So how would you suggest agents feed their families?
Riddler statement.
So how would you suggest agents feed their families?
Heinz Baked Beans and 4 Mini Sausages 65p per tin @ Asda.
I buy 2 a week to go on my Egg on Toast x3 Breakfast with Mushrooms and 2 extra normal Sausages.
Food doesn't have to be £9 pieces of Fillet Steak (of which I buy 2).
Not that I wish to bull up Jack Walker but I thought he did make some sort of plan in place this was on Wiki.
On 17 August 2000, Walker died at 71 from cancer.[19]
Before his death, Walker had put in place a family trust structure to own his various business interests, including the club.[20]Blackburn Rovers were sold by the Jack Walker settlement in November 2010 to Venky's.[21]
He did indeed but the trustees had no interest in the club and sold it on to the venkies.
Which is the point I'm trying to make albiet badly, that I wouldnt expect Hemmings family to sell to cowboys like them.
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Again not to stick up for them JK but from 2000 to 2010 under the trustees they were promoted to the Prem and stayed there until they sold it off to the chicken guys.
The football world managed quiet well before agents. Not all footballers have leeches (agents)
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Quite right but agents fees are rising concurrently with the industry (wages, transfer fees).
Of course agents fees are ridiculous but there are far more good ones than bad ones who are easy to deal with and genuinely want the best for their client(s).
Agents take a lot of slack from people who don't have the slightest clue what their role actually entails.
no shit sherlock, and sod what the clubs get, they are the parasites of the sporting world.
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A number of them are in a strong position to call the shots as we will get nothing for them if they move on next summer if they are not contracted to us.
They may well be cowboys but they have put significantly more cash in than Hemmings.
None of the Walker children were interested in the football club hence the trustees. I think the trustees in turn appointed a company to find the new owners.
Jack would have his reservations about the new owners, shall we say!
I think what (rightly) irritates people with the problem of agents is the sheer amount of money that goes out of the game and into their pockets.
When you look lower down the pyramid, even at PNE for example, there is a lack of investment in youth and facilities. Yet across the leagues millions is spent per year on agents. Think PNE spent £1.2m on it between 19-20, and we'll probably have to spend a lot on it in the next few weeks if we're going to upgrade multiple players contracts.
Perhaps it's a bit myopic of me to think the money spent on X could be spent on Y. For example if PNE didn't spend as much on agents, I doubt the money would go towards an U23 squad or better facilities at the stadium or the training ground. But the point still stand that the money that goes out of the game every single year on intermediaries who are grossly overpaid is shocking.
When you look lower down the pyramid, even at PNE for example, there is a lack of investment in youth and facilities. Yet across the leagues millions is spent per year on agents. Think PNE spent £1.2m on it between 19-20, and we'll probably have to spend a lot on it in the next few weeks if we're going to upgrade multiple players contracts.
Perhaps it's a bit myopic of me to think the money spent on X could be spent on Y. For example if PNE didn't spend as much on agents, I doubt the money would go towards an U23 squad or better facilities at the stadium or the training ground. But the point still stand that the money that goes out of the game every single year on intermediaries who are grossly overpaid is shocking.