The point for me is that professional football clubs are asking you and me (assuming you are a tax payer too) to cough up money.
They stop paying their employees, so tax payers (you, me and all the others) then pay 80% of the wages - in this case, as season ticket holders, twice.
The employees...
I am no economist, but as others have already said, where is the problem with ...
1. Players continue to receive full wages (so no breach of contracts / players leave on a free / clubs lose 'assets').
2. Players pay all of the support staff wages at the club (possibly create a limited company...