Should there be a salary cap?

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I like the idea of a salary cap but probably for different reasons to others. I'm not so fussed about salaries and increase in stats, I just think it would hopefully make a much more even competition, create more talk and make the roles of the board all that more important whilst adding more interest.

*Points system

Rather than a salary cap as such why not go with a points cap? This is where each player would be given a points ranking from 1 to 10 based on things like batting/bowling ranking, FC Games played & Representative games.

*Cap

Each team would obviously have a cap, so for a squad of 15 (which we would be your highest 15 players) each club would get a cap of 100. They must fill this cap with 15 players, you can't just sign 11 players with 100 points so one of the things that would need to be found out is what would be a necessary cap size and are there enough active players to make it a top 15, possibly more or less.

*Loyalty scheme

Something that I think needs to be in every cap, discounts should be made for juniors, one club players or players who have played over a certain amount of games at one club. Each will be weighted differently and discount from their total points score.

*New teams/long serving teams

Most people are probably thinking that the big benefiters out of this will be the long serving teams like the Stickies and well mainly just the Stickies and it would be a fair point but maybe something like a weighting system could be introduced. Where playing one season for the Ravens would be equal to one and a half for the Sticky Wickets. Obviously would need to find the right balance for that.

I guess another flaw is that it will make it harder for new teams to come in as no players will qualify under the loyalty discounts but I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing all new clubs should be encouraged to get a core group of players and then fill the rest with newbies so that they are sustainable in the future. After a season or two they'd be just like any other club and they will have earnt it.

For arguments sake lets say the scoring system worked like this;

Code:

[SIZE=4][B]Points[/B][/SIZE]

[COLOR=Red]First Class games
0 FC Games = 0 points
1-25 FC Games = 1 point
26-50 FC Games = 2 points
51+ FC Games = 3 points

Rankings
Outside top 50 = 0 points
Inside top 50 = 1 point
Inside top 25 = 2 points
Inside top 10 = 3 points

Rep Games
0 = 0
1-5 = 1 point
5-10 = 2 points
10+ = 3 points[/COLOR]  
[SIZE=4]
[B]Discounts[/B][/SIZE] 

[COLOR=SeaGreen]Junior = -1

2-3 seasons = -1
3-4 seasons = -1.5
5+ seasons = - 2[/COLOR] 

Examples;

Player A

Code:

FC Games: 72 
Rank: 4
Rep games:  17
Junior: No
Seasons at current club: 2

Points = 9
Discounts = -1
Total Price = 8

Player B

Code:

FC Games: 7
Rank: 48
Rep Games: 0
Junior: Yes
Seasons at club: 1

Points = 2
Discounts = -1
Total Price = 1

Obviously stats would need working out to be realistic and if you wanted to implement a cash where you can increase simming average maybe something like the following;

Players with;

1 point = $11,000 - $20,000
2 points = $21,000 - $30,000
3 points = $31,000 - $40,000
etc
etc

Would stop players who are loyal taking a major pay cut but still provide competition for players with a certain points number. Each team could get a cap of say 1m for example.

Just some ideas... not sure if anyone will like it but I don't think it's a bad path to take if we were to ever go with the salary cap.

 

waiting for the time to pass so just thought I'd write up an outline.

Been a big fan of a salary cap though through all discussions so thought it was about time I put up with an idea.