Among the multitude of viral videos flying around social media during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown, is one which ridicules Premier League footballers in a brutal, unsubtle fashion. sgevans reports
MANCHESTER, England - Among the multitude of viral videos flying around social media during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown, is one which ridicules Premier League footballers in a brutal, unsubtle fashion.
Brodkin has used football as a target before, once infiltrating a press conference where he threw dollar bills all over then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and it speaks volumes that he now sees Premier League players as a similar target for his humour as the man eventually banned from the game after corruption allegations.
There is no question that many footballers do help out good causes generously, just as most clubs are engaged with effective community programmes all-year round. On Wednesday, a group of Premier League players announced a ‘Players Together’ charity initiative to help raise funds for NHS related causes, but the reputational damage may be hard to recover from.
Tottenham Hotspur, who opened a new £1 billion stadium last season, have stuck firm with their decision to use government aid to pay their non-playing staff, a position also taken by Newcastle United. “They should be working out a way to carry on paying the wages of club staff without resorting to taking money from the government scheme.”
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