Salary cap

In sports, a salary cap is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries, either as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster (or both). Several sports leagues have made salary caps mandatory, both as a method of keeping overall costs down, and in order to balance the league so a wealthy team cannot become dominant simply by buying all the top players. Salary caps are often the major issue in negotiations between management and players' unions.

Salary caps in Europe

Several European football (soccer) leagues are considering salary caps. In 2002, BBC reported http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/2402329.stm that the G14 group of 18 leading European football teams has decided to cap the payrolls at 70% of team's income, starting from the 2005/2006 season. Serie A, the leading Italian football league and The Football League in England have also considered salary caps.

Related Topics:
Serie A - Italian - The Football League - England

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As noted in the beginning of this article, the top English rugby competitions, the Guinness Premiership (Union) and the Super League (League), have caps in place.

Related Topics:
Rugby - Guinness Premiership - Union - Super League - League

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