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The cynic in me says that that is to make price rises a bit more palatable.

Max losses (or share conversion) are 5m + 3m deviation. Anyone know why they don't just say max loss of 8m?

How much do DS and youth players earn? We're talking about the 6 figure salaried playing staff - those that are by far the biggest cost to a professional club at this level - and that means the 25-30 or so senior players. My point was that there are a finite number of opportunities for players...

No they won't. There are only 22 Premier League clubs, each of which with a squad of 30 or so players; it's not an infinite honey pot for anyone who can play a bit of football. Those who aren't good enough to make a PL squad will have to scrape a living earning 3-4K a week in the championship.

We, and all other clubs, will just have to cut back the wage bill, the most expensive of which is obviously that of the playing staff. We could halve what we're paying now and players would still be earning 6 figure salaries, so certainly no need to supplement their income by going semi pro...

You don't think that a club turning over 20-30M a year can afford to pay 30 full time playing staff?!

Sanctions in 14/15 apply to the losses made in 13/14, so it is important that we don't make a loss greater than 8m next season.