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Painter Flag Croydon 12 Apr 20 8.20am Send a Private Message to Painter Add Painter as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Sky’s satellite dishes, sky’s monopoly and Sky movies and the other rubbish drove the prices up. If we started from here with broadband it would be a lot cheaper.

It is cheaper now, all Premier games are accessible for a very small price via IPTV. Sky, BY etc are responsible for the vastly inflated wages.

 

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Midlands Eagle Flag 12 Apr 20 8.33am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Painter

It is cheaper now, all Premier games are accessible for a very small price via IPTV.

Legally?

 

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Henry of Peckham Flag Eton Mess 12 Apr 20 10.45am Send a Private Message to Henry of Peckham Add Henry of Peckham as a friend

Originally posted by uncleneal

I have always thought it strange when you hear of a whip round and the players raise a couple of grand.

Wouldn’t they look brilliant if one week, they all gave 10% of their weekly wage to the NHS or whatever charity they all agreed on.

I'm not sure players are, or ever would, collectively have a whip round for any deserving cause?

I thought the 'NHS would suffer' point was merely a ridiculous observation by the PFA on the amount of income tax collected by HMRC from footballer's gross salaries? Some of it would inevitably find its way from the Exchequer to fund the NHS.

 


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uncleneal Flag Croydon 13 Apr 20 12.40am Send a Private Message to uncleneal Add uncleneal as a friend

I take the point about how many of us would donate to these causes but everything is relative.

My story of Kuqi not just paying the £100 bill is like your avaerage earner s***ting himself over £5.

Surely, once you are earning these ridiculous figures, you can not care for the money?

I played in a celebrity golf day years ago and my host said to watch the footballers looking through their goody bags!

I don’t get it - how much dough do you want?

 

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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 13 Apr 20 7.04am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Henry of Peckham

I'm not sure players are, or ever would, collectively have a whip round for any deserving cause?

I thought the 'NHS would suffer' point was merely a ridiculous observation by the PFA on the amount of income tax collected by HMRC from footballer's gross salaries? Some of it would inevitably find its way from the Exchequer to fund the NHS.

When they are not indulging in legal and illegal tax avoidance schemes. It was a stupid comment next they will be saying that if they take a pay cut think of the damage it will do to the champagne and caviar industry.

Edited by Badger11 (13 Apr 2020 7.05am)

 


One more point

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scuffy Flag orpington 13 Apr 20 12.52pm Send a Private Message to scuffy Add scuffy as a friend

Think you'll find that many of them earn considerably more than that. Annual bonuses alone are often worth well in excess of 1 million pounds. Often those bonuses are paid out for trading synthetic financial instruments that have no positive impact on the real economy. In contrast, top footballers are providing entertainment which is enjoyed by millions, even billions, of people worldwide. I'm not attempting to justify footballers' wages, by the way, I just think there's a lot of hypocrisy going on here.

Originally posted by est1905

Well for a start a top banker or Lawyer earns around 1m a year and the many years of study and dedication to their field gives them the discipline and humility to deal with that status and the earnings that go along with it.
A Prem footballer can easily ear ten times that amount and not even be very good. I mean look at Benteke's track record in terms of wages to productivity. And Wickham's come to that. How many Lawyers do you know that are still paid a massive salary a year on after being off sick for that period of time?
You talk crap mate. Footballers are living in a bubble, its about to come crashing down and frankly I'm glad it will

 

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scuffy Flag orpington 13 Apr 20 12.56pm Send a Private Message to scuffy Add scuffy as a friend

And if you're seriously suggesting bankers show humility, you obviously weren't around, or didn't pay much attention to, the 2008 financial crisis where many people who deserved to end up in jail continued to pay themselves millions while taxpayers bailed them out and suffered the years of austerity that followed -- the results of which are a big factor behind the NHS being as depleted as it is today. But, yes, go ahead and blame young footballers...a much easier target while the establishment continue to make themselves richer!

Originally posted by est1905

Well for a start a top banker or Lawyer earns around 1m a year and the many years of study and dedication to their field gives them the discipline and humility to deal with that status and the earnings that go along with it.
A Prem footballer can easily ear ten times that amount and not even be very good. I mean look at Benteke's track record in terms of wages to productivity. And Wickham's come to that. How many Lawyers do you know that are still paid a massive salary a year on after being off sick for that period of time?
You talk crap mate. Footballers are living in a bubble, its about to come crashing down and frankly I'm glad it will

 

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scuffy Flag orpington 13 Apr 20 12.58pm Send a Private Message to scuffy Add scuffy as a friend

Do you think it doesn't take footballers many years to reach the top in their profession? They just happen to be out on a field instead of in a classroom.

Originally posted by est1905

So In summary, these 18yr olds you speak of are in many cases earning multiples more than Bankers or Lawyers yet it takes people in that profession many years (sometimes decades) of study, hard work and climbing the ladder to reach the top. So they have earned their position through hard work and discipline. The spoiled little brats that might or might not be the next Messi (99 times out of 100 NOT!) have it given on a plate and then think they are above everyone else and the rules we all live by as a result.
And then you get the likes of Andros Townsend whining to the media that he does soooo much for charity and its sooo unfair footballers are being picked on. Joke.
There is a wake up call coming for Prem footballers. I'd love to be a fly on the wall the next time a contact is up for renewal, their agent tells them not only are their club only offering half what they're on now but no one else is willing to go higher. Might have to cancel that order for the latest McLaren eh?

 

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scuffy Flag orpington 13 Apr 20 1.01pm Send a Private Message to scuffy Add scuffy as a friend

Good point. I've not heard of any voluntary pay cuts at JPMorgan...meanwhile, our MPs have just awarded themselves a 10,000 pound bonus to work from home, something the vast majority of the workforce is just having to get on with.

Originally posted by the.universal

Always easy to spend someone else’s money. Would/have any of the salaries types on here take a voluntary pay cut to help the cause? How much?

 

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 13 Apr 20 2.04pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

The difference between footballers and bankers is the supposedly close link and bond between players and fans.

And I’m personally talking about footballers going a cut for the reason that the club and the game is looking in trouble if they don’t.

They could take a cut and have it written and signed that if in the near future the cut isn’t needed the players get their money. But no, it’s evidently clear the club isn’t in their minds like people think is the case when they cElebrate with us.

 


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scuffy Flag orpington 13 Apr 20 2.14pm Send a Private Message to scuffy Add scuffy as a friend

I think that's a very fair point.

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

The difference between footballers and bankers is the supposedly close link and bond between players and fans.

And I’m personally talking about footballers going a cut for the reason that the club and the game is looking in trouble if they don’t.

They could take a cut and have it written and signed that if in the near future the cut isn’t needed the players get their money. But no, it’s evidently clear the club isn’t in their minds like people think is the case when they cElebrate with us.

 

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EagleinSF Flag San Fransisco 13 Apr 20 3.52pm Send a Private Message to EagleinSF Add EagleinSF as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

When they are not indulging in legal and illegal tax avoidance schemes. It was a stupid comment next they will be saying that if they take a pay cut think of the damage it will do to the champagne and caviar industry.

Edited by Badger11 (13 Apr 2020 7.05am)

Actually think of the damage it'll do to the betting industry.

 

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