So, we are in a world-wide crisis, millions ill, tens of thousands dying, and it’s gonna get a whole lot worse. Football, and our love of it doesn’t matter any more. It is totally and utterly irrelevant.
We’ve had calls from a Tory - what do you expect? - minister calling for top -players to pay 30% wages, presumably to the NHS. That could amount to £20-30M.The NHS’ budget is currently £120 billion approx. What’s£20-30M going to achieve, and how is it going to be spent?
The NHS. Bit of a clue there as to who owns it, who pays for it. ‘National’, ergo us, we pay, through HMG taxes. Individuals, organisations, all can contribute but that’s in the name of charity. We are where we are because of lack of funding to the NHS, for decades people, by different governments.
Which brings me on to FSG. Whatever reputation they enjoyed, that’s gone up the swanee. It’s an organisation that could well afford to pay its own staff. If, as reported Crystal Palace an do it, why can’t FSG? The situation reminds me of Sunderland, Scottish international player, bearded, can’t remember his name, not important, showing off his new Audi R8 wagon the same day the club was laying off staff. Is that where we are?
FSG, with the help of the first team squad should be dipping into their pockets to keep the staff fully paid. Fully paid here and now, and not some 6week - two month a la Universal Credit payment later.
Currently, the club is a disgrace.
FSG
posted on 5/4/20
Billionaires who’ve spent their lives having people over and exploiting every tax avoiding, money making opportunity going in shameful expenses claim shocker
posted on 5/4/20
The company I work for has hundreds of millions in the bank but no one bats an eye lid when they use furlough. What’s the difference?
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Taggs - voted 3rd funniest poster 2009 (U1183)
posted 2 minutes ago
The company I work for has hundreds of millions in the bank but no one bats an eye lid when they use furlough. What’s the difference?
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First of all we don't know who your company is. Second, this is a football forum, so in the main, that's what we talk about.
Finally we keep reading about player x earning £150,000 per week, not many companies pay that to staff.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Taggs - voted 3rd funniest poster 2009 (U1183)
posted 5 minutes ago
The company I work for has hundreds of millions in the bank but no one bats an eye lid when they use furlough. What’s the difference?
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There isn’t any difference. Both are equally repugnant.
Now you’ve told me I have batted an eye as well.
posted on 5/4/20
Apparently your non playing staff in total gets paid 1 million a month. Lets say this takes 6 months, thats 6 million. Surely you have that in your transfer budget if you are such a well run club.
posted on 5/4/20
Im disappointed, cant imagine Klopps happy with it or a bunch of the players either. A lot of these people they see as family and every day.
posted on 5/4/20
I agree with the OP.
I don't know how many are on this scheme now nor how much the staff would be getting paid but if you give yourself a range here.
80% of 2500 x 500 people? 750k, a million? 2 million? per month?
Give it 3 months say
5million tops is what the club has saved and has in one fell swoop ruined good will in the community.
seriously if 4 players gave back 100k per week for 3 months thats the same thing.
Now on the OTHER hand, if we think rationally about the situation and wonder just what the number crunchers are seeing in terms of zero revenue coming in? Is there zero revenue? what reserves are there.
how can palace or burnely lose say 50mil and still pay the 5mil level but we can't.
posted on 5/4/20
comment by Stay Safe (U1250)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Apparently your non playing staff in total gets paid 1 million a month. Lets say this takes 6 months, thats 6 million. Surely you have that in your transfer budget if you are such a well run club.
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you would wonder.
the club owes a clear indication of whether this is cash flow, not being paid themselves or what.
the statment given was pathetic.
Dressed up at the outset in the premier league decisions, tarted up behind with a piddly donation to local food banks and some online videos for exercise routines.
It was a complete and utter joke.
posted on 5/4/20
Our club made a mess of this. They should have paid those non playing staff for the next 3 months.
posted on 5/4/20
I think there’s a point to be made here, and I should have made it when I did the post.
There’s a need to differentiate between those who made this decision, and those who I suspect had nothing to do with it, weren’t consulted, told, etc.
FSG and only FSG made this decision, not the players, not the staff, not the manager.