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Well should they? Certain staff have been taking pay cuts and some laid off. Some clubs are even using the governments job retention scheme, paid for by us tax payers (Spurs I think??).

With players wages averaging out at £70k a week, surely they have to look to give some of that up to help those at the club who are being laid off etc?

yes they should in this crisis and not only that but when we are over this the days of big transfer fees and huge contracts are over. why?

because football is an upfront speculative business and hence needs stability to generate return. The prospect of pandemics removes that stability. Hence the risk of investment increases dramatically

Changing times ahead we may see more home grown players

Nah, it’ll be business as usual after all this.

I’ve just read that there are 4 premier league clubs using the governments scheme while none of their players have taken a cut. How the hell does that work?? Knock the players wages down a bit and you’ll have money to pay those workers.

The PFA are currently protecting players, telling players at clubs not to accept any terms put forward.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out because lower club staff are being furloughed or losing their jobs whilst players are continuing collecting full wages.

It's starting to be a bit Marie Antoinette "let them eat cake" - upon learning the peasants had no bread, on the lead up to The French Revolution.

The players should be very careful, biting the hands that feed them!

I dont think you understood my post

I think I did. But if you’d written and punctuated it better it may have been easier to understand.

PREMIER LEAGUE TO MAKE NHS DONATION

A meeting of Premier League clubs has decided that a £20m donation will be made to "the NHS, communities, families and vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic" with a further £125m being given to the EFL and National League.

It has also been confirmed that talks are ongoing with players about a 30 per cent cut in wages.

A statement after the meeting said it was unlikely the Premier League will resume in May and that it will only restart when it is safe to do so, in line with government advice.

https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/li...cross-the-world

PLAYERS TO MAKE NHS DONATION?

Several senior players at Premier League clubs are currently involved in discussions to organise a coronavirus crisis fund to support the NHS.

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and James Milner are heavily involved with organising the gesture which could run into millions of pounds of charitable donations from the country’s top footballers.

A lot of conversations between captains and senior players have taken place and are ongoing. Once the principles have been agreed upon they will be able to go public and that could come as early as this afternoon.

Despite the curt reply I still don't feel my post has had an adequate response

I agree with the principles of what you say Stanley but I don't see it happening although I truly hope you are right. The amount that these players pay in tax is phenomenal. In many cases what they pay weekly in tax will be much more than many people take home in a year. That has always been bonkers.

I have just finished watching the second series of Sunderland Til I Die and the money that is needed to run a club of that size is incredible compared to what it is capable of bringing in at League One level. The upfront speculative business you cite is absolutely spot on. There were some clear examples of cost cutting they went through but you will see if you watch it closely around the transfer window the way that impulse takes over and can clearly wipe out some of those savings. Speculative business indeed.

Very few clubs are run well despite the millions they generate. I really hope as a result of this our clubs start looking at the money being drained out of the game especially by agents. The money paid to these leeches comes out of all our pockets and straight into their fat bank accounts.

Put a cap on salaries, agents fees and wages. Level the playing field and give the game back to the fans with cheaper tickets and free to watch games on TV.

Within 2 weeks of the first games being postponed we had clubs reporting that they could not survive long without the revenue from the remaining games this season. That is how fragile they all are.

To ask the government to pay staff 80% of wages when you are paying out millions each week to your first team players is a fukking disgrace. Worthy of bringing the game into disrepute and an immediate points deduction in my view as it is a truly despicable act. This looks like some clubs are either not living within their means of are just looking to feather their own nests. The government should not pay any of their staff on their behalf until ALL their players and officials are forced to cough up.

Perhaps the PL and EFL could withhold end of season prize money and parachute payments until such time that clubs fall into line and pay up.

Football in this country is a massive industry. The money the government gets from it in taxes could run a small country.

It looks certain we are heading towards a huge recession where people would lose their jobs which will make it more difficult to afford the superficial which football is. So clubs will struggle and will find it very difficult to pay huge wages