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3 Other clubs breaching salary cap


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By maninorange - 21 Apr 2015 10:59 AM

Rumours circulating today that up to 3 other HAL clubs are currently in breach of the salary cap (Previously rumoured by Simon Hill on the Fox Sports Podcast last week).

Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City are rumoured to be 2 of the said 3 clubs to have breached the salary cap.
By sanchez - 25 Apr 2015 12:31 PM

maninorange wrote:
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/rivals-claim-victory-broke-salary-cap-rules-with-socceroo-signings-20150424-1msvpd.html?stb=twt

Rivals claim Victory broke salary cap rules with Socceroo signings

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The FFA, which has been rocked by Perth Glory's salary cap breaches, says Victory broke no rules.

"FFA rejects any suggestion that clubs with loan players in the 2013/14 season were in breach of the A-League player payment guidelines," said the Head of Hyundai A-League, Damien de Bohun.

"FFA was fully aware of all such payments at the time. The guidelines for that season very clearly stated that loan fees paid to the parent club are not included in the club's salary cap. The normal post-season review identified that FFA needed to clarify the interpretation of a 'loan fee', and that was done and communicated to all the clubs."

The FFA also pointed to an old guideline that says "loan fees paid to the parent club are not included in the club's salary cap".

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"I think what Perth did was a breach of the cap and they deserve their whack. But I also think we should look at what Victory did."

The difference here is that Perth's CEO owner and whoever said they did nothing wrong and the FFA, the governing body(!) have said MV did nothing wrong.