Salary cap for pro-sports

In this case football (soccer to the Americans).

Now I see the logic in this, as pro-sports are really just a business like anything else, except with huge brand loyalty. And it's true that the richer clubs get, the more money they tend to pay players. So from a commercial standpoint, they would be wise to find a way of keeping salaries under control. Maybe some kind of europe wide agreement goverened by UEFA is the way.

What really puzzles me however, is why Richard Caborn (UK sports minster) is getting involved? He's on about legislating ?? First, what the hell has a players salary got to do with the government; second, say they pass a law saying "no more than say £10M a year" and a club breaches it. Do we really want to start jailing people for earning or paying "too much" I sure don't want to pay taxes for that

It's symptomatic of the governments need to

(a) seem popular by faking an interest in football and
(b) meddle in absolutely everything

Really guys, this is probably a good idea for it's own sake and for the sound financial governance of sports clubs, but it really doesn't need to government to be involved.