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The order in which financial sacrifices should be made is as follows:
1. The business
2. The billionaire owner of that business
3. The most highly paid employees of that business
4. The least well-paid members of that business
PL teams are working hard to invert the order.
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1. The business
2. The billionaire owner of that business
3. The most highly paid employees of that business
4. The least well-paid members of that business
PL teams are working hard to invert the order.
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The least well-paid have gone first and now the billionaires, cheerfully aided by the public, are ready to throw the players under the bus next.
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While it might seem reasonable for players not playing to be asked to take a pay cut, owners have not actually ruled out making players finish the season and perform their full contractual duties.
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In a time where almost everyone most of us know is being asked to take a pay cut or is facing the need to get state support, it doesn& #39;t seem unreasonable to ask players take some reduction, perhaps refundable if they do in fact complete the season, but I& #39;ve yet to hear of...
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...a PL owner say that they are putting their hands in their pockets to subsidise the club and expect to make a permanent loss on that. (Which is not to say they haven& #39;t or that many smaller owners have no choice but to do so.)
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A great many PL owners are not tax resident in the UK. On a personal basis, many players will pay vastly more tax, mostly full PAYE, than the owners of the clubs, many of whom are orders of magnitude wealthier than the players.
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So, yes, players are highly paid, but that doesn& #39;t mean they should voluntarily accept huge pay cuts while the owners haven& #39;t yet sorted out a plan. And certainly not until the owners, many of whom do their damnest to avoid paying in the exchequer, have made major sacrifices.
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