Just on this, a great book about professional footballers before the maximum wage ended is Gary Imlach's 'my father and other working class football heroes'. I commend it to the list.
Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Dec 2015, at 11:24, Richard Naef <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> It was ridiculous that prior to the work he did, chairmen had too much >> power, too much of the reward. >> >> After his bollocks, players gained too much power, and all the reward. >> Instead of abolishing the maximum wage and implementing a fairer wage >> limit that shared some of the reward, then we wouldn't have the modern >> Prima Donna poofters that we get charged a fortune to watch. > > that's a bit unfair, we are talking about changes to players rights that > occurred in the early 60's, not combination of Bosman ruling and Sky > pumping in millions and gangsters like Abramaovic that led to the current > ridiculous wages that are now common place. At the time he negotiated > breaking the £20 MAXIMUM wage, that was just a bit more than the average > household income. > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
