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http://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51989631

[CAMiller]

Rick Parry doesn't like the begging bowl culture? It's a good job he doesn't work for Boeing then who have asked the US government for $50B to help them through this. Yes, $50B it's not a typo. I thought they were a private company, surely they have some responsibility to plan for eventualities? Individuals are always being told to have 3-6 months 'war' funds in case of unemployment/sickness etc. Shouldn't private companies do the same.

From the article MT links to, I think the last paragraph says it all!

Ivor Heller, commercial director at League One club AFC Wimbledon, suggested Premier League players should offer 20% of their salaries to help the lower levels of the pyramid.

"The players themselves should see, if they could give up 20% of their wages to go to grassroots footballers further down the pyramid, that could save everybody," Heller said.

"That doesn't seem like too big an ask. I do not begrudge people earning huge money in normal times, I don't.

"The true fact of it is though, if you're earning £100,000 a week and you can't survive on £80,000 a week, you've got something very badly wrong in your life."