[Denver]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Footballers are an easy target, are other CEO’s being asked to give up 3 per cent of income, they should take a cut but then so should many others, TV broadcasters and media tycoons

They are easy targets for a reason

Many have gone off partying
One crashed his car the day after begging people to stay indoors
Another had a sex party while saying people should follow rules

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by WickedSkengMan

They are easy targets for a reason

Many have gone off partying
One crashed his car the day after begging people to stay indoors
Another had a sex party while saying people should follow rules

that's 2 out of how many?

Pep donated 1 million to Spanish Healthcare, but unfortunately lost his Mum yesterday

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Cherie

that's 2 out of how many?

Pep donated 1 million to Spanish Healthcare, but unfortunately lost his Mum yesterday

Rooney was yesterday told off by the police for breaking the rules by meeting up with another footballer so he doesnt help the case.

I agree a fair few footballers have donated and been great but the bad ones make the mud stick

[The Slim Reaper]

I'd have thought the dangerous parallels of a government deciding that the assets of one specific group of people should be opened up for public use, would be pretty evident.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I'd have thought the dangerous parallels of a government deciding that the assets of one specific group of people should be opened up for public use, would be pretty evident.

Agree. I'm all for wealth redistribution but it should be in the form of slapping say a 5% tax hike on earnings over £x million across the board, not for one specific sector. There are plenty of non-sportspeople bringing in high salaries, not sure why they're being specifically targeted other than because of their visibility.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Agree. I'm all for wealth redistribution but it should be in the form of slapping say a 5% tax hike on earnings over £x million across the board, not for one specific sector. There are plenty of non-sportspeople bringing in high salaries, not sure why they're being specifically targeted other than because of their visibility.

the problem really isn't with the high paid, the problem is with the owners effectively dumping their other staff and abusing the current situation where the government (ie us) pay for it. The owners really should just say, ok, we are reducing salaries above x per week by 30% or whatever to pay staff. If a player then chooses to leave the club because of that, then that individual will have to carry that for the rest of their career. I would imagine most players would be happy to contribute in the circumstances

[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the problem really isn't with the high paid, the problem is with the owners effectively dumping their other staff and abusing the current situation where the government (ie us) pay for it. The owners really should just say, ok, we are reducing salaries above x per week by 30% or whatever to pay staff. If a player then chooses to leave the club because of that, then that individual will have to carry that for the rest of their career. I would imagine most players would be happy to contribute in the circumstances

I agree with all of that.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the problem really isn't with the high paid, the problem is with the owners effectively dumping their other staff and abusing the current situation where the government (ie us) pay for it. The owners really should just say, ok, we are reducing salaries above x per week by 30% or whatever to pay staff. If a player then chooses to leave the club because of that, then that individual will have to carry that for the rest of their career. I would imagine most players would be happy to contribute in the circumstances

3 teams have done this, and one has already reversed it's decisions. Trying to get millionaire footballers to pay for the actions taken by their billionaire bosses is a little confusing.

Branson is doing the exact same thing, and yet no one is pretending that the Virgin employees should be punished.

Soldier is right, it needs to be a tax across the board, not the targeting of a successful group made up of a majority of the working class, BAME, and foreigners.