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Football needs a wage cap for our youngsters
NFL rookie wage cap should be implemented in England, says KADEEM SIMMONDS

Last Sunday saw the US National Football League (NFL) bandwagon pull up at Wembley as the Miami Dolphins crushed the Oakland Raiders.

As a fan of the NFL, I enjoyed the spectacle and the increased media coverage it is getting in this country with talk of there being a London franchise in the near future.

While many sports fans don’t understand the game and wish England didn’t get involved in a sport with so many problems (problems which have been documented on these pages) there are some things that our sports can learn from the United States.

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