You may well be right, but apart from John Bateman photos and Liam Marshall visiting an NHS Centre, the only PR on the official site from the players over the past 3 weeks appears to be a Jackson Hastings tweet. That suggests to me that most of the first team squad are not doing anything on behalf of the club.

Sure, re-hire them on the day they report for pre-season, but in the meantime, there is a Govt scheme which will pay up to £2500 per month and the club would be mad not to utilise it.

I'm sure the sport and the clubs will be considering whether to delay the start of the season by a month or so in light of recent Covid developments. It would mean sacrificing a proportion of the TV money again but would keep everyone safer and perhaps enable the clubs to utilise furlough for a longer period. No chance of crowds by March 11th and who knows how elite sport will end up being affected in the next couple of months.

Surely that isn't enough when some of the players will be bringing home double that and more. Players still have mortgages etc. Just because you earn more doesn't mean you have more disposable income.

The furlough scheme covers up to £2500 per months, so if someone earns £5000 per month, the club would pay half and the Govt would pay half.

It would still save the club £2500 a month.

If only it worked like that in the real world. Having been furloughed myself for four months earlier in the year. The furlough scheme should not be abused, if they are going to top up the wages then it’s wrong as that money could have been used to stop other employees from being made redundant