StanSP Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52148955 Quote Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs as it was announced the season will not resume until "it is safe and appropriate to do so". All clubs have agreed to put the proposed "combination of conditional reductions and deferrals" to players. The Premier League will also give £125m to the EFL and National League, plus £20m to the National Health Service. Clubs still intend on completing all league and cup fixtures. "Any return to play will only be with the full support of government and when medical guidance allows," the Premier League said. "It was acknowledged that the Premier League will not resume at the beginning of May - and that the 2019-20 season will only return when it is safe and appropriate to do so."
Preston Fox Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 Should me more IMHO and the players shouldn’t have been asked-they should have offered
Tuna Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 It will be a great help to the NHS. As for the football clubs, I hope it filters down right through the leagues to those who desperately need it, to the grass roots. Something as insignificant to the Premier League footballer as 15k could secure the immediate future of a non league club.
Hales Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 5 minutes ago, Preston Fox said: Should me more IMHO and the players shouldn’t have been asked-they should have offered How do you know they didnt offer? Many may have offered and many may have already donated and organised things. They may just prefer it to be private and also it makes sense for a statement to be made for all clubs not individually. Yes they are high earners but so are actors, entertainers, business owners (Branson I mean you!) and bankers. It is unfair of the government to just highlight them. Most football clubs are already a major part of their local communities and already do lots of good work.
Fox92 Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 Great news. Fair play to the PL because they get a lot of negatvity, and occassionally from me too.
Paninistickers Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 Jesus H. Token reaction to some bad PR. Bite the bullet and PFA should volunteer all PL first team squad members over an unspecified salary to go unpaid leave for the next three months and review after that
filbertway Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 Really nice gesture. It's sad that already I can see people complaining about it. Absolute joy vacuums.
Sampson Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 This seems like more of a PR stunt than a good idea. The tax revenue on that extra income footballers earn would surely amount to a hell of a lot more than £20mil though? Surely it doesn't make sense to get rid of a big chunk of tax income right now and instead transfer more tax money from footballers to the NHS? Either that or footballers donate 30% of their wages to the NHS and fighting the virus rather than taking a 30% pay cut?
Sampson Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 3 minutes ago, filbertway said: Really nice gesture. It's sad that already I can see people complaining about it. Absolute joy vacuums. But it makes no economic sense. Most of that 30% paycut for the money Premier League footballers earn are taxes. It's a PR stunt which is surely actively detrimental to the country's current situation?
Guest SO1 Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 12 minutes ago, Preston Fox said: Should me more IMHO and the players shouldn’t have been asked-they should have offered You forget who their dealing with. You think the owners don't have their own self interests? Negotiation is a part of life not some thing to be frowned upon. IMHO
st albans fox Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 3 minutes ago, Sampson said: But it makes no econpmic sense. It's a PR stunt which is surely actively detrimental to the country's current situation? Welcome to the real world ..........
StanSP Posted 3 April 2020 Author Posted 3 April 2020 I've got a feeling that this kind of thing would have been in place anyway. The PL meeting was scheduled for today anyway. Yesterday's press conference with Hancock's comments probably just influenced the decision to be made today.
Charl91 Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 3 minutes ago, Sampson said: But it makes no economic sense. Most of that 30% paycut for the money Premier League footballers earn are taxes. It's a PR stunt which is surely actively detrimental to the country's current situation? It depends where the 30% is going. If it's going in the pocket of the clubs, it's a terrible idea. If that money is going straight to the NHS/Charities (like Man United are), then it sounds sensible to me. I presume even with the 30% pay cut, they'll still be paying taxes on the 70% of the remaining income.
filbertway Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 I didn't realise every penny of our tax went to the NHS... Surely helping keep lower league clubs afloat is going to be helpful to the economy and general mental well being of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. Jobs will be kept and when football comes back, people are still going to have teams to support. Seems fairly decent of them to me.
Sampson Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 Just now, Charl91 said: It depends where the 30% is going. If it's going in the pocket of the clubs, it's a terrible idea. If that money is going straight to the NHS/Charities (like Man United are), then it sounds sensible to me. I presume even with the 30% pay cut, they'll still be paying taxes on the 70% of the remaining income. If players are just taking a paycut, that surely just means the clubs are keeping that 30%. As I said - the clubs or the players should have come out and said they're donating that 30% to the NHS or other charities instead - that would surely have been the sensible thing to do?
Charl91 Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 2 minutes ago, Sampson said: If players are just taking a paycut, that surely just means the clubs are keeping that 30%. As I said - the clubs or the players should have come out and said they're donating that 30% to the NHS or other charities instead - that would surely have been the sensible thing to do? Yup, agree 100%. Wouldn't surprise me if teams like Tottenham make all the players take a 30% cut and then keep the money themselves. A donation to the NHS/other charities would make the most sense.
Hales Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 3 minutes ago, Sampson said: If players are just taking a paycut, that surely just means the clubs are keeping that 30%. As I said - the clubs or the players should have come out and said they're donating that 30% to the NHS or other charities instead - that would surely have been the sensible thing to do? Surely it will be helpful to some clubs to pay their non playing staff their full pay and to stop them being furloughed? I would be more than happy that the players are taking a cut to pay the staff that help them on a daily basis at the stadium and training ground and are not using the government scheme like spurs and newcastle!
RowlattsFox Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 As long as the saved money is to pay non playing staff, otherwise what's the point? It's the right thing to do though, players shouldn't be getting obscene amounts of money for doing nothing for months.
Sampson Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 11 minutes ago, filbertway said: I didn't realise every penny of our tax went to the NHS... Surely helping keep lower league clubs afloat is going to be helpful to the economy and general mental well being of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. Jobs will be kept and when football comes back, people are still going to have teams to support. Seems fairly decent of them to me. It doesn't all go to the NHS. It also goes to all those furloughed and jobless workers right now. Including those role-playing staff furloughed by clubs - and across many other industries too. Even if the clubs pass the money on to their own workers and pay them their extra 20% they don't get from the government- surely society's need to spread that money round is far more urgent right now. It also goes to building infrastructure and keeping the country going right now. I'm happy to be proven wrong and if clubs release figures showing this is beneficial to the country as a whole then that's great. But right now, I fail to see who gains from this other than PL football clubs.
DennisNedry Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 The minimum they should be doing really. Barca's players have took 70% cuts.
Hales Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 I'm a little dumbfounded? The other day it was wrong that clubs are furloughing staff and players were on full pay. The general consensus was the players should take a cut to ensure the non playing staff were paid. They are now doing that and it's still not good enough? There are 500ish premier league players in this country and 2.5 million millionaires. Its hardly seems fair they should take the full media scrutiny. What about the bankers and financiers that are all sat at home earning ridiculous sums too!
Heathrow fox Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 16 minutes ago, Sampson said: It doesn't all go to the NHS. It also goes to all those furloughed and jobless workers right now. Including those role-playing staff furloughed by clubs - and across many other industries too. Even if the clubs pass the money on to their own workers and pay them their extra 20% they don't get from the government- surely society's need to spread that money round is far more urgent right now. It also goes to building infrastructure and keeping the country going right now. I'm happy to be proven wrong and if clubs release figures showing this is beneficial to the country as a whole then that's great. But right now, I fail to see who gains from this other than PL football clubs. Protect jobs it says.You don’t think that it might be their own jobs that they’re protecting.Penny not dropped yet?The £125 mill for the EFL pays the championship wage bill till August max.Wake up people football as we know it is fecked.
Paninistickers Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 1 hour ago, filbertway said: Really nice gesture. It's sad that already I can see people complaining about it. Absolute joy vacuums. Nothing about being a joy vacuum. My employer asked us to take 20% cuts and volunteer for as much unpaid leave as we'd like. It was approved in a flash. Anybody with half a brain cell could work out our employer had lost its entire income overnight What's so different in players working out they are doing nothing and the club's are earning nothing and collectively deciding to make thier last month's salary of around £250k (after tax) last for four months instead of one?
Gordon the Great Posted 3 April 2020 Posted 3 April 2020 42 minutes ago, Hales said: I'm a little dumbfounded? The other day it was wrong that clubs are furloughing staff and players were on full pay. The general consensus was the players should take a cut to ensure the non playing staff were paid. They are now doing that and it's still not good enough? There are 500ish premier league players in this country and 2.5 million millionaires. Its hardly seems fair they should take the full media scrutiny. What about the bankers and financiers that are all sat at home earning ridiculous sums too! No Mate, not EARNING.......Getting!
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