Industry Shorts: Efl, Psg, Birmingham 2022
The EFL has confirmed that clubs in League One and League Two have voted to introduce new ‘Salary Squad Caps’.
The league says that the move has been the result of ‘extensive and comprehensive’ consultation between it and the clubs, which started before the coronavirus pandemic and continued throughout the summer.
The move, which will be effective immediately, will seek to address wage inflation in the two divisions and will replace the Salary Cost Management Protocols previously in place. The fixed caps will be £2.5 million in League One and £1.5 million in League Two.
Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain have signed a new global partnership with Chinese smart TV manufacturer Hisense.
The brand will provide equipment to PSG’s facilities, including its new training ground which is set to open next year, while Hisense’s products will be displayed at the Parc de Princes and promoted on the club’s channels.
Organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have launched a search for local areas and facilities to host training camp in the lead up to the Games.
The Games will host teams from 71 nations and territories and hosts will provide a base from which to prepare, train and acclimatise ahead of the event.
The 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup has been postponed until 2022.
The event was supposed to take place in New Zealand between February and March 2021, but the ICC has confirmed that the competition has been pushed back a year and will now take place in February and March 2022.
The Harlequins Foundation has released a new report, which builds on the Premiership Rugby club’s use of the Sport Value Bank (SportVB) tool, developed in partnership with leading social value research consultancy Simetrica and Everton FC and forecasts that it will generate £2.5 million worth of social value over the next year.
The Foundation announced the launch of the tool in November 2019, and has used it to produce the new report, entitled ‘The Way Forward’, which shows Harlequins is on track to generate £2.5 million across its 11 programmes in the coming year.
The BBC has published results from its Elite British Sportswomen survey, which shows that just 14% earn more than £30,000 per year from sport – less than the mean UK wage of £30,629.
The survey, which the BBC says was sent to 1,068 women in 39 different sports – and received 537 responses – has also highlighted the fact that 36% of athletes do not feel supported by their club or governing body to have a baby and continue to compete, whilst 67% say they have experienced racism (with 10% having reported it).
