LONDON - Premier League soccer players need to take a pay cut and “play their part” as Britain battles the coronavirus pandemic, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday.
“I think everybody needs to play their part in this national effort and that means Premier League footballers too,” Hancock said, highlighting the sacrifices made by National Health service workers who had caught the disease and died.Julian Knight, a member for the ruling Conservative party who chairs the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee, wrote to finance minister Rishi Sunak urging action.
The PFA players’ union said it hoped to reach an agreement with the Premier League and was aware of the public sentiment. Norwich City said their players and management had agreed to donate a percentage of their salaries, amounting to more than 200,000 pounds , to help those affected by the virus.
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Shouldn't have HAD to ask....
If he isn’t paying them he should have no comment.
Staff at football clubs have been laid off pro football players on full pay, seems not quite right
Mr hancock, u are well to do, how about next 6 months of your pay to nhs direct...
Exactly. Why pay hundred thousand Pound sleeping at home.
................. in a desperate attempt to appear human
Footballers don't mind if football club staff are layed off, as long as they get their £1 million a month.
are you trolling him? he didn't say *soccer* players...
PL owners are worth more than £80 billion.
What does private sports contracts have anything to do with this?
Will bank managers and CEOs take a pay cut because they're destroying the economy.
They are not being stood down?
No u.
Makes no sense. If they are under contract they need to be paid. If the owners go broke then their contracts will be voided.
Communism arrived, once they done with them they move on to you.
The govt officials too
Huh
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