20-02-2022, 15:24
While it's a nice idea in theory, I imagine employment law would probably stand in the way of performance-related deductions from a salary, and with good cause (it wouldn't hurt multi-millionaire footballers for a minute, but if the idea spread through society to be used against people on minimum wage it would be catastrophic). Moreover, I'm not sure how much guys who are already set for life are really bothered about one-off financial bonuses or deductions either way.
To make it even simpler and genuinely meaningful to guys cushioned from financial hardship, I'd say that giving them extra free time - or taking it away - is the answer. Lose a match you should be winning? Then you're in for an extra day's training on what should have been your day off. Win an all-important crunch match? You're excused a day's training and can enjoy a three-day "weekend".
I suspect that men who couldn't care less about whether they gain or lose £50k will soon sharpen up if you threaten to take away the Sunday they spend with the wife and kids, or bringing down their golf handicap.
To make it even simpler and genuinely meaningful to guys cushioned from financial hardship, I'd say that giving them extra free time - or taking it away - is the answer. Lose a match you should be winning? Then you're in for an extra day's training on what should have been your day off. Win an all-important crunch match? You're excused a day's training and can enjoy a three-day "weekend".
I suspect that men who couldn't care less about whether they gain or lose £50k will soon sharpen up if you threaten to take away the Sunday they spend with the wife and kids, or bringing down their golf handicap.
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