Alviro Patterson wrote: With Premier League revenues at £3 Billion as of last season, just earmarking 5% of that for youth development in the Football League and professional Conference Clubs will make a huge difference (£1.562 Million per club, which is probably the average annual salary of one mid-table Premier League side) Obviously award the money through meeting criteria rather than hand the money straight out. In turn clubs who prioritise their youth team get rewarded, the English league pyramid becomes stronger and in 8 years England will win the World Cup in Qatar as aimed for by *modded* van Dyke.
I dont think you actually understand how the football system works, do you? What you are essentially saying, in other terms, is that McDonalds should be forced to donate money to Little Chef in order to promote English cuisine. Why would they, why should they be forced to, and what is the benefit for them?
The Premier League make their own money, and distribute that cash to the stakeholders who make it. The FA look after the interest of the national team, and the football league administer their own competitions.... why should the Premier League make the cash and give it away to promote an interest that has the potential to downgrade their product?
Football clubs are businesses, they shouldnt be forced to compromise their profitability and competitiveness for an external interest.
How do you also "reward" teams who produce talent? Surely the reward is already there when a lower club sells a player? Everton made 30million from Rooney, Everton in turn bought Stones from a lower team recently for a few million. Are the rewards for producing an England capped player going to be more than this? Are you proposing the FA, who make 250million a year, could pay that much for each cap?
What about Lallana, do Bournemouth get the money? To the Saints? If Tom Ince becomes an England cap, to Cardiff? Do Blackpool? Do the team he eventually signs for? No one can equate a value for this service thats fair, or who gets it.