Date set for crunch L1 salary cap vote
Sunderland and their fellow League One clubs will soon discover their fate over new salary cap proposals, with a vote set to take place next week.
Mark Catlin, CEO of rivals Portsmouth, says he believes the vote will take place August 6.TheEFLislookingtobringin a £2.5m per-year wage restriction in the third tier in a bid to make the game more sustainable.
But Portsmouth and Sunderland – whose wage bill at the start of last season stood at £10m – have voiced their concerns over a flat wage cap, however there is support elsewhere. Catlin, however, believes there are a growing number opposed to the salary cap, he told the Portsmouth News: “I don’t think there is a certainty that the salary cap will go through.
“There seems to be an ever-growing number of clubs which may vote against it, but I think a lot of those may look at it and, given the financial situation, see it as the best of a bad job. It doesn’t tick everyone's boxes, but, on the whole, it means clubs’ costs are going to be brought down. Unfortunately for us, they are going to be brought down to a level whichisfartoolowforPompey and too high for other clubs.”
The promoted teams, Coventry City, Rotherham and Wycombe Wanderers will no longerhaveasayontheLeague One proposals, instead the three relegated clubs from the Championship – Charlton, Wigan and Hull City – will.
Sunderland will support the introduction of cost controls but they have already voiced their concerns over any uniform cap on playing budgets. CEO Jim Rodwell has previouslyinsistedanychange must also include a transitional period.