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Gareth Tidman
FOOTBALLERS' salaries should be capped because they are dwarfing
the wages of the Prime Minister, a local MP has told Tony Blair.
Dr Brian Iddon, Labour MP for Bolton South-east, has backed a bid
by the European Union to set a maximum wage for stars such as Wayne
Rooney and David Beckham, when he raised the subject at Prime Minister's
Question Time.
Dr Iddon believes the astronomical wages of some soccer stars are
not only pricing families out of watching the game but are distorting
the salaries of the leaders of industry, while the pay of the country's
leader lags behind.
He was speaking after new Chelsea signing Michael Ballack agreed
a deal worth £130,000-a-week to move to Stamford Bridge, and
Thierry Henry agreed a £112,000-a-week package to stay at
Arsenal.
Speaking in the Commons, Dr Iddon asked: "Is Mr Blair aware
of the EU report into salary caps on footballers wages?"
"Does Mr Blair agree that the salaries of some others those
who run railway companies, chief executives of housing associations,
and even university vice-chancellors are out of control, especially
by comparison with the pay awards being received by those who work
for them? Surely nobody should earn more than the person who runs
the country."
Afterwards, he said: "There should be a minimum wage and a
maximum wage. The trouble with inflated wages for footballers is
that they pull up other salaries. It becomes an issue of who is
paid the best and which companies can pay the best.
"I would like to see a cap on footballers' wages and wages
in other areas of industry where salaries are soaring. An adjudication
committee assesses our salaries as MPs and a similar process could
be put in place to determine maximum salaries."
Responding to Dr Iddon, Mr Blair said: "There are always issues
about how many people we should have on what salaries, but my own
view of this, including in relation to football, is that it is very
difficult to find a system that properly controls such things, especially
in what is pretty much a global commercial market."
A report commissioned by the European Union has called on the European
football governing body, UEFA, to introduce salary caps and a limit
on foreign players.
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