Premiership player strike?
last updated Sunday 12th August 2001, 6:11 PM
A row over television cash could
end with Premiership stars going on strike.
The Professional Footballers Association insist they have the backing of
all 92 clubs with the possibility of industrial action looming.
The row centres on the recent £1billion television deal the Premiership
has struck with Sky and ITV.
Previous deals have seen the PFA allocated between five and 10 per cent
and have been discussed six months before the new contract started.
But PFA chairman Gordon Taylor is said to be furious as the Premiership
has so far said only that the matter would be discussed at a meeting of
Premiership chairmen on August 19.
"We are being patient at the moment," Taylor told the Sunday People.
"But that patience is wearing thin. You could imagine how serious it
could become.
"The Football League and the FA have settled their share of the deal
along with the Premiership.
"But the Premiership have not even suggested a figure to us yet. In
the past it has been between five and 10 per cent."
The last time a ballot took place in 1996 94 per cent of all professional
players came out in support of the PFA.
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