Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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No doubt a number of the usual suspects will disagree but it’s something in the last few days I’ve discussed with a number of football supporting friends.
There’s talk of Government bailouts, ie taxpayers money, as EFL clubs enter financial meltdown connected with the Covid Pandemic, but should the state really prop up businesses that weren’t run properly before Covid?
A plethora of clubs have lived beyond their means for years, chasing success they couldn’t simply afford, regardless of Covid is it right they they get help in front of other businesses that did operate within their means before the pandemic?
As a tax payer I have no qualms with financially viable football clubs being helped at this time, but would you rather see HM Government help Debenhams survive rather than an effectively insolvent championship club with a huge wage bill they couldn’t really afford prior to lockdown?
There’s talk of Government bailouts, ie taxpayers money, as EFL clubs enter financial meltdown connected with the Covid Pandemic, but should the state really prop up businesses that weren’t run properly before Covid?
A plethora of clubs have lived beyond their means for years, chasing success they couldn’t simply afford, regardless of Covid is it right they they get help in front of other businesses that did operate within their means before the pandemic?
As a tax payer I have no qualms with financially viable football clubs being helped at this time, but would you rather see HM Government help Debenhams survive rather than an effectively insolvent championship club with a huge wage bill they couldn’t really afford prior to lockdown?