In Defence of Footballers
With football suspended due to social distancing, Matt Hancock called for players to make a financial contribution of their wages to aid the countries finances. Is it fair to ask them of this? And why only footballers? Adrian Bell, Carl Singleton and James Reade discuss the financial and moral implications.
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