Is FFP working?

[WestYorksRoyal]

I'm jumping the gun and tempting fate here, but the transfers that sound close seem like very smart business. In fact, if you look at recruitment for a couple of years has been pretty smart.

Is this due to smarter management and the Dais learning from their early mistakes? Or is it FFP forcing us to be smart?

Obviously FFP is not perfect. There is no transparency and the uncertainty and lack of clarity the club has had this summer has been farcical. It's also a shame we seem to have our hands tied on contract renewals too.

But I can't help but think that we'd still be throwing around big contracts left right and centre without proper due diligence were it not for FFP. Now we really have to choose where we spend our resources carefully, and we seem to be making smarter decisions because of this.

[The Royal Forester]

Of course it is working. The bigger clubs are still getting bigger and the smaller ones are still also ran's and kept where the EFL wants them.

[Lower West]

As long as there's the threat of relegation. Then the seats at the top table will keep changing. Money spent has been proven over and over again not to be the sole pancea of success. The entire club infastructure cannot be underestimated. Ferguson built a dynasty not just a team.

[Snowflake Royal]

There's a very simple test to see if it's working.

Take the 5 year period prior to it's introduction and count how many teams received points deductions and went out of business.

Take the 5 year period after it was introduced and count how many teams received points deductions and went out of business.

If its lower or the same since, its doing OK. If its higher, its not working.

It's not the best solution. An independently regulated league structure with built in fan representation and part ownership, and transparent transfers and wages with caps would be better.