Originally Posted by
howdydoo
It's not how it works. If Rotherham had found themselves stuck in League 1 next season how would they have funded these wages? Players who are 30 years old and in demand, are going to run contracts down and sign a contract with the highest bidder. Rotherham will have known this from the outset and made the decision to keep them for a promotion push. Why would they sign a new deal in the last year of their contract? If they do that the club would want a fee if they move on. That reduces the amount morally bankrupt clubs like Wednesday will pay in wages.
The only thing I would question, is why drop down a league but you only have to look at the Barry Bannan situation to see it's the way of the world.
Take Smith and these other 'free signings'. He now has a bumper contract for 3 years. If he doesn't perform he knows he'll get a good part of his contract paid up. That'll leave him to go and ply his trade somewhere else and not be out of pocket. Be that in 9 months to 18 months time.
Rotherham have done the best they can and their reward for keeping them is a few million more in revenue next season. We might be 20 points adrift next season. Who knows. What I do think is that we need a different approach and need to try something different.
Rotherham. I can't blame them. The players, I can't blame them either.
The authorities. They need to sort the game out. I've no issue with clubs spending big if their business model allows that. What we don't to see is a raft of points deductions and FFP breaches at the end of next season. It's going to happen again and too many clubs will avoid anything and cheat again.
The jokers at S6 being one of the worst offenders. Shame for them, that they have the biggest simpleton in the football league managing them. Haha.