Salary deal for England Players

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:08 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 556697.stm

Jim__2 · Post by **Jim__2** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:08 pm

Hopley said that with image rights on top, the players will earn Â£13,500 per game, with a potential yearly wage of Â£185,000 a season.

So the 13,500 per game would be added on top of the yearly wage?

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:16 pm

Jim__2 wrote:
Hopley said that with image rights on top, the players will earn Â£13,500 per game, with a potential yearly wage of Â£185,000 a season.
So the 13,500 per game would be added on top of the yearly wage?

Negative. The match fees could add up to a yearly wage of Â£185K. Plus what they get from their club.

Jim__2 · Post by **Jim__2** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:17 pm

That's what I thought, but it sounded like that on the article.

usurp4 · Post by **usurp4** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:17 pm

Disgrace.

You should not get paid to represent your country. Pay them expenses so they don't lose out but otherwise, club pay & sponsorship deals should be their wage.

Jim__2 · Post by **Jim__2** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:21 pm

But that all depends whether you are selected for every single England match in the season!

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:44 am

usurp4 wrote:Disgrace.

You should not get paid to represent your country. Pay them expenses so they don't lose out but otherwise, club pay & sponsorship deals should be their wage.

So in your ideal world you believe that the clubs should pay their players to play for their country ..... when they are unavailable to play for their clubs?

And what, may I ask, do you suggest happen when the player concerned does not represent the club's home union? Last I looked Leicester receive no union funding for, say, Castro or Geordan.

Professionalism has long since killed off the 'ideal' of just playing for the honour of the shirt.

Tom Tom · Post by **Tom Tom** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:02 am

usurp4 wrote:Disgrace.

You should not get paid to represent your country. Pay them expenses so they don't lose out but otherwise, club pay & sponsorship deals should be their wage.

I agree completely BUT the politicians, councillors MEP's are all on a gravy train with fat salaries and over the top expenses - on the news yesterday one has claimed for surround sound TV at Â£1000!
Until these free loaders set an example..............

Makes me sick personally

Dave Angel · Post by **Dave Angel** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:44 am

dailywaffle wrote: So in your ideal world you believe that the clubs should pay their players to play for their country ..... when they are unavailable to play for their clubs?

And what, may I ask, do you suggest happen when the player concerned does not represent the club's home union? Last I looked Leicester receive no union funding for, say, Castro or Geordan.

Professionalism has long since killed off the 'ideal' of just playing for the honour of the shirt.

DW, as far as I am aware, the clubs already do effectively pay their international players to play for their country as club salaries are not stopped or suspended when a player is on international duty!

Therefore in effect players on international duty are being paid by two different people when they are playing for England.

daktari · Post by **daktari** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:43 am

usurp4 wrote:Disgrace.

You should not get paid to represent your country. Pay them expenses so they don't lose out but otherwise, club pay & sponsorship deals should be their wage.

Martin Johnson's view on this, according to his auto-biog, was along the lines of playing just for the shirt was all well and good, as long as the RFU was not charging Â£75 a ticket and making huge profits from the player's images, ticket sales, merchandising etc. Which I think is a just view point.

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:53 am

Welcome to the forum daktari.

As ever Johnno makes an excellent point.

And Tickets for all but the Pacific Islands match are now Â£85.

daktari · Post by **daktari** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:09 am

Thanks for the welcome Bill.

Â£85 !!!! Good Lord on a bike! Is that without the 'admin fee'? Do the RFU live in the same world as the rest of us? Sorry, silly question.

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:17 am

daktari wrote:Thanks for the welcome Bill.

Â£85 !!!! Good Lord on a bike! Is that without the 'admin fee'? Do the RFU live in the same world as the rest of us? Sorry, silly question.

Indeed, that does not include the admin fee.

daktari · Post by **daktari** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:05 pm

Bill W wrote:
daktari wrote:Thanks for the welcome Bill.

Â£85 !!!! Good Lord on a bike! Is that without the 'admin fee'? Do the RFU live in the same world as the rest of us? Sorry, silly question.
Indeed, that does not include the admin fee.

I don't know why they don't just be done with it and take to sporting a couple of flintlocks, a mask and have a horse called Black Bess!

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:12 pm

No, no! It's the Robber Baron!!