A change to the squad cap has been voted upon several times in Top 100. The last vote was a close result, which resulted in no change to the 50 player limit.
An alternative suggestion could be a salary cap. Below are the results of a study to determine if this could be feasible. The outliers are that not every squad has the same number of players, and some teams have either loaned players in, loaned players out or both. For the purpose of this study the salary of loaned players is counted towards the salary total of the parent club. This in mind the totals have been rounded up to reflect this as much as possible.
Division 1
Highest salary Chelsea at £2,366.555 – lowest salary WBA at £955,990
Division 1 average: £1,591.203
£1.6m
Division 2
Highest salary at Liverpool £1,630.670 – lowest salary at Hamburger £617,360
Division 2 average: £1,128.853
£1.1m
Division 3
Highest salary at Internazionale £1,418.680 – lowest salary at Sassuolo £680,335
Division 3 average: £981,410
£1m
Division 4
Highest salary at Augsburg £1,194.010 – lowest salary at Saint Etienne £695,065
Division 4 average: £868,397
£900k
Division 5
Highest salary at Independiente £900,110 – lowest salary at Lyon £434,365
Division 5 average: £705,975
£700k
Top 100 Total
Highest Salary Chelsea £2,366.555 – lowest salary Lyon £434,365
Top 100 average: £921,031
Average of the average salary £ 1,056.386
£1.1m
The proposal is based on the above result each club has the financial capacity to pay player salaries up to £1.1m. It is up to each manager to manage this accordingly with no fixed number of players to each team. If a team goes over this budget they must sell players to get back in the black.
Top 100 
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