Gordon Taylor at the PFA.........

bcblue1878 · February 13, 2018

I've often wondered what this bloke actually does!
Today I read that he appears to have a salary in excess of £2.2m a year (!), and in 2014 bonuses took his "annual package" to £3.4m! How even does a union executive earn a bonus? His salary is apparently equivalent to 15% of the total income of the PFA, and he is described as the world's highest paid trades union official.
No wonder at the age of 73 he hasn't retired yet - nice work if you can get it!
Wonder if his union members in divisions one and two and lower down know what he does to "earn" that sort of dosh?

LEONARD · February 13, 2018

God knows what PFA members pay in monthly subs.

I'm in Useless, sorry Unison, and If my leader was on these conditions and perks, I would be well miffed.

roydo · February 13, 2018

LEONARD said:
God knows what PFA members pay in monthly subs.

I'm in Useless, sorry Unison, and If my leader was on these conditions and perks, I would be well miffed.

Taylor negotiated that a wedge of TV money in the last deal, (I think), was paid to the PFA, as the union responsible for the players who people actually pay to watch. His line was along the lines of "The PL players rarely need us, but the lower leagues do, so can we have a slice please?"

PL said Yes, the PFA award him accordingly.

Interestingly, I have a mate who was in the PFA, as a lowly Bristol Rovers squadie. Wouldnt have bad word said about the PFA. Under the surface of the PL, they actually do an awful lot of work with the lower level players who need help, usually post playing days. That Hull player who retired today, the name escapes me, will have all the support he wants or needs once he gets his head round retiring at 26.

Toast · February 13, 2018

Always had me doubts about him.
Deffo not top of my babysitting list.

hirons11 · February 14, 2018

Simon Jordan (ex Palace owner ) on Talksport last week really did a job on him when he came to talk about Mahrez. Great radio for once on there.

I suppose if you are getting under the skin of owners (or previous owners) you are generally doing your job right in favour of your members.

Alan Whittle · February 14, 2018

He'd still be very well remunerated and the PFA would be £1m better off if he halved his package.
The good work that the PFA undoubtedly does and it's Chief Executive's ludicrous and unjustifiable salary should not be confused with each other.

bcblue1878 · February 14, 2018

Alan Whittle said:
He'd still be very well remunerated and the PFA would be £1m better off if he halved his package.
The good work that the PFA undoubtedly does and it's Chief Executive's ludicrous and unjustifiable salary should not be confused with each other.

Agreed! Apparently the PFA made a donation of £100k to dementia research on the back of Jeff Astle’s widow’s campaign relating to the constant heading of the old leather footballs, meanwhile Mr Taylor stashes 23 x that (before tax admittedly!) into his back pocket, then somehow justifies a bonus on top of that as well!

roydo · February 14, 2018

bcblue1878 said:
Agreed! Apparently the PFA made a donation of £100k to dementia research on the back of Jeff Astle’s widow’s campaign relating to the constant heading of the old leather footballs, meanwhile Mr Taylor stashes 23 x that (before tax admittedly!) into his back pocket, then somehow justifies a bonus on top of that as well!

The bonus bit confused me as well. I can only assume the year was a record for the lowest number of idiotic footballers doing, well, idiotic things. And as the pay period in question coincided with Joey Barton no longer being a footballer, it must be that.

Caolam · February 14, 2018

While his salary is questionable it is only part of what ills the society in which we live. No one should be allowed to earn more in a year than an average worker can expect to earn in a life time. It is obscene that children live in poverty while others have more money than they could ever possibly need.

anton66 · February 14, 2018

He's 73 and getting not only his state pension plus his work/private pensions plus a £3M salary?

Eggs · February 14, 2018

..I’m so old I remember him playing for Birmingham.

Milk · February 14, 2018

The Times are on his case. This from Matthew Syed:

"Taylor enriches himself not through anti-competitive practices but through the apathy of his members. They should insist that he puts precious money into player education, research into the link between head injury and dementia (the PFA spends only £100,000) and creating a more effective check upon the agents and other parasites who feed off young, and often impressionable, players ......... His members must finally wake up to this daylight robbery" (his salary & perks)

More in similar vein. Amazing that he has done 37 years in the job the old dinosaur