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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't seem unreasonable to ask players take some reduction, perhaps refundable if they do in fact complete the season, but I'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'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't mean they should voluntarily accept huge pay cuts while the owners haven'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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