EFL set for vote on ‘major changes’ in Championship on Monday – report
The EFL are set to make “major changes” to voting regulations in its annual general meeting on Monday.
The Daily Mail claims that the results serve “as a significant indicator on how soon landmark salary caps are introduced.”
At the moment it takes 75% of the clubs to vote through changes but the EFL is looking to reduce this to two-thirds.
The vote on Monday is seen as a precursor to a vote on salary caps, that are said to have big support in Leagues One and Two, with clubs in the Championship still trying to decide their position.
The Mail also talks about a maximum of 20 players in squads, with Under-21s exempt from the budget cap. That would encourage clubs to promote more from the academy.
Andrea Radrizzani has talked of the need for major change in the Championship.
He admitted that the Leeds’ salary was unsustainable in the Championship.
That hopefully won’t be an issue for much longer and this vote could be one of the last that Leeds take part in before moving up into the top flight.
It’s the perfect time to escape the Championship.
EFL chairman Rick Parry has said that football league clubs could go under because of the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak.
He was talking after a worrying report from Deloitte that showed just how vulnerable teams in the Championship were.
BBC journalist Dan Roan highlighted a “staggering” ratio of players’ wages to turnover of 107%.
A salary cap is more complicated in the Championship, though. Parachute payments make it very hard for existing Championship clubs to compete.
And many clubs take calculated (and more risky) shots at getting in the Premier League.
It’s led to loopholes being exploited, with Sheffield Wednesday and Derby currently under investigation for selling their stadiums to sister companies in a bid to circumnavigate financial fair play.
Something needs to be done, though. The Coronavirus outbreak has just brought forward a crisis that was already bubbling away.
Leeds have built a squad that can get into the Premier League and unlike other clubs have done it as responsibly as possible.
However, not going on and securing promotion could be catastrophic and could undo all the work that Radrizzani and Marcelo Bielsa have done.
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