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I suspect allot of PL players have already made donations but have not gone to the press/social media on it. They should also be doing their bit to help employee's at their won club, if I was on £100K a week and heard the cleaners & cooks have been laid off, I'd feel bad and find it hard to take my £100K with no guilt.

The problem is some clubs are exploiting it, like Spurs, which gives all the clubs a bad name, I'm sure allot of club are working with/help their local communities, like LFC do, I've heard a few local reports that Man City & Man Utd have done allot in my local community.

The PFA are also not doing the players any favours with their statements to say hang on and see what clubs do.

I can understand the PFA in a way. Don't forget they represent players at all levels and they are their union. But they should have been onto this sooner to get help to all their members. They represent the players on £250k a week and those on £250 a week. Like any union they will look to get the best for all members not just specific ones. Their job is made more difficult by having clubs all with different rules and agents of players with different agendas.

The ones they need to protect are the lower paid players in lower leagues but it is no longer fit for purpose in the modern game.

They are acting as a Union, and as all Unions they want to have a role, probably want negotiations with them. They would be mad if they thought pay cuts are not warranted

Yep!

In light of Liverpool now furloughing some non playing staff I wasn't sure which thread to drop this in.

But the PFA are now saying that if players were to take a 30% pay cut it would have a detrimental effect on the NHS. This is because the government would lose out on £200m in tax revenue. It needs sorting out. The club paying full wages to players whilst furloughing non playing staff in this scenario does not seem so bad but whatever way you slice this up the club still looks bad.

It's all about robbing Peter to pay Paul. This should and could have been sorted out without leaving a bad taste in the mouth. The red tape of government maybe to blame? The PFA probably looking for their own scapegoat? The players made to feel bad by a cabinet minister and everyone pointing fingers at each other.

Why should they be pressured or forced into a pay cut? They're top level athletes at the peak of short careers. Many will never struggle financially and ethically you could argue they have a duty to contribute, but they should be lauded if they do, not derided if they don't.

They pay millions in taxes for the government to waste and it's their right to keep the rest if they choose.

We've made record profits, struck a huge deal with Nike, our players are on 100k+, driving around in Mercedes and living in luxury houses, yet we have to rely on the government to pay our staff? This is embarrassing, I am really disappointed in our club. Whatever happened to you'll never walk alone.

If they are to be lauded, they should equally be derided if they dont, complete logic

Can you imagine the staff returning back to work, knowing that these players refused to take a pay cut from their 100k+ salary?