burrowss01

I'm really keen to give this a try - does it seriously impact the processing / game speed?

My testing of the rules set out in post #1 have proven very encouraging. I'm not seeing a "blanket" league table at the end of the season, which is interesting, but we have had a variety of league winners and a good churn of teams making the ECL. Brentford have made three consecutive Champions Leagues and Everton are genuine title contenders within three seasons (they almost won it but bottled the run in during May). What's really fascinating is that the Premier League has won the Champions League twice since the rules were implemented, which I thought would be almost impossible given the "free market" continues to operate in Europe. I have implemented 6+5 in the major European leagues as well, so perhaps this just shows that the salary cap in England is bringing the EPL back into the pack rather than destroying it. Ditto continued strength in the Europa League, where Manchester United (finished 10th) have just beaten Aston Villa in the final of Season 4 Europa League. Some interesting legacy issues: - Out of the big six, only Liverpool and Man Utd have managed to get their "club" wage bill under the cap. This is mostly due to being able to sell ageing stars to Saudi Arabia. - Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Spurs are trying, but not able to, shift high earning players. Odegaard and Rice have only played Champions League football for three seasons! This will fix when those contracts expire, but it's a 5-6 year problem to solve which may justify some additional editing (ie putting 12 month expiry dates on any EPL player on >£200k per week) - These high wage earners are essentially stuck because (a) their wages are unaffordable and (b) the big clubs on the continent don't want to buy foreign players and breach 6+5 - Clubs aren't able to stockpile their cash savings thanks to a 90% corporation tax charge on profits, but there still significant variation in the club balances at the end of each season - There is a race to the Passport Office for any established Premier League player who has been in England long enough to qualify for second nationality!

@Roy Race 9 - would you be willing to share your edit files? Sounds like a fascinating set of rules!

Thanks! Helpful - looks like there isn't a huge degree of interest in this topic (and I'm not sure the AI can really cope with it either) My test game with the parameters above has led to a very interesting opening season!

This is a bit of a brain dump but I’m interested in the thoughts of others. I’ve read a couple of other interesting threads, including a good one on a European Salary Cap which @Roy Race 9 was a prolific contributor to a few years ago. My main objective here is to - as far as is possible - create a more balanced football ecosystem in Europe. I’ve started with the EPL to experiment but will rollout anything successful to the major top divisions across the Continent as the experiment progresses. To start with I asked ChatGPT which steps would be good to explore and the headlines it gave me were: 1. Strengthen FFP Regulations Action - reduce allowable losses 2. Revenue Sharing Action - inverse prize money implemented. 17th placed club receives prize money which traditionally goes to winner, an Vice Versand. 3. Salary Caps and Transfer Fee Limits Action - Salary Cap for registered squads implemented equal to the 10th place club wage bill in a simulated 5 season test. No more than £2.4m per week can be spent on a registered squad. 4. Promotion of Youth Development Action - Implemented the proposed “6+5” rule so that no more than 5 foreign players can be on the field of player at any time. 5. Introduce a Draft for Youth Talent Action - No action identified. 6. Restrictions on Loan Systems Action - No action implemented but will explore further. 7. Enhanced Governance & Oversight Action - Strict implementation of wage cap and 6+5 rule - cannot be gamed or circumvented. 8. International Collaboration Action - Will expand and rollout to other nations if successful. 9. Fan Ownership Models Action - None implemented but will consider whether all clubs should be changed to a Supporters Trust ownership. 10. Flexible Scheduling Action - None implemented. My initial test has shown strict adherence to the salary cap and the 6+5 rule (although many foreign players have accumulated 2nd nationality status in England). I’d like to push on further and faster - all ideas / suggestions very welcome.