WE went back to work on Monday, by Wednesday the top ftse 100 bosses had already earned what their average workers will earn in a whole year( £30k). I"m all for talented people earning a great wage, but earning what your average workforce earn yearly, in just 3 days, is taking it to far! If the masses as i suspect on here don"t want the top brass to take a pay cut as they deserve every penny, their is a solution to this stat and stem the greed that is taking over this country, from politicians cronyism to city bankers, pay the workers more!

I think it is exactly what the head is earning, start at the top why not? As for premier footballers, i would be all for a maximum wage of say 5 grand a week, through the board, any footballer who wants to go abroad, goodbye! Make it £5 entry for the fans ! If some chuck it in, then we just get the youths in, they would snap off your hand for £5 grand a week.If the whole of europe followed, there wouldn"t be a need for players to fcuk off anyway! Lets be honest, we watch football cos it"s our club, we would enjoy it just as m,uch if two pub teams were playing in a full stadium, how often do we actually see something we think we couldn"t do on a good day back in the day? How many don"t go because they can"t afford it? Defending thegreedy in life is a trait of the working classes, even the ones that can"t afford to go, I know as i know one such ex school pal I used to travel the country watching palace with, he can"t afford to go, but went to Sheffield, Nottingham, Ipswich, Liverpool with me back in the day!(and is still a CON)!

Oh come on Croydon you’ll have us all in buttoned up tunics and funny round hats eating live insects and family pets next.

You must be one of the working class i quoted Eagles, to much celebrity jungle tv by the sounds of it!

Dont worry CP. Once your besties biden and harris are fully up to speed you will see what your socialist dream really is. Although bad left wing news doesnt get real coverage so our holers on the other side of the pond will let us know how it's going.

I know it's an admirable approach and many many people would agree with you but I'm starting to see why you aren't the director of a FTSE100 company (along with all the people that agree with you).

Let's put part of your idea to the test.

If it was £5 entry to Selhurst, on the basis of 20 home games a season at capacity, the club would stand to make an income of £2.5m per year. It probably costs around £1m per year just to maintain the ground and training facilities and around £100k in staffing to stage each game (£2m) per year leaving a £500k deficit before any players are paid. The low standard of football would mean that TV and sponsorship revenues would dry up, and the business plan would fail.... much like every attempt in history to make socialism work. Sorry.

All the business that support Selhurst Park would also fail, and the government would miss out in millions in tax revenue from players, VAT and all other directly and indirectly created employment. Less money would be available to invest in public services.

All the clubs privately financed outreach programmes would dry up, there would be no cage football or kicks scheme that have given the chance for Zaha, Eze, Mitchell, AWB, Clyne to become millionaires.

Local pubs and shops would go out of business reducing the amenities available for local people. There would be less demand for public transport so investment would halt.

I do have to say that I enjoy watching my own team or my mates far more than I enjoy watching Palace, but that doesn't scale up as spectators lose the connection with the players as the size of the crowd increases. A high quality product is need to attract more people to make the business sustainable.