You are both right.
By themselves the Albion cannot cut wages. They'll simply end up with demotivated, want-away players not doing very well. But when so many young people and people on low wages are struggling for work or hours it sticks in the craw to fund flashy cars and designer clothes.
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I don't suppose we'll ever know if this was in the pipeline at the time the PPV became common knowledge or was forced by one or two people complaining. But the right thing done with bells on.