Asian/Australasian Football Discussion
May 13, 2015 11:38:05 GMT
Post by spens1 on May 13, 2015 11:38:05 GMT
The A-League salary cap is set to be bolstered for next season to help clubs hang on to their best talent.
A progression in talks for a new pay deal between Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the players union, Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), means A-League clubs can expect relaxed restrictions around player payments as soon as next season.
A FFA spokesperson said they have tabled "long-term loyalty payment" concessions in salary cap reforms, with hopes that a deal will be signed soon.
"We are continuing to work with the players and the PFA in consultation with the A-League clubs to finalise an appropriate CBA in the coming weeks," he said.
"A concession for long serving players is a part of the discussions including the fact that such a concession is a lift in the overall cap and must be considered in that context."
After a season marred by Perth Glory's egregious breach, a rise in the cap will be welcomed by players and clubs looking to push for honours.
PFA chief executive Adam Vivian says clubs who successfully develop or retain talent should receive salary cap concessions to keep them.
The changes could benefit long-serving Melbourne Victory man Archie Thompson, who on Tuesday said he could leave the club after 10 seasons unless a suitable new deal was tabled.
Vivian said cap concessions to clubs that bring new talent through youth systems, for example Terry Antonis at Sydney FC, would enhance the league.
"Clubs have invested money in developing players, we want them to have the opportunity to retain them and not lose their talent based purely on fiscal means," he said.
The PFA also believes clubs that utilise their scouting networks to unearth talents could also benefit from proposed new "flexibilities".
"If you're Melbourne Victory trying to retain Ben Khalfallah, you should have the opportunity to utilise those flexibiilities," Vivian said.
"We want the league to grow, particularly in light of a new broadcast deal (and) for that to occur, there needs to be meaningful investment into players."
But Vivian says he still hopes for a "meaningful increase" to the cap next year and a reversion of previous rules that kept loan fees for overseas-based players outside of the cap this season.
"Sadly we've had a breach of the cap this season and I think this shows it's putting pressure on clubs, it's certainly putting pressure on players and we need to find a way to relieve that," he said.
"There has to be a cleansing of the cap ... to get some of the things that fall into the cap taken out of it.
"Loan fees go into the cap at the moment and we believe they should not be."
Vivian said it was in everyone's interests to ink the deal as soon as possible after Sunday's grand final.
"Then when clubs are talking to their players and retaining them, they can forecast what their finances would be," he said.
A progression in talks for a new pay deal between Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the players union, Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), means A-League clubs can expect relaxed restrictions around player payments as soon as next season.
A FFA spokesperson said they have tabled "long-term loyalty payment" concessions in salary cap reforms, with hopes that a deal will be signed soon.
"We are continuing to work with the players and the PFA in consultation with the A-League clubs to finalise an appropriate CBA in the coming weeks," he said.
"A concession for long serving players is a part of the discussions including the fact that such a concession is a lift in the overall cap and must be considered in that context."
After a season marred by Perth Glory's egregious breach, a rise in the cap will be welcomed by players and clubs looking to push for honours.
PFA chief executive Adam Vivian says clubs who successfully develop or retain talent should receive salary cap concessions to keep them.
The changes could benefit long-serving Melbourne Victory man Archie Thompson, who on Tuesday said he could leave the club after 10 seasons unless a suitable new deal was tabled.
Vivian said cap concessions to clubs that bring new talent through youth systems, for example Terry Antonis at Sydney FC, would enhance the league.
"Clubs have invested money in developing players, we want them to have the opportunity to retain them and not lose their talent based purely on fiscal means," he said.
The PFA also believes clubs that utilise their scouting networks to unearth talents could also benefit from proposed new "flexibilities".
"If you're Melbourne Victory trying to retain Ben Khalfallah, you should have the opportunity to utilise those flexibiilities," Vivian said.
"We want the league to grow, particularly in light of a new broadcast deal (and) for that to occur, there needs to be meaningful investment into players."
But Vivian says he still hopes for a "meaningful increase" to the cap next year and a reversion of previous rules that kept loan fees for overseas-based players outside of the cap this season.
"Sadly we've had a breach of the cap this season and I think this shows it's putting pressure on clubs, it's certainly putting pressure on players and we need to find a way to relieve that," he said.
"There has to be a cleansing of the cap ... to get some of the things that fall into the cap taken out of it.
"Loan fees go into the cap at the moment and we believe they should not be."
Vivian said it was in everyone's interests to ink the deal as soon as possible after Sunday's grand final.
"Then when clubs are talking to their players and retaining them, they can forecast what their finances would be," he said.
could they have not done that last season, may have kept bes then.
Furthermore, Kelantan had 4 imports and they still lost the match. 