Just to add Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez to that list now. That's around half the grid and they're only the ones I know about. And all senior staff at F1 itself too including the CEO
I would gladly raise every MPs salary to £250k or £300k a year. Possibly even half a million if needed but in return they would not be allowed o have any business interests
He's asked them to stop calling him it ever since he joined F1. I didn't really notice when they dropped it but I assume it's as he's become a bigger name himself. Probably when he was getting his move to Renault
Why? That’s a bit petty isn’t it? I can see why you might think it should happen, especially if it’s to save lower paid staff’s jobs, but ‘love to see’? They will have all sorts of commitments that I doubt £2,500 (before deductions) a month will cover. Lots of footballers have small children, they’ll have high rents, probably a fancy car on finance, expensive phone contracts. Yes, a lot of stuff they could have done far more cheaply like everyone else but why should they when they had a contract giving them a guaranteed wage to cover it? They weren’t doing anything wrong by living to their means, most people do, it’s just their means were higher. Yes, they should have savings and like most people, some of them will and some of them won’t. I’d never ‘love’ to see someone struggling who’s done nothing to hurt anyone. You’d ‘love’ to see Radlinger for example with his baby having to worry about money whilst his wife is on maternity leave? Why? How does that give you pleasure?
Agree with comments about footballers becoming an easy target, and not sure why Rooney is getting the stick he is for his comments, when they seem to make a lot of sense. Look at Tottenham. Their billionaire owners want the state to pay for non-playing staff, players to take a wage cut, and push for the season to finish, so they keep the TV / Sponsor money. So basically, no financial hit on those that can afford it most. Meanwhile the lowest paid lose 20% of their pay and any self employed contractors lose 20%, also with a warning that they're going to be hit by the taxman when all this is over. On face value, a 30% pay cut for PL players seems like a good idea, but how much do we know about salary and living costs of Bournemouth's third goalkeeper? How many players are young players on their first pro contracts? Rather than a pay cut, why not have a means tested donation system based on salary bands? Rather than footballers, we should take more issue with the likes of Tim Martin, Richard Branson etc... and other mega rich individuals who can afford to shoulder some of the financial burden, but instead choose to get money out of the state.
I don’t understand the contract argument tbh JD, I have a contract but my firm went into shutdown to try to ensure there was a job to come back to. Surely players insisting on maintaining mega wages is going to bankrupt some clubs. As for officially furloughing using government funds surely that’s for clubs at the bottom of the ladder who are run on comparative shoe string budgets
My point is purely why would they ‘love to see’ the players having to struggle? My point isn’t whether the players should take a pay cut, or whether they should be furloughed, just why is Brush rubbing their hands together with glee at the prospect?
Fair comment, however, I don't see why they are a special case, millions of people have been furloughed, many of those would have been on substantial wages and will have to survive on £2,500 a month whatever their commitments are. Football players are no different so why can't they be furloughed? Or at the very least take a pay cut to help their clubs survive..
