Golf equipment in Leagues One and Two will likely be restricted within the amount of cash put into the membership from homeowners that may be spent on participant wages and switch charges from the 2025-26 season.
Beneath new guidelines sides will solely have the ability to spend a proportion of any funding over £500,000.
House owners in League One placing £1m or extra right into a membership will solely have the ability to spend 60% on player-related expenditure whereas League Two sides will solely be permitted to spend 50%.
The foundations deliver fairness funding, the place homeowners purchase shares in a membership, into line with the English Soccer League’s Wage Value Administration Protocol (SCMP) – a part of Monetary Truthful Play laws to assist management golf equipment’ monetary losses.
Beneath the present SCMP guidelines, League One sides can spend 60% of turnover on wages and switch charges and League Two sides 50%, however 100% of any fairness funding.
One other change to the foundations implies that solely 60%, in League One, and 50%, in League Two, of additional soccer earnings – akin to prize cash, cup earnings or switch charges obtained – will have the ability to spent on player-related expenditure, whereas beforehand all of this cash was in a position to be spent on the squad.
It implies that ought to an proprietor of a League One facet make investments £100m of their membership they may solely spend simply over £60m on gamers.
House owners can nonetheless spend a vast amount of cash in non-player associated prices akin to infrastructure enhancements or group tasks.