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Club happy to line Scudamore’s pockets
https://bbc.in/2DDHnOL
What a disgrace. Think what good that money could do if it were gifted to good causes in Cardiff instead of going to line that already Rich bastard’s pockets.
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Originally Posted by
tomm
https://bbc.in/2DDHnOL
What a disgrace. Think what good that money could do if it were gifted to good causes in Cardiff instead of going to line that already Rich bastard’s pockets.
Club is packed into a corner in some ways, if they don't do it, other PL clubs could make life difficult for them. While I definitely don't agree that Scudamore needs a golden handshake I have some sympathy for the club.
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Originally Posted by
Pedro de la Rosa
Club is packed into a corner in some ways, if they don't do it, other PL clubs could make life difficult for them. While I definitely don't agree that Scudamore needs a golden handshake I have some sympathy for the club.
Why would they make life difficult? Both Wolves and Fulham have expressed their opposition to their idea.
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Clubs that have been in The Premier League for the duration or near duration of Scudamore's existence could justifiably contribute but clubs such as Cardiff City who have been in the league for only 2 years of his reign shouldn't be required to contribute anything like the full amount.
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Originally Posted by
tomm
Why would they make life difficult? Both Wolves and Fulham have expressed their opposition to their idea.
They could say, well you saved £250k, you can pay extra for him etc? People are petty, people with lots of money can be extremely petty. I don't agree with it but I understand why they've done it. Tan doesn't make a habit of giving money away, he's still bleating about Cornelius.
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Originally Posted by
Vindec
Clubs that have been in The Premier League for the duration or near duration of Scudamore's existence could justifiably contribute but clubs such as Cardiff City who have been in the league for only 2 years of his reign shouldn't be required to contribute anything like the full amount.
Yes, we do this in work. If someone is leaving, we have a collection, and everyone is expected to pay £1 for every year you've worked with the person who is leaving. So new people at work only pay a couple of quid while those who've been here a while could end up putting in £30.
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Harry Monk
Yes, we do this in work. If someone is leaving, we have a collection, and everyone is expected to pay £1 for every year you've worked with the person who is leaving. So new people at work only pay a couple of quid while those who've been here a while could end up putting in £30.
This is a total lie of course. :hehe:
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The whole thing is absolutely obscene. Any club that pays up is only demonstrating how disconnected they are from the real world, and it’s hugely disappointing to see our club in that category. If the guy wants a ‘gift’, spend the money on football facilities for local communities and let him lap up the goodwill from that. The guy has earned £2.5m per year at least. That’s disgraceful enough without a two-years’ salary golden goodbye.
Also, Pedro, I don’t understand your point at all. If the club refused to put up £250k, why would other clubs demand more money?
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Originally Posted by
Harry Monk
Yes, we do this in work. If someone is leaving, we have a collection, and everyone is expected to pay £1 for every year you've worked with the person who is leaving. So new people at work only pay a couple of quid while those who've been here a while could end up putting in £30.
Fair enough when you earn a normal wage. But how often do you club together and gift the person two years’ salary?!
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Originally Posted by
Vindec
Clubs that have been in The Premier League for the duration or near duration of Scudamore's existence could justifiably contribute but clubs such as Cardiff City who have been in the league for only 2 years of his reign shouldn't be required to contribute anything like the full amount.
It's a fair point. We were championship for most of his tenure and his job was to expand the gap between us and his clubs.
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Originally Posted by
tomm
The whole thing is absolutely obscene. Any club that pays up is only demonstrating how disconnected they are from the real world, and it’s hugely disappointing to see our club in that category. If the guy wants a ‘gift’, spend the money on football facilities for local communities and let him lap up the goodwill from that. The guy has earned £2.5m per year at least. That’s disgraceful enough without a two-years’ salary golden goodbye.
Also, Pedro, I don’t understand your point at all. If the club refused to put up £250k, why would other clubs demand more money?
I think that there may be bad will/ill feeling between us and other clubs if we didn't pay. I don't want us to pay it but I can see why they are. Oh, Cardiff aren't so bad etc etc. Scudamore has enough money, and can sod off as far as I'm concerned but I sympathise with the club to a degree. In an ideal world, I would prefer them to tell him to go swivel and spend it on pitches in Cardiff/South Wales etc. I agree with you but I can just about see why the club has done it. Just.
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I wouldn’t give anything to that greedy ****. Donate £250k to charity in his honour if you’re that desperate to do it.
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Scudamore apparently earns £2.5 million a year. I'm assuming he has set himself up with a reasonable pension. The notion of him getting an additional £5 million golden handshake from the likes of Cardiff, Huddersfield, Burnley, etc, is ridiculous. The guy is 59. I'm presuming he won't need to work until he's 66 or 67 in order to pay his bills, unlike the majority of the fans in the Premier League stands.
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Sadly, going on Ken Choo’s quotes it seems less like the club is motivated by fear of what other Premier League clubs will do, and more by the ridiculous notion that’s Scudamore deserves a £5m bonus.
“He [Scudamore] has done a great job," said Cardiff chief executive Ken Choo.
Speaking to BBC Sport Wales, Choo added: "He has moved the Premier League on to another level, and he has allowed someone new [his successor, Susanna Dinnage] to take it further now.
"He deserves the recognition."
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tomm
Sadly, going on Ken Choo’s quotes it seems less like the club is motivated by fear of what other Premier League clubs will do, and more by the ridiculous notion that’s Scudamore deserves a £5m bonus.
“He [Scudamore] has done a great job," said Cardiff chief executive Ken Choo.
Speaking to BBC Sport Wales, Choo added: "He has moved the Premier League on to another level, and he has allowed someone new [his successor, Susanna Dinnage] to take it further now.
"He deserves the recognition."
Well, he's not going to say, we had to pay because everyone else is. The whole thing is absolutely ridiculous and that Wurzel should have enough money to retire without any worries, and easily get another few NED roles, earn a very comfy salary to turn up to a few meetings a year.
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Bigger waste of money than Cornelius
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rudy gestede
I wouldn’t give anything to that greedy ****. Donate £250k to charity in his honour if you’re that desperate to do it.
:thumbup:
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If the club add £10 onto everyones season ticket next year they will soon make the money back.
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Re: Club happy to line Scudamore’s pockets
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Originally Posted by
Vindec
Clubs that have been in The Premier League for the duration or near duration of Scudamore's existence could justifiably contribute but clubs such as Cardiff City who have been in the league for only 2 years of his reign shouldn't be required to contribute anything like the full amount.
Didn't he make some comment about the premier league being better when having bigger clubs and not like Swansea and/or Cardiff the first time round? He definitely had something to say about us back then.
It would be ridiculous to go ahead with this. Do all clubs pay the real living wage currently? Does the premier league contribute enough towards grass routes football? Is this where those ridiculous "severely limited view" ticket prices for Liverpool go? Which of the numerous reasons would you like?
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Absolutely stinks - Tony Rivers made a good point on Twitter - money could go to local junior football clubs and improve training pitches etc
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The notion, not just the sum, is obscene.
Has this made headline news yet?
If it hasn't then it damn well should.
Behaviour like this, as we see with silly pay offs for chief execs and the like, is fast becoming the norm and it seems that many people don't even bat an eyelid.
#feckinseething
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Originally Posted by
MacAdder
The notion, not just the sum, is obscene.
Has this made headline news yet?
If it hasn't then it damn well should.
Behaviour like this, as we see with silly pay offs for chief execs and the like, is fast becoming the norm and it seems that many people don't even bat an eyelid.
#feckinseething
Well said, it encapsulates so much that is wrong with this country.
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The Lone Gunman
Scudamore apparently earns £2.5 million a year. I'm assuming he has set himself up with a reasonable pension. The notion of him getting an additional £5 million golden handshake from the likes of Cardiff, Huddersfield, Burnley, etc, is ridiculous. The guy is 59. I'm presuming he won't need to work until he's 66 or 67 in order to pay his bills, unlike the majority of the fans in the Premier League stands.
So so true.
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Obscene, just like the whole PL. What about Raheem Sterling getting £300k a week?
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Scudamore should decline the offer. If he has any sort of conscience.
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Taffy Blue in Berkshire
Obscene, just like the whole PL. What about Raheem Sterling getting £300k a week?
What about it? He’s one of the best players in the world currently and getting better all the time.
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It goes without no exaggeration from myself that this is far worse than the rebrand. ****ing disgusting.
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Der Kaiser
It goes without no exaggeration from myself that this is far worse than the rebrand. ****ing disgusting.
Oh come on it’s nowhere near as bad as the rebrand
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Scudamore apparently earns £2.5 million a year. I'm assuming he has set himself up with a reasonable pension. The notion of him getting an additional £5 million golden handshake from the likes of Cardiff, Huddersfield, Burnley, etc, is ridiculous. The guy is 59. I'm presuming he won't need to work until he's 66 or 67 in order to pay his bills, unlike the majority of the fans in the Premier League stands.
Dead right.
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J R Hartley
Oh come on it’s nowhere near as bad as the rebrand
Thing is, not to start a riot, with the rebrand, I always thought eventually we'd go back to blue. This however, you don't get to take back the £250,000. The club should tell them to **** off, instead we're bending over to impress the big boys.
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Taffy Blue in Berkshire
Obscene, just like the whole PL. What about Raheem Sterling getting £300k a week?
Totally different. He's a player, and a very good one who is a regular for the best team and made a massive contribution to them winning the title. No comparison whatsoever.
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Taffy Blue in Berkshire
Obscene, just like the whole PL. What about Raheem Sterling getting £300k a week?
Top player earning lots of money from revenue he brings in, what’s wrong with it?
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Originally Posted by
Der Kaiser
Thing is, not to start a riot, with the rebrand, I always thought eventually we'd go back to blue. This however, you don't get to take back the £250,000. The club should tell them to **** off, instead we're bending over to impress the big boys.
Come off it. It ruined 3 seasons of football for me. We're getting £100m directly because of Scudamore. I don't agree with it at all but I'm not going to stop going to games because of it.
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tomm
Fair enough when you earn a normal wage. But how often do you club together and gift the person two years’ salary?!
I think that he earns rather more than that!
Firstly I can’t see why the club felt a need to comment publicly - I felt embarrassed when I saw that the club would be prepared to contribute - and secondly, it feels like a huge misjudgement to even suggest that a man already extremely wealthy, should deserve another bonus funded in the strangest of manners.
The money has to to go to a good cause now, surely?
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Meh what's 250k when looking at what we make from being in the league.
Would I prefer it to go to a good cause than for a wealthy man's parting gift, of course I would.
Would the money go to a good cause if we weren't paying our share of said parting gift, of course it wouldn't.
That's not to say the club don't contribute to good causes BTW.
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I'm not sure why City and other clubs like us would give anything since the whole thing is set up for the big clubs to get the most out of it year in year out. I just hope Scudamore shares it with his staff since he didn't do all the work himself.
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16 out of 20 Premier league teams still refusing to pay their staff the recommended living wage which is around 1 pound an hour more than minimum pay, yet they can all find an extra £250,000 each as thankyou gift for a man who earns £2.5 million a year.
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Auntie Andy
16 out of 20 Premier league teams still refusing to pay their staff the recommended living wage which is around 1 pound an hour more than minimum pay, yet they can all find an extra £250,000 each as thankyou gift for a man who earns £2.5 million a year.
There you have it summed up - football absolutely stinks at times, it must be a truly fantastic game for me to love it as much as I do.
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Originally Posted by
Auntie Andy
16 out of 20 Premier league teams still refusing to pay their staff the recommended living wage which is around 1 pound an hour more than minimum pay, yet they can all find an extra £250,000 each as thankyou gift for a man who earns £2.5 million a year.
The bonus/ golden goodbye seems almost normal when compared to the obscene amounts of money in the Premiership so I will leave that aspect alone.
However, what is wrong and utterly unjustifiable is, if true,the failure to pay the living wage.
Shame on those clubs .
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Meanwhile.........
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/15/championship-clubs-rebel-against-590m-tv-deal-sky-anxiety-grows/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em