They are just not getting it. Some extracts from Rooney
the real reasons are that it will financially ruin some
we're easy targets
What gets lost is that half our wages get taken by the taxman
big stars from other sports...are not being scrutinised
football is in a far worse position than any...
Just a different sports angle into the debate. McLaren F1, who have a similar turnover to a mid to low EPL team have gone down the furloughing route but all staff taking a cut along similar lines, and the drivers McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz have volunteered a similar cut...
I suspect most fans as opposed to customers wont have changed their intrinsic relationship with their club over 25 years, even as the clubs have massively changed. But I can see some will have moved to the more customer type relationship
At one level you’re right. The govt have set the rules so the economy bounces back quickly and a professional football club is a business along with others such as airlines. But this is the view of the world that says we are customers and this is a transactional relationship. For most on here...