~ SPORTSOCRACY ~
Welcome, this blog has been created as a nest for the freedom of speech alongside the continuous ongoing world of sport.
Well what the hell is Sportsocracy? a word which was devised by myself and it is a hybrid of two obvious words : -
Sport - An individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally.
Democracy - The right to a form of government in which power is invested in the people as a whole, usually exercised on their behalf by elected representatives. Includes freedom of speech.
(Definitions from Encarta online)
Add the two together - Sport + Democracy = Sportsocracy - and created is a world in which we can talk about sport in any manner we please. Freedom of speech with the spoken words of sport.
First topic of discussion - The football transfer window
With the January transfer window due to open in a matter of hours, and football being more money driven than it has ever been before, is it time a new process could be put in place similar to that of the NBA basketball draft system where the worse off teams get the first choices of a selection of draft players who make themselves/or their club makes them available to the transfer draft, also accounted could be swap deals.
For example - John Smiths* contract has ended with Whatever FC, he is now a free agent therefore that would make him out of contract and available for the draft system. This could apply to players who are in contract but want to leave the club they are at so the rules could be changed so a player can buy himself out of his contract after reasonable discussion with his club and therefore his name could then be put in the draft as per a conclusion of the discussion with the clubs hierarchy. (* John Smith is not a real player and is used for example purposes only)
This system could work but it would cut out transfer fees, meaning players wages could rise again and cut out agents when discussing overall transfer fees, which would mean they would push the players wage demands alot higher so the agents still get a cutback which will still be a profit.
For example right now as it stands - If John Smith moves to Real Madrid for 20 million euros/ pounds (or the currency of your choice), he is then subjected to all the usual scenarios club tour before hand, medical etc then a contract is discussed and john smith gets ££££'s per week, possibly above £50,000 a week for a top professional and pushing the £100,000 barrier then he is released to the hungry hounds for questioning as he is unveiled as the next big thing. His old club reaps nearly the entirety of the transfer fee and sits on a pretty pot of close to 20 million quid; obviously the agents involved take a cut also.
Not a bad days profit for his old club, especially if he cost sweet FA and came through the youth system. A positive for his old club yes, they have an instant margin above other clubs as cash in football breaks or makes you. The more cash you have as a club the more doors open for you to buy the better players and offer substantially large wages and bonuses. If you are a freshly promoted side up to the top division in your country, who spends little to gain profit, barriers are already in your way you cannot offer the higher wages or bonus's but you can offer top flight football and a possible below top division level average salary, but that’s were the book shuts unless a player really wants to come to your club, for example Roy Keane’s ambition to finish his playing career at Celtic, loyalty comes into consideration.
The draft could be the next step for football, it could save football and make it ever more interesting, well its got to be better than Platini wanting to rule out the slide tackle, he should be focussing his eyes on simulation (diving) and the introduction of goal line referees/ goal line technology whatever the preference with an added look over the current offside rule to improve it. For example post-draft if it happened - If Manchester United win the English Premier League title in 2009, the following season the 3 clubs coming up from the championship get first choice on the draft of players and the top gets the last pick. The draft system favours the underdogs and in the long run this could make football more appealing to the masses and giving teams a better chance and more of a competitive edge.
Its simple if your fed up of the same old top 3 or 4 clubs every season finishing in the top 3 or 4 places, the draft system could be very appealing. Another example is the SPL (Scottish premier league) - It has been dominated over the past few decades by Celtic and Rangers, this year Scottish football has come to the forefront with Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen still being in European competitions going into the new year, as well as the national team playing some absolute brilliant football possibly down to the inclusion of the ruling that three Scottish under 21 players have to be included in all league starting line ups. This has brought to the forefront some brilliant exuberant talent, Scott Brown (Celtic), Charlie Adam (Rangers), Alan Hutton (Rangers), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Zander Diamond (Aberdeen), Steven Fletcher (Hibernian). This even though this is a good formula for the Scottish international game, on a league level it is still Celtic and Rangers who are dominating the league, the draft system would be perfect for Scottish football.
The draft system definitely has its positives and its negatives, but its the money spinners in football who will not want this to happen. If FIFA chose this system to go worldwide you could imagine the possible mutiny of some of the bigger clubs. In this case the possible worst case scenario for FIFA could happen, the G14 clubs (no its not that Simon Cowell managed quartet, it is all of Europe’s top clubs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G14) could formulate their own Master League, a super league consisting of nearly all of Europe’s major clubs, that is possibly the most important negative argument against the "Draft system".
Any comments will be gladly appreciated.
Welcome, this blog has been created as a nest for the freedom of speech alongside the continuous ongoing world of sport.
Well what the hell is Sportsocracy? a word which was devised by myself and it is a hybrid of two obvious words : -
Sport - An individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally.
Democracy - The right to a form of government in which power is invested in the people as a whole, usually exercised on their behalf by elected representatives. Includes freedom of speech.
(Definitions from Encarta online)
Add the two together - Sport + Democracy = Sportsocracy - and created is a world in which we can talk about sport in any manner we please. Freedom of speech with the spoken words of sport.
First topic of discussion - The football transfer window
With the January transfer window due to open in a matter of hours, and football being more money driven than it has ever been before, is it time a new process could be put in place similar to that of the NBA basketball draft system where the worse off teams get the first choices of a selection of draft players who make themselves/or their club makes them available to the transfer draft, also accounted could be swap deals.
For example - John Smiths* contract has ended with Whatever FC, he is now a free agent therefore that would make him out of contract and available for the draft system. This could apply to players who are in contract but want to leave the club they are at so the rules could be changed so a player can buy himself out of his contract after reasonable discussion with his club and therefore his name could then be put in the draft as per a conclusion of the discussion with the clubs hierarchy. (* John Smith is not a real player and is used for example purposes only)
This system could work but it would cut out transfer fees, meaning players wages could rise again and cut out agents when discussing overall transfer fees, which would mean they would push the players wage demands alot higher so the agents still get a cutback which will still be a profit.
For example right now as it stands - If John Smith moves to Real Madrid for 20 million euros/ pounds (or the currency of your choice), he is then subjected to all the usual scenarios club tour before hand, medical etc then a contract is discussed and john smith gets ££££'s per week, possibly above £50,000 a week for a top professional and pushing the £100,000 barrier then he is released to the hungry hounds for questioning as he is unveiled as the next big thing. His old club reaps nearly the entirety of the transfer fee and sits on a pretty pot of close to 20 million quid; obviously the agents involved take a cut also.
Not a bad days profit for his old club, especially if he cost sweet FA and came through the youth system. A positive for his old club yes, they have an instant margin above other clubs as cash in football breaks or makes you. The more cash you have as a club the more doors open for you to buy the better players and offer substantially large wages and bonuses. If you are a freshly promoted side up to the top division in your country, who spends little to gain profit, barriers are already in your way you cannot offer the higher wages or bonus's but you can offer top flight football and a possible below top division level average salary, but that’s were the book shuts unless a player really wants to come to your club, for example Roy Keane’s ambition to finish his playing career at Celtic, loyalty comes into consideration.
The draft could be the next step for football, it could save football and make it ever more interesting, well its got to be better than Platini wanting to rule out the slide tackle, he should be focussing his eyes on simulation (diving) and the introduction of goal line referees/ goal line technology whatever the preference with an added look over the current offside rule to improve it. For example post-draft if it happened - If Manchester United win the English Premier League title in 2009, the following season the 3 clubs coming up from the championship get first choice on the draft of players and the top gets the last pick. The draft system favours the underdogs and in the long run this could make football more appealing to the masses and giving teams a better chance and more of a competitive edge.
Its simple if your fed up of the same old top 3 or 4 clubs every season finishing in the top 3 or 4 places, the draft system could be very appealing. Another example is the SPL (Scottish premier league) - It has been dominated over the past few decades by Celtic and Rangers, this year Scottish football has come to the forefront with Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen still being in European competitions going into the new year, as well as the national team playing some absolute brilliant football possibly down to the inclusion of the ruling that three Scottish under 21 players have to be included in all league starting line ups. This has brought to the forefront some brilliant exuberant talent, Scott Brown (Celtic), Charlie Adam (Rangers), Alan Hutton (Rangers), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Zander Diamond (Aberdeen), Steven Fletcher (Hibernian). This even though this is a good formula for the Scottish international game, on a league level it is still Celtic and Rangers who are dominating the league, the draft system would be perfect for Scottish football.
The draft system definitely has its positives and its negatives, but its the money spinners in football who will not want this to happen. If FIFA chose this system to go worldwide you could imagine the possible mutiny of some of the bigger clubs. In this case the possible worst case scenario for FIFA could happen, the G14 clubs (no its not that Simon Cowell managed quartet, it is all of Europe’s top clubs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G14) could formulate their own Master League, a super league consisting of nearly all of Europe’s major clubs, that is possibly the most important negative argument against the "Draft system".
Any comments will be gladly appreciated.
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Very informative. How would the draft system work in a domestic league that is split between many divisions? Say you were looking at the English league structure. Just for the sake of example maybe each club could draft 20 players - that would be 1840 players in total spread between 92 clubs. I take it that the premier clubs would have first picks and then when they are done it would be the turn of the league one clubs and so on and so forth. Would this not weaken the clubs the lower down the divisions you go and therefore weaken the competition? For instance, a championship club like Wolves or Sheffield United could possibly compete with a Premier club like Derby County at the moment for a player of a decent standard, therefore potentially raising their own standard and increasing the level of competition. This could well be true of the clubs lower down the divisions where the dividing line between clubs is very blurred - many clubs in league two could take on and beat clubs in the lower half of league one for instance. I just think it could keep competition at an artificialy low level below the championship. Good start Mr O'Doherty.
I meant to say championship clubs and not league one clubs in my fifth sentence.
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