Just heard it on 98fm a few minutes ago. Apparently, the FAI rejected their license for the new season due to their budget being to high so they had to reduce it.
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Just heard it on 98fm a few minutes ago. Apparently, the FAI rejected their license for the new season due to their budget being to high so they had to reduce it.
licencsing decisions will not be made until mid feb so I would assume that they were told to cut there budget as they may not receive a licence if they exceed the 65% scp
Any time you want to start making sense, feel free.
but licensing decisions will not be made until mid feb so this was not a licensing decision but a finanacial assessment and if thats correct then it must have been on the grounds they would exceed there own projections or breach the protocol
Yeah, sorry I misread your original post. My understanding wasthat it was a preliminery assesment of the budget submitted to FAI under licensing (if that makes sense). Basically the FAI don't want the embaressment of clubs failing on financial grounds and are telling clubs to sort themselves out before hand.
Just reading the title ... "Bohs Players to accept 15% pay cut"
Is that them accepting 15% and foregoing the other 85% or is it the other way round? Things are really bad if they can realise they need to drop more. Bohs wont be around for long i'd say.
Will they drop out mid season like Dublin City? and what is gonna happen with the points won against them if they do bomb out half way through?
So it seems Bohs could not sign anyone new until the existing 12 took a cut.... assuming each to cost around 1500 a week and the FAI to be ok with that level of spending the 15% frees up €2700 a week. All pretty speculative, but it does seem that Bohs will seriously struggle to maintain anything resembling last years strength.
It was apparently in one of the papers that Fenlon wanted to sign four or five new players on about €1000 a week including Shelley, Stuey Byrne, Paul Keegan. Doesn't look like there'll be that much available. A Face, they'll be on 85% of their previous wage, they're hardly going to accept playing for 15% of their previous wage by choice are they?.
Bohs won't "bomb out"
Even if they struggle they'll still be OK. UNless, of course,the 2 Gerrys are still in charge. In which case anything is possible
I'd agree. They'll do a Shels maybe. Major difference though is that Shels didn't have a bank lending them the money; the interest charge is massive and the bank are presumably getting edgy. If they don't sell Dalyer (which it seems they can't), they could well go under at some stage.
to slightly digress we are all looking at clubs in relation to this years licence applications but i wonder how many clubs failed there obligations on last years and will there be any punishments handed .
Is Fenlon going to walk?
Yes or no question:
Can Fenlon now sign new players given the acceptance of the pay cut?