Morizio Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 5 hours ago, tomski said: Loads do give stuff. Not everything is public knowledge. Bit like how the oystons anonymously donated the money they received from the folk they sued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Morizio said: Bit like how the oystons anonymously donated the money they received from the folk they sued. Haha. I liked them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 So the premier league are making a solidarity payment to efl & national league of 125m and 20m to NHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Interesting take from a current player. Smacks in the face of my argument a bit . Edited April 3, 2020 by tomski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted April 3, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 3, 2020 This is why football players are generalised at being thick as fuck, Hancock was asked a question specifically about footballers, so he answered it. "He’s just picking on an easy target." No he's not. Thick cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfcfan5 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I'm not sure why this is specific to football players? Should any or all of the top 10 or 20% of earnings be giving up their salaries in order to allow their employees or lower pay grade colleagues to be paid? Not sure why football clubs are a special case. If you think that then surely likes of Branson should be paying their own staff - he can afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter HomerJay Posted April 3, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2020 44 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said: I'm not sure why this is specific to football players? Should any or all of the top 10 or 20% of earnings be giving up their salaries in order to allow their employees or lower pay grade colleagues to be paid? Not sure why football clubs are a special case. If you think that then surely likes of Branson should be paying their own staff - he can afford it. as already said, easy target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted April 3, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2020 If plenty of footballers are giving charitable donations, anonymously, then perhaps other wealthy individuals are too. That interviewee, is it Mick Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2020 19 hours ago, tomski said: Interesting take from a current player. Smacks in the face of my argument a bit . The only thing claiming anonymity is you can just make it up It's an interesting read and I hope it's true, but I just take it with a degree of scepticism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: The only thing claiming anonymity is you can just make it up It's an interesting read and I hope it's true, but I just take it with a degree of scepticism Aye. Will always be there. I can deffo understand why you wouldn’t want to come forward though. A lot suggesting it’s Mark Noble on the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, tomski said: Aye. Will always be there. I can deffo understand why you wouldn’t want to come forward though. A lot suggesting it’s Mark Noble on the replies He mentioned blowing bubbles so from that and the description of where he's at in his career, its a good shout Or a smoke screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52165826 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 16:10, bwfcfan5 said: Not sure why football clubs are a special case. If you think that then surely likes of Branson should be paying their own staff - he can afford it. Because they're not furloughing the players? The legislation was brought in to help small businesses keep going through this difficult period not to subsidise those with multi million turnovers that continue to pay their biggest earners whilst abandoning the poorer paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 16:10, bwfcfan5 said: I'm not sure why this is specific to football players? Should any or all of the top 10 or 20% of earnings be giving up their salaries in order to allow their employees or lower pay grade colleagues to be paid? Not sure why football clubs are a special case. If you think that then surely likes of Branson should be paying their own staff - he can afford it. Branson's a different situation, though. There's a misconception that he own Virgin Atlantic, when in reality he's a minor shareholder. He's still a massive cunt, of course, but shouldnt be held liable for wages of staff who work for a company he owns a fifth of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: Because they're not furloughing the players? The legislation was brought in to help small businesses keep going through this difficult period not to subsidise those with multi million turnovers that continue to pay their biggest earners whilst abandoning the poorer paid. Players wages will need sorting out soon enough, they can’t keep paying silly money if it’s not coming in Some of these top clubs spend £300m, £400m even £500m a year on wages. With Revenue likely to be hit by 80%+ something has to give It will either be a pay freeze or reduction like the Barca players (70% cut) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2020 Most of their revenue isnt gate money Will sky not be paying what is due? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Casino said: Most of their revenue isnt gate money Will sky not be paying what is due? Not sure With sky sports subscriptions on freeze and advertising revenue through the floor? I’d have thought TV money into the PL will freeze also, if not now then soon enough Will they start paying TV money for next season in August if a ball still hasn’t been kicked, I can’t see it Sooner or later the billions spent on PL wages need to be reduced, frozen or deferred surely Edited April 4, 2020 by birch-chorley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, Casino said: Most of their revenue isnt gate money Will sky not be paying what is due? They have paid up to date but want the money back in full if season is voided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2020 Thats interesting Which means the season is getting finished.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 They are desperate to finish it so they don’t need to hand £750m back However the longer it goes on the more chance they take a hit somewhere, a reduced calendar next season means less games and a revenue hit. The players take the majority of the money that’s generated, a revenue hit from missed games will have to be shouldered by them eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11328253/burnley-bust-coronavirus-premier-league-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunsportfacebook040420&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1586030201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 4, 2020 Members Share Posted April 4, 2020 39 minutes ago, birch-chorley said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11328253/burnley-bust-coronavirus-premier-league-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunsportfacebook040420&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1586030201 Well that’s bollocks. All clubs get paid a set amount from every tv network they have ties with. Then 3 months in another payment and so on. Then the further they progress in every competition they get more money. Especially if you’re in the Champions League. Burnley won’t run out of money if the season didn’t start for two seasons. Not sure why the football clubs and Players are being picked out of this unless they’re furloughing staff which they shouldn’t be doing when 100’s of millions are going through their books and small companies are dying because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, Casino said: Thats interesting Which means the season is getting finished.... This season will get finished, though we may need to skip the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Burnley's wage bill was £87 million last year, they won't have enough in the bank for 2 years off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 hours ago, birch-chorley said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11328253/burnley-bust-coronavirus-premier-league-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunsportfacebook040420&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1586030201 Struggling to see the down side of that story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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