Premier League plays by government rules – with poverty pay for the rest http://t.co/hfFTKQ2rcS via @guardian
Premier League plays by government rules – with poverty wages for the rest
Citizens UK’s focus on the wages paid by England’s Premier League football clubs exposes a stark truth about what used to be called “the people’s game”, and the country in which it has become all-conquering. The historic neighbourhood football clubs, enjoying a commercial boom that has delivered a 2013-16 TV deal of £5.5bn, pay top footballers £10m a year and chief executives £2m a year.