#swfc The latest media move from the often billionaire owners of Championship clubs in trying to lean on not-quite-millionare players to make them cut their wages: Saying they're considering killing all clubs at the same time to make all of the players' contracts null and void: https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1248135543558492163

It's unlikely to be more than an attempt to influence negotiations with the PFA over wage cuts.

What is more interesting than "the nuclear option" outlined above, however, is this by-the-way: "Future salary cap rules have also been part of the discussion".

That seems a much more realistic way forward and one that is long overdue (see graph below). The attempt to rein in reckless spending via loss control has failed spectacularly regardless of the verdict we and Derby will eventually receive.

(graph from https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/coronavirus-news-latest-efl-championship-leeds-west-brom-aston-villa-reading-birmingham-wigan-a9454261.html?jwsource=twi)

Make no mistake about it: The finances of Championship clubs were already in the ICU before Covid-19 swept the land. And now they're on ventilators with a poor prognosis.

Clubs need to agree not to outspend each other into oblivion. We, the fans, need our football clubs.

Limiting how much clubs spend above their revenue doesn't work.

The limits need to be on how much they spend on player wages specifically.

And, I would propose, in the same instance a cap on how much you can charge for season and match day tickets (say £25 on the latter).

The salary cap shouldn't be there to save the often billionaire legal tenders of the club expenses. It should be there to make football more accessible and affordable for those that make up football: Us, the fans, without whom there'd be no football.