Definition Of Non- Match Day Staff

Liverpool the latest to furlough staff-despite £167m in profits in last two years

Times must be tough-still if the Govt is handing out free money why wouldn't those highly respectable football clubs get in the queue

Crikey even Jamie Carragher is "spitting feathers"(makes a change)

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ier-league-club-to-furlough-non-playing-staff

 

And where does that come from?

 

Advertising?

 

The PFA headlines about players being ‘concerned’ that their reduced PAYE contributions will harm the NHS is insulting.

This is about player greed and nothing more.

Do the right thing and take a f****** pay cut.

 

I don't think they need to take an actual pay cut, but they could donate money to make up what the the non-playing staff are losing and it would be small change to them.

 

One worry apparently is they don’t trust club owners to pass on the money saved to the non-playing staff.

 

Then donate it direct through their own organisation the PFA.

All the staff would have to do would be to put in a claim to the PFA FUND, or whatever they want to call it, with some sort of proof of how much they are losing from their normal wage.

I know it would take some sort of extra administration for the PFA, but I'm sure they could hire in staff to organise it all for them on a temporary basis while the crises lasts, and maybe they could even hire some of the football clubs non-playing administrators to run the scheme for them.

 

It’s not though.

Players want to be sure that if they are giving up a percentage of their wages, that the money goes in the right direction and not to just an opportunity for owners to save money and keep the difference. It’s wholly sensible and indeed, admirable.

If not done correctly, then there is every chance Paul Pogba could give up say 80k per week and every penny goes to the Glazers with no commitment to be distributed elsewhere.

Again, I will point out that footballers already contribute far more to the system than the average person on the street. Seems some just want an opportunity to bash footballers.

 

Further to my last response, it’s estimated that by taking a 30% pay cut without it being done carefully, will result in the NHS losing £200m in tax alone in the proposed 12 month period.

It’s clearly not about player greed. It’s about them recognising they can do something and being prudent and careful to make sure the money they give up goes directly where it should, without pitfalls.

 

I don’t think footballers should be criticised here.

The real a**holes are the owners who use the governments job retention scheme (thus hardworking taxpayers money) to save a few quid and keep themselves as rich as possible.

As others have said more eloquently than myself. Not cutting 10% of players wages but cutting 20% of near minimum wage staff is pretty disgraceful, when clubs are bought by billionaires with too much money to begin with.

You can really tell the classy clubs from the nasty, classless ones here. Brighton, Man Utd, Watford etc. all appear to be classy, whilst Liverpool, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Spurs unsurprisingly are shown to be nasty, classless and tacky.

I take your point, but the PFA are clearly using the fact that humans can’t properly process numbers above a million to their advantage.

Whilst hardly pocket change, the NHS annual budget is £134 billion. So that 200m pays for just over half a day of typical NHS spending. Almost certainly less than that in the current situation.

 

I take all your points and a fair way for players to do it would be to pay into a central PFA fund.

However, they’re not exactly queuing up to show their support are they while non playing staff are being furloughed.

I think the majority of players couldn’t give a **** and I’m basing that on absolutely nothing but that most seem like d****

 

The easy way to do it. Would be for players to contribute out of their NET wages, in which case the NHS etc wouldn’t lose out as the tax receipts would be the same!

Maybe one way to do would be for players to donate to the clubs local hospital which would be seen as helping the community, earning the clubs brownie points by helping their very own supporters, family and friends!