[Search & Destroy]

Are the football club using it? Are footballers any different to anyone else, I saw Birmingham had put all players on over £6k a week on a 50% pay cut

Why not put them on £2500 a month and let them take a mortgage and council tax holiday like the rest of us

They can’t work like the rest of us, their employer’s are going under, I don’t see the difference

Premier League should do it as well but give the Government back the £2500 a month in some other type of donation

[moondog]

Search and Destroy, on 26 March 2020 - 08:02 AM, said:

Are the football club using it? Are footballers any different to anyone else, I saw Birmingham had put all players on over £6k a week on a 50% pay cut

Why not put them on £2500 a month and let them take a mortgage and council tax holiday like the rest of us

They can’t work like the rest of us, their employer’s are going under, I don’t see the difference

Premier League should do it as well but give the Government back the £2500 a month in some other type of donation

Last I heard they were looking into it

[Westbars Spireite]

Search and Destroy, on 26 March 2020 - 08:02 AM, said:

Are the football club using it? Are footballers any different to anyone else, I saw Birmingham had put all players on over £6k a week on a 50% pay cut

Why not put them on £2500 a month and let them take a mortgage and council tax holiday like the rest of us

They can’t work like the rest of us, their employer’s are going under, I don’t see the difference

Premier League should do it as well but give the Government back the £2500 a month in some other type of donation

Council tax holiday? Not read about that yet.

[Search & Destroy]

Ring Bolsover Council and they sort it for 2 months

[spireitetoo]

Search and Destroy, on 26 March 2020 - 10:33 AM, said:

Ring Bolsover Council and they sort it for 2 months

Is there any point, it will only increase future payments, same as the mortgage holiday, so if you can just afford to pay it.. I would.

[valemadness]

Search and Destroy, on 26 March 2020 - 10:33 AM, said:

Ring Bolsover Council and they sort it for 2 months

I'd rather pay April and May and have February and March off.

[fishini]

valemadness, on 27 March 2020 - 12:01 AM, said:

I'd rather pay April and May and have February and March off.

If you pay monthly you don't pay anything in February and march

[isleaiw1]

Search and Destroy, on 26 March 2020 - 08:02 AM, said:

Are the football club using it? Are footballers any different to anyone else, I saw Birmingham had put all players on over £6k a week on a 50% pay cut

Why not put them on £2500 a month and let them take a mortgage and council tax holiday like the rest of us

They can’t work like the rest of us, their employer’s are going under, I don’t see the difference

Premier League should do it as well but give the Government back the £2500 a month in some other type of donation

Its only applicable to people whose jobs are at risk to prevent those jobs being lost. Given footballers have protected employment they should not be using taxpayers money to pay them when times are tough, that money should be spent on those with less protection...

fishini, on 27 March 2020 - 12:22 PM, said:

If you pay monthly you don't pay anything in February and march

Unless you choose to pay over 12 months as your annual bill is so flipping big...

[calvin plummers socks]

isleaiw1, on 27 March 2020 - 02:13 PM, said:

Its only applicable to people whose jobs are at risk to prevent those jobs being lost. Given footballers have protected employment they should not be using taxpayers money to pay them when times are tough, that money should be spent on those with less protection...



Unless you choose to pay over 12 months as your annual bill is so flipping big...

Protected employment?
One of the most unstable jobs around

[JonB]

calvin plummers socks, on 27 March 2020 - 02:33 PM, said:

Protected employment?
One of the most unstable jobs around

Think he means in that if a club went into admin they are protected and get paid in full i believe like the tax man and not like suppliers etc who might only get so many pence in the pound under an administration deal.

[isleaiw1]

calvin plummers socks, on 27 March 2020 - 02:33 PM, said:

Protected employment?
One of the most unstable jobs around

Can you make a footballer redundant?

If not, can they qualify for a furlough payment which is designed to prevent jobs being made redundant..?

ETA that it doesnt seem as bad as someone being in the gig economy with no rights, or those on zero hours contracts, or even those in industries prone to downturn and hiring and firing....

I'm not going to start feeling sorry for footballers in the higher echelons just yet. If they are plying their trade in the national league then it is probably less comfortable for them now - but they will be paid to the end of their contracts unless the club goes bust.

Now until the job protection scheme was announced there were HUNDREDS of our staff who couldn't say that...

This post has been edited by isleaiw1: 27 March 2020 - 05:30 PM

[Search & Destroy]

The self employed do know they have to pay tax on that £2500 and can’t just stick it under the bed?

[Search & Destroy]

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[spireitetoo]

Wonder how many of the self employed sector are about to shoot themselves in the foot...
Not saying they all falsify their tax return but I'm sure one or 2 may and may just drop themselves in it??

[valemadness]

fishini, on 27 March 2020 - 12:22 PM, said:

If you pay monthly you don't pay anything in February and march

I know that's why I'd rather pay it in april and May and not have to pay in February and March instead of not paying in April and May but still having to pay February and March.

[spireiterob]

isleaiw1, on 27 March 2020 - 05:27 PM, said:

Can you make a footballer redundant?

If not, can they qualify for a furlough payment which is designed to prevent jobs being made redundant..?

ETA that it doesnt seem as bad as someone being in the gig economy with no rights, or those on zero hours contracts, or even those in industries prone to downturn and hiring and firing....

I'm not going to start feeling sorry for footballers in the higher echelons just yet. If they are plying their trade in the national league then it is probably less comfortable for them now - but they will be paid to the end of their contracts unless the club goes bust.

Now until the job protection scheme was announced there were HUNDREDS of our staff who couldn't say that...

"@danroan - Spurs say 550 non-playing staff will take 20% pay cut for next 2 months & use govt’s furlough job retention scheme in attempt to "protect jobs".
Net worth of Spurs owner Joe Lewis: £4.3billion
Pay of chair Daniel Levy: £7m
Average players’ pay: £76k/week

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52105337 "

This in stark contrast to Barcelona, and fair play to Barca .

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52092809

This post has been edited by spireiterob: 31 March 2020 - 05:04 PM

[spireiterob]

spireiterob, on 31 March 2020 - 05:01 PM, said:

"@danroan - Spurs say 550 non-playing staff will take 20% pay cut for next 2 months & use govt’s furlough job retention scheme in attempt to "protect jobs".
Net worth of Spurs owner Joe Lewis: £4.3billion
Pay of chair Daniel Levy: £7m
Average players’ pay: £76k/week

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52105337 "

This in stark contrast to Barcelona, and fair play to Barca .

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52092809

Norwich have just done the same as Spurs.

Bournemouth have told accomodation providers for their youth team players that they will no longer be paid during this pandemic. Lovely.

[CFC91]

I really hope the one good thing coming out of this is the PL money black hole self combusts. They really are a disgrace

[Wooden Spoon]

spireiterob said:

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"@danroan - Spurs say 550 non-playing staff will take 20% pay cut for next 2 months & use govt’s furlough job retention scheme in attempt to "protect jobs".
Net worth of Spurs owner Joe Lewis: £4.3billion
Pay of chair Daniel Levy: £7m
Average players’ pay: £76k/week

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52105337 "

This in stark contrast to Barcelona, and fair play to Barca .

https://www.bbc.co.u...otball/52092809

Spurs continue to pay players in full, while the “plebs” get a pay cut. That’s disgusting. I hope the season goes neyonf the deadline and the 700+ million has to be paid back. The premier league is obscene. I hope it goes pop.

[Search & Destroy]

DEATH, on 01 April 2020 - 07:49 AM, said:

Spurs continue to pay players in full, while the “plebs” get a pay cut. That’s disgusting. I hope the season goes neyonf the deadline and the 700+ million has to be paid back. The premier league is obscene. I hope it goes pop.

So do I