New Posts For Thread: How would football work if true freedom of movement was allowedhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowedIE No transfer fees and ability move at will during the summer out of season period only with a wage cap applicable equally to all clubs in that division.Teams start and finish with same squad and manager. Sacking manager midseason is banned.There should be an incentive as well for development of youth players. x% of the players salary not included with cap etc..https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564963347#564963347There should be an incentive as well for development of youth players. x% of the players salary not included with cap etc..Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:11:59 -0500Sancho and Rashford are perfect examples of the beauty of this way of working, they'd be unable to sit and do nothing whilst collecting their money, theyd be forced out.Exactly so it works both ways. Players who do well can leave for another club ifhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564963267#564963267Sancho and Rashford are perfect examples of the beauty of this way of working, they'd be unable to sit and do nothing whilst collecting their money, theyd be forced out.Exactly so it works both ways. Players who do well can leave for another club ifSun, 07 Sep 2025 10:47:02 -0500It would make things more competitive, the bigger sides would be restricted and forced to be much leaner, someone like Grealish for example wouldn't have been on the missing list whilst commanding a huge wage whilst doing nothing at City, they'd be fhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962829#564962829It would make things more competitive, the bigger sides would be restricted and forced to be much leaner, someone like Grealish for example wouldn't have been on the missing list whilst commanding a huge wage whilst doing nothing at City, they'd be fSun, 07 Sep 2025 09:14:07 -0500So effectively every player on a 1 year contracthttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962559#564962559So effectively every player on a 1 year contractSun, 07 Sep 2025 08:00:47 -0500Think of the remainder of the season as a notice period to allow teams to plan etc..https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962505#564962505Think of the remainder of the season as a notice period to allow teams to plan etc..Sun, 07 Sep 2025 07:30:18 -0500^^^ That's not freedom of movement then ^^^https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962437#564962437^^^ That's not freedom of movement then ^^^Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:38:14 -0500^ wouldnt happen as the player can only move within the out of season window.The wage cap could be at club level not player level so the club can pay a big fat wage if they want but the max salary of each club would be equal and at a fair level for ahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962399#564962399^ wouldnt happen as the player can only move within the out of season window.The wage cap could be at club level not player level so the club can pay a big fat wage if they want but the max salary of each club would be equal and at a fair level for aSun, 07 Sep 2025 06:12:27 -0500With complete freedom of movement a player could score for you on a Wednesday and knock you out of the cup on Saturday.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962313#564962313With complete freedom of movement a player could score for you on a Wednesday and knock you out of the cup on Saturday.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:04:18 -0500Football is tribal. Some will turn up regardless of how the team is doing even when relegated from the EFL let alone the Premiership. More will turn up if the team is successful.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962291#564962291Football is tribal. Some will turn up regardless of how the team is doing even when relegated from the EFL let alone the Premiership. More will turn up if the team is successful.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:52:45 -0500Football fan's loyalty is already stretched to breaking point, see Isak.If they didn't who was going to play for their team on a Saturday would they bother turning up?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31883453/how-would-football-work-if-true-freedom-of-movement-was-allowed?post_id=564962225#564962225Football fan's loyalty is already stretched to breaking point, see Isak.If they didn't who was going to play for their team on a Saturday would they bother turning up?Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:39:49 -0500