I agree but after the first week of June they aren't our players, we have no duty of care. I don't see why we should be expected to pay 20% of their salary, I think we should keep them ticking over until the scheme is removed by the government and then sadly after that they are on their own, just like they would be in any summer.
We don't have to recontract them as players, in the gov guidance I couldn't see anywhere that stated their job title couldn't change, so surely we could register them as player coaches if the SFA required them to remain as football players, if not we could register them as admin staff with the same salary.