I didn't say the club only employs players, but unless I'm mistaken people in here aren't getting bust up over us not replacing Olive the tea lady before the end of the month. And if you want to go down that route then even some of the 'traditional' employees of the club aren't as straightforward as a significant number of them would be considered part time or seasonal workers. Even having traditional employees doesn't change the fact that the players are the club's biggest asset and have to be managed differently.
I don't think Newcastle are successful, because Ashley is a poor football club owner.
Instead of trying to beat down arguments I'm not making, perhaps you can explain why, if it is so easy to run a club, so few are actually able to make a success of it?