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footballers giving up pay for nurses!

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saralou100 · 19/04/2007 09:45

started by west ham skipper, nigel reo-coker, premiership players have been asked to give up 1days pay in an appeal, mayday for nurses...

out of 556 premiership players, just 71 have signed up to this!

an average premiership wage is £12,300 per week... with some of the top clubs players earning up to £100,000 per week.

of the 4 top clubs (chelsea, liverpool, arsenal and man utd) only 4 players have signed up. chelsea and liverpool have no takers!

readigs entire squad have signed up.

their arrogance is something to be ahamed of!

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nogoes · 19/04/2007 09:48

They do earn far too much money, it really is obscene. But.... I can see their point, who should say who they give to their money too? And why nurses? they may already give to charity.

noddyholder · 19/04/2007 09:51

Greedy b'tards It is obvious none of them have ever been really ill a depended on the nurses.

kittypants · 19/04/2007 09:52

thats nice

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saralou100 · 19/04/2007 09:52

the average starting nurse wage is £18,000 - £19,000... per yea

a juniour nurse earns up to £14,000

because nurses work bloody hard and they swan round doing a few hours training a week and a couple of 90 minute matches a week.

why can't we have charity for nurses?????

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blondehelen · 19/04/2007 09:55

I am a nurse but agree with nogoes. I knew the pay when I chose my career and although the pay award this year is a disgrace, there are a lot of people doing worthy jobs who also don't earn big salaries and by the same token there are other workers, not footballers, who earn huge salaries. And what is the money going to be used for? Bet I don't see any of it!

LucyJones · 19/04/2007 09:55

charity for nurses? are you a nurse by any chance?

LucyJones · 19/04/2007 09:57

why don't they give a day's pay for people who earn less than the minimum wage for example? Or teaching assistants who get crap pay... the list is endless...

nogoes · 19/04/2007 10:00

No reason why you can't have charity for nurses but they are plenty of other deserving causes and plenty of healthcare workers that work just as hard for even less money. It personally would not be my charity of choice but that is just my opinion.
We don't know how much individual footballers already give to charity of good causes they should not just be expected to cough up everytime someone comes up with an idea. I think the football clubs should be more responsible and donate more of their takings to good causes rather than paying than overinflated salaries to overinflated egos.

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saralou100 · 19/04/2007 10:06

yes, i am a nurse as it goes!

which is potentially why this peed me off slightly

and yes, we could have charity for everything and everyone, but no-ones thought of that yet, i would think it disgusting if the same happened to an appeal for teachers etc! (i think, i can only asume i would!)

in perspective 1,700 fans have signed up to this, no-ones forced them, or told them who they should give their money too!

probably people who aren' earning that much themselves.

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oliveoil · 19/04/2007 10:08

well I read an article that said the woman had already raised £500K out of the hoped for £1M

and that most had signed up

but I don't see why they should sign up tbh, chosing a career isn't a charity

so what if they earn £100K, good for them

WendyWeber · 19/04/2007 10:09

The average annual earnings for the whole country have apparently gone up more than expected because of City bonuses.

They're the bastards who should be giving some up

RedLorryYellowLorry · 19/04/2007 10:09

Ticket prices should be reduced so minimum wage earners can actually afford to go to matches. Footballers wages are disgraceful.

Carmenere · 19/04/2007 10:09

WTF should they supplement nurses wages. It is a lovely gesture but there are plenty of revoltingly wealthy people in the UK, why criticise a whole group because some of them have made an effort to do something?

oliveoil · 19/04/2007 10:10

again, why bastards?

good on them for earning a bonus, they probably do 70 hour week or whatever

green eyed monster anyone ?

RedLorryYellowLorry · 19/04/2007 10:12

The big bonus earners in the City firms do work long hours and have alot of stress. This means alot burn out in their mid 30's. My friends dh looks 50 and he's only 35 He's now made his money and retired but still ... I'd rather look my age.

WendyWeber · 19/04/2007 10:16

I'd like to know exactly what they did to get this much - 4000 people get over £1m each, the total is £8,8bn, and

WendyWeber · 19/04/2007 10:17

And an awful lot of people work 70 hour weeks for average wages.

EmeraldGreen · 19/04/2007 10:18

If I was rich, i'd do this in a heartbeat. Just think one of their holidays could pay a nurse for a year, or 2! One less car... one week of not partying.

WendyWeber · 19/04/2007 10:20

And they take home over £1m so the actual bonus is almost double that.

Maybe they would benefit from less pressure and smaller bonuses?

oliveoil · 19/04/2007 10:20

well that is their choice isn't it

I work p/t - my choice, therefore lower money

my friend has a kick ass career and earns accordingly

I don't moan about her big house!

kittypants · 19/04/2007 10:22

completly agree with olive oil,while its a nice thing to do if they want to,they shouldnt feel they have too.

wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 19/04/2007 10:26

I don?t see why they should. The nhs isn?t a charity is it? Nurses know full well what salary they?re signing up to. And how do you become eligible for a handout from this scheme anyway?

We don?t really know how much people give to charity do we? More to the point is it any of anyone else?s business whether someone choose to give or not to give?

This mentality that those who earn good money don?t deserve it because there are others who don?t earn good money really pisses me off tbh. People work to get where they are most of the time, even the footballers, most of whom will be retired by the time they?re 35 and what will they be earning then?

zippitippitoes · 19/04/2007 10:28

lots of people work hard

18k is not that bad for a new graduate

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saralou100 · 19/04/2007 10:28

why nurses?

thi is the first time i have heard of someone doing something nice for nurses

i agree not everyone has to, or should feel the have to, but i think 71 out of 556 is a poor outcome

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zippitippitoes · 19/04/2007 10:30

actually 71 out of 556 sounds an incredibly high number to me