ethanr » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:13 pm wrote:I disagree.
You're correct- American sports leagues have regulations that keep things a lot more fair. That's why you constantly have different teams going from one of the worst to one of the best teams within a few years. That's certainly more exciting, but as we've seen any attempted regulation in FFP has been an absolute joke. Forcing release clauses would only help the teams with the money. It wouldn't allow smaller clubs to keep players- they'd have no control. Your Barca's and Madrid's of the world could literally have anybody they want. That's not much different then you see now, but as we've seen this year even with big money, the likes of Keita, VVD and Coutinho have all been held on to by their clubs as of now. The clubs with money would just pull further and further away.
If you want to even it out, you'd have to create a salad cap or spending cap that was equal for all clubs. I don't see that happening with the current power & influence the few top clubs currently have.
I am completely against clubs forcing players to stay against their will. If we refuse to sell Coutinho and Klopp refuses to play him, we could potentially ruin his career as a footballer if we choose to. You could also potentially have clubs like Chelsea and City signing young players and keeping them in their books without playing them to make sure other clubs dont sign them.
Your scenario would only make sense if the big clubs weren't already controlling the market and signing the best players. The release clause is the most fair way of ensuring that both the club and the player are protected. It would need to be agreed on by both parties and if anything, I think the Neymar signing shows that it could be a better alternative to players putting in transfer requests and falling out with their clubs.
£115 mil with £80 mil up front and the rest in add ons. Some of the add ons include him willing the Balon Dor 
