Posted on Wednesday, 4th August 2010 by Tom Doerr
Now that the World Cup has been and gone, many of us are left with a bitter taste and a jaded feeling of disbelief at our countries inability to deliver what we were told, for all intensive purposes, was a sure thing. What bitters the taste even further is that each of the players and our manager seem to come back home with a dismissive ignorance borne out of oversized paycheques and a secure prominence in their home squad.
Something that seems worse than our abysmal performance and the ignorance of our players is the fact that, after aggressive re-negotiations over his contract, Fabio Capello will remain as the England manager for two more years. The contract now states that regardless of performance her will stay in his multi million pound job for the remainder of the contract or until he chooses to resign. Now he can relax, safe with the knowledge that he will not realistically have to deliver anything again before the next tournament and even then expectations won’t be high. In order to expel him from his contract the FA would have to pay out a figure in the region of 12 million pounds as well as the rest of his salary payments for the remainder of his contract.
The question is raised yet again, why don’t our players and managers work on performance based contracts? They might worth the money when they are scoring goals and lifting trophies but otherwise they are undeniably overpaid. Many have argued that the introduction of performance based contracts would act as the best incentive to those who were not entirely motivated by glory.
Nowadays, most players and managers could easily manage without a paycheque for some time before their fridges became bare and many would never go hungry thanks to lucrative sponsorship deals and endorsements, so why not give them a ‘no win no fee’ contract. Although the possibility of no paycheque is not realistic the clubs could offer a standard rate of pay for each team member with attractive bonuses for good performance, this would make sure every player on the pitch gave it their all and those on the bench would train even harder to get the chance to have a shot. A contract could even state that if a player or manager was simply not performing they could face the sack or get sold to another club.
The reality is that today’s football is plagued by a generation of who are more eager to chase gold rather than lift it. Contracts and salaries based on performance would have to be introduced across a whole league rather than one team and even that could see many players jumping ship to warmer shores and deeper pockets.
Many players make more in sponsorship by wearing some Puma football boots than donning their Chelsea Football Shirt.
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