I think he simply HAS to be talking about the same thing.
If the bung / bonus thing actually is for real (and paid by the clubs), then Barber's message above ends any credibility he has with a lot of people. He's WAY too smart for that.
I hope I'm bang wrong, but the only motivation I can think of for the likes of Buck, Barber and co, is that someone currently working as a highly-regarded CEO at a Prem club, think they might be siting in Scudamore's chair one day, and they are happy to set a precedent...
I'm not 'calling Barber out on it'. I did write that I 'look forward to hearing Barber's justification for it' - but that is because Barber WILL undoubtedly be the one to have to explain it, on the club's behalf - just as he is the one to explain to us why it isn't 'commercially viable' to...
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Genuinely, if it is confirmed that we have contributed the reported sum to this 'bonus', then I want to hear from Barber why we agreed to do so, and if it was effectively a 'no choice' scenario, then I want to know that.
Otherwise, please, please don't bother sending me little videos of...