Brighton to table SCR amendment amid concern big clubs could gain advantage | OneFootball

Brighton will table an amendment to the Premier League’s incoming squad cost ratio rules, seeking greater freedom to reinvest money from player sales. The club fear the overhaul will tilt the field towards the biggest spenders.

A gruelling run now awaits, with trips to Liverpool on Saturday, Arsenal on 27 December and Manchester City on 7 January, before an FA Cup third-round tie at Manchester United the weekend of 10-11 January. According to NY Times, this sequence has sharpened Brighton’s concerns about competitiveness.

A November vote replaced profitability and sustainability rules with SCR and rejected an anchoring mechanism. Brighton argue the outcome disadvantages ambitious mid-tier clubs.

SCR would cap total football outlay at 85 per cent of revenue. Anchoring would have tied the ceiling to five times the central income of the league’s lowest-earning club. Brighton worry higher matchday income will widen the gap.

Under SCR, profits from a sale can only offset costs in equal thirds across the next three years. Brighton want flexibility to deploy that income as needed, for instance 50 per cent in year one. They have canvassed the league and other teams and believe the tweak could pass at a future vote.

Brighton preferred PSR’s allowance of up to £105 million losses over three years, and have not been close to sanction, posting £208.4 million combined pre-tax profit over the past two seasons. Everton and Nottingham Forest were docked points, and Newcastle’s 2024 sales, including Yankuba Minteh’s £30 million move to Brighton, reflected PSR pressures.

Source: NY Times