Radford Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 AFAIK this guy takes the total wage bill (all staff) for clubs then divides it by the number of players, however he arrives at that figure. Moronic if that is indeed the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 AFAIK this guy takes the total wage bill (all staff) for clubs then divides it by the number of players, however he arrives at that figure. Moronic if that is indeed the case. Their research methods are opaque. They say they source from published club accounts, but failing that will use players' unions and players' agents. They probably thought they might as well make it up, so they did. Moronic, perhaps, but they've got a lot of column inches for something so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 AFAIK this guy takes the total wage bill (all staff) for clubs then divides it by the number of players, however he arrives at that figure. Moronic if that is indeed the case. And Saints don't even publish a wage bill - it's all bundled under admin expenses. They simply can't extrapolate from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Kilmarnock's wage bill would have included the hotel/gym/sports bar staff too which explains the discrepancy. St Mirren's will be so high because the running costs involved in the world's third best youth academy are astronomical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milnzo Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Thanks for the heads up. Some great material to work with when talking to strangers in that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 You don't attract world class talent like Eric Djemba-Djemba and Callum Ball without paying top dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggie_93 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 And Yoann Arquin presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 AFAIK this guy takes the total wage bill (all staff) for clubs then divides it by the number of players, however he arrives at that figure. Moronic if that is indeed the case. The guy is a complete fucking charlatan, and it pains me to see so many folk giving his work prominence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenCCFC Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 only 25 times higher. Disappointing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Also, why on earth would we care about an average wage bill? Total wage bill is much more relevant - it's not as though different teams have to field different numbers of players. If two teams spend the same amount on wages, but one goes for a smaller squad of better paid players while the other has a bigger squad on lower wages, the former would have a higher average. But they'd be spending the exact same amount and the difference would purely be down to a strategic decision to allocate resources differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Aye and County have about 40 players in their squad so theirs would be the lowest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 St Mirren being fifth is unbelievable. Although I was told by a Buddies fan at work that Mcgowan was on 4k a week when he was there. Thompson will be similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 These numbers look to be have taken from a collaboration from ESPN and Sporting Intelligence. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/12910218/paris-saint-germain-tops-global-salary-survey Although they still could be a lot of shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 You have to remember also is County have 900 players a season going through the revolving door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkregan Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 McGowan supposedly took a half wage cut when signing at Dundee, he's meant to be on just over £1k here. £6k no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Seems a bit pointless without listing the total wage expenditure. I know in the past the SPL would release their finances and you'd be able to browse the pdf. Does anyone know if this will/or has continued with the SPFL, even if it's just for the Premiership clubs? Or will you have to track down the individual clubs from now on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenElves Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 And Yoann Arquin presumably. Aren't these 13/14 figures anyway? So aren't relevant to this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Aren't these 13/14 figures anyway? So aren't relevant to this season? Yeah, it says so in the second paragraph, and the article includes Hearts and Hibs but not Dundee or Hamilton, so it should be obvious anyway. Even though it is for last season, though, St Mirren's figure is surprisingly high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Aberdeen fans have been lying to me, we don't pay 100 times what they do after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Aberdeen fans have been lying to me, we don't pay 100 times what they do after all. With all that oil money I'm surprised they haven't topped the highest paid club in the world yet because they are that famous n aw rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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