League AGM

[Roger D]

The AGM has ignored the Boards recommendations and voted to establish an Ethics Board and a salary cap.

A working proposal of the salary cap will go before next year's AGM where it will need to pass again. Working thoughts are £900k tier one and £540k tier two.

 

[StephenMac]

Salary cap seems a bit of a weird one. Looking forward to the Dorking players being given £500 per match food and drink allowances each.

Presumably this doesn't start this season and so there'll be a good chance that the likes of Wrexham will throw obscene amounts of cash at getting promoted before it comes into force. Can't see that creating misery down the line.

 

[Stuart Fordyce]

All a salary cap will do is have players getting one "playing" contract and another contract for image rights or some such crap to get round it. Probably will end up with a lower tax take for HMRC. As a lot of them seem to be self employed personal trainers or the like they can just invoice the clubs instead.

 

[Roger D]

Just to confirm the salary cap is not operational this coming season and the final proposed version will have to be approved at the next AGM. As such, it may never happen.

 

[StephenMac]

All a salary cap will do is have players getting one "playing" contract and another contract for image rights or some such crap to get round it. Probably will end up with a lower tax take for HMRC. As a lot of them seem to be self employed personal trainers or the like they can just invoice the clubs instead.

Imagine landing the image rights for Jason Prior. Absolute licence to print money.

 

[Roger D]

Another promise the season won't start without fans or grants. They can't decide what to do if the season is abandoned.

National League Statement: AGM Round-Up | Aldershot Town FC

The National League’s Annual General Meeting has taken place today via conference call. Southend United and Grimsby Town were welcomed into the 2021/22 season constitution, replacing promoted Sutton United and Hartlepool United to make up a 23-team National League division. The number of clubs...

www.theshots.co.uk

 

[PartisanDulwich]

bottom of barrel stuff - blame the players - its about wages not about incompetent League leadership
yeah right

 

[Pink Panther]

Another promise the season won't start without fans or grants. They can't decide what to do if the season is abandoned.

National League Statement: AGM Round-Up | Aldershot Town FC

The National League’s Annual General Meeting has taken place today via conference call. Southend United and Grimsby Town were welcomed into the 2021/22 season constitution, replacing promoted Sutton United and Hartlepool United to make up a 23-team National League division. The number of clubs...

www.theshots.co.uk

I thought this part might be a typo by Aldershot, but it's exactly the same on the National League website:

"There has been no change to the league structure in National League North and South from the 2020/21 constitution. To accommodate an increase to 24 clubs in each division from the 2022/23 campaign, 3 clubs collectively will be relegated from Step 2 to Step 3 and replaced by 8 promoted teams."

There are currently 66 clubs in the league in total, so losing 3 and adding 8 will give only 71 for the following season i.e. not enough for 24 in every division. Just how much more clueless can these clowns get?