PFA - how rich?

[IanMcL]

As a platers union, they take a % of salary. They must have billions! What are they doing with the money?

[Rowls]

Ahhhahahahaha

Nice one!

Oh my sides.

[Buxtonclaret]

Where there's Money, there's Muck.

[Dark Cloud]

TBF I know for a fact (because I know someone who's involved in the PFA) that they actually do loads and loads and spend shed loads of "unseen" money where it matters most. Young players who don't quite make it and have no training or skills to make careers outside footy, others who get career ending injuries and those who do ok, but finish with basically nothing left from what they've earned because they've either f***ed up or been ripped off, especially remembering that most players don't ever play in the glamour of the PL, but struggle along in the lower leagues for years. As an example, I met the son of one professional local football league player a while back who couldn't praise the PFA enough for everything they'd done to help his "retired" , but struggling dad.

[Foshiznik]

I have a schoolfriend who played in league one and was an up and coming youngster who had just broken into the Wales U21s and was a regular starter for his club. Then one day he breaks his leg, during recovery his leg gets infected, further complications and fast forward 18 months and he manages about 20 games before having to retire from professional football at the tender age of 23. The PFA paid his wages lost during the injury (footballers at that level get statutory sick pay just like the real world!) then helped him mentally with counselling, career advice and financially to eventually train to become a roofer and plasterer, providing funding for a van and the tools of the trade. Fantastic union.

[Inchy]

As a platers union, they take a % of salary. They must have billions! What are they doing with the money?

According to the website, professional players only pay 150 quid a year.

I remember listening to under cosh where it was mentioned that all players pay this fee to the union, regardless whether they are on 1000k a week for 100,000 a week.


I pay more in union fees and get seemingly **** all for it

[evensteadiereddie]

According to the website, professional players only pay 150 quid a year.

I remember listening to under cosh where it was mentioned that all players pay this fee to the union, regardless whether they are on 1000k a week for 100,000 a week.


I pay more in union fees and get seemingly **** all for it

Aren't you still in health, inchy? Those unions seem to be putting up a decent fight for their members.

[IanMcL]

According to the website, professional players only pay 150 quid a year.

I remember listening to under cosh where it was mentioned that all players pay this fee to the union, regardless whether they are on 1000k a week for 100,000 a week.


I pay more in union fees and get seemingly **** all for it

Without the union, your pay and conditions would be much poorer. You would have been up a chimney, early on!