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I agree in principal but disagree on the reality of it.
If we distribute everything and introduce a cap we do indeed have a more competitive league. What we also have is a league where the worst get a bit better but the best get a lot worse. We would be basically writing off Europe (we have already earned what this season? 5 seasons worth of Scottish money?) and we would be setting limits on what players we can get in that would see league 1 clubs in England able to out-spend us on wages.
The aim must not be us giving people things for free and dragging us down to their level, we need a way of dragging them up to ours. I understand well that this is not easy, but the fault lies squarely on the shoulders of 2 groups; 1, the SFA who are happy to see the status quo for personal gain and 2, the smaller clubs who see 2 visits of the OF per season as the pinnacle of their ambitions.
You dont have a way to drag others up to our level because there isnt one.
The ONLY solution is to share resources more evenly AND introduce a salary scale NOT a cap.
Forget europe for now. Its making things worse unless we agree to share european money out evenly. Why not?
As for players going elsewhere for more money. Let them. I cant see the like of Arfield opting for Barca.
The priority is to save Scottish football.