As I keep saying, I dont think players are actually allowed to drop their salaries. Its a union thing. I stand to be corrected, but does anyone know of a single instance when someone dropped their salary?
Apart from when there was a relegation clause in the contract or a new contract after the existing one finished. Having said that, it wouldnt surprise me that most footballers would refuse to drop even if they could. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:leedslist- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 September 2006 16:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Bakke > > >Not too sure why you'd get so angry about this Chris? No-one in their > right mind would voluntarily take a drop in wages. OK, so he hasn't earned > a tenth of >what he's earnt in the last 3 years - blame Ridsdale, he's the > idiot who presumably agreed the salary. > > It's a much-discussed topic John, but IMHO you cannot apply the same logic > for someone who earns £23,000 per year, as opposed to someone who earns > £23,000 per week. Bakke has earned £1.2million per year at Leeds - > presumably his £4,000 fee per match played is on top of that. In short > (unless he is an absolute idiot), he will never have any money worries, so > why should a cut in wages really bother him? If an average guy in an > average job on an average wage was asked to halve his wages, it would hit > him hard - in fact, he probably wouldn't survive financially. What does > it > say about Bakke that he is quite prepared to sacrifice his playing career > just to earn even more money? How many football players would give > everything they've got just to play top flight football, yet Bakke > couldn't > care less. He doesn't care that he is bleeding the club dry, that has > stood by him through drink driving and self-incurred injury, and paid him > throughout. > > That makes me pretty angry too. > > Gaffer > > > ----------------------------------------- > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure > under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or > use of the information contained herein (including any reliance > thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and > any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other > defect that might affect any computer system into which it is > received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to > ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by > JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as > applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. > If you received this transmission in error, please immediately > contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
