From April 30th next year the players CBA expires. Until a new one is signed no salary cap will be enforced.
Do you think it should be abolished or a new agreement signed?
If it doesn't get abolished I expect it to rise quite a bit. Bad news for Welnix
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/12/15/could-the-a-league-scrap-the-salary-cap/
The way clubs are going under, and some of the disparity in turnover, I'm thinking keep it for sure. If you expand it then you have to set it at a mark that all clubs can afford, otherwise you may as well just not have it at all.
5 different minor premiers in 7 years, I would suggest the salary cap is working.
The only argument to abolish the cap I can see is to keep the talented players in the league. But the A-League is only meant as a development league, a stepping stone for talent to head to bigger leagues. It isn't perfect and needs refinement, but to remove it entirely is daft.
I would suggest we need to keep the cap, but that it should increase on a set inflationary type scale. A salary Cap is excellent for keeping an even competition, but they also want to be able to improve the players & competition within that. The other issue is the players side of it, like in the US at the moment with the NHL & previously with NBA & NFL the last two seasons, players want to have their "fair share" of revenue and as such may demand a cap based on revenue not based on current plus inflation.
Definitely think the Cap is a great idea and needs to continue in some form.