Salary Cap...no way that will happen

Thursday, 02 July 09, 01:48 PM · Comments(0)

I think that, on the whole, Gazidis has settled in quite nicely at Arsenal and his interview yesterday about the manner in which Arsenal want to and will strive to operate as a football club sits with me very well. His other comments about a salary cap tell more about his roots than of his real understanding of the "art f the possible" in the modern and more global world of football. American sports have always operated on the basis of trying to ensure there's a level playing field or, at least, an attempt to find one. With salary caps and the draft system favouring the weaker teams from the previous season, their method has some merits.

However, it's engrained in their system and that is so unlike the world of the modern footballer. With players able to move across the globe is it really possible that UEFA or FIFA will see this as a issue that they want to address? Platini himself goes on and on about the Premier League or Real Madrid being obscene but he knows that aside from the clubs themselves deciding it's in their best interests then it ain't gonna happen - even if it's something the EU wouldn't object too since Rugby has used salary caps in both codes.

Nope I'll be quite happy to see us go on the path we are following and we might suffer from a results and success perspective but if it means that Arsenal are still here in 50 years time then that's all right by me. As for Madrid and Man City et al, good luck to them in handling all those egos and wasting huge salaries on individuals who deserve little of it.

I Like Gazidis (so far) but Salary Cap...no way that will happen

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