08-01-2016, 00:56
Andy Holt has only been involved in football for about 2 months and he's showing his inexperience here, but even so he should be aware that this has been the reality of football for quite some time. And if he thinks the 2 players are £1.5m worth of talent I'd be very interested to know what Accrington are paying them currently.
TWG is bang on that choosing an employer is no more than what everyone else is entitled to. Even the whole development compensation thing is pushing it a bit when you compare football to other professions. For example, a trainee accountant is employed by a firm, paid a fairly low salary but gets the costs of studying towards a professional qualification into the bargain. It's generally accepted that when they're qualified the accountant will then look to move to a job that maximises their earning potential, and their former employer doesn't bleat about it or demand recompense. This is a model that's true of many other professions. The basic premise is that you get the benefit of a young, hungry employee working their socks off to get themselves recognition and a foothold in their profession, all at a relatively low cost to the training firm. Proven talents get their choice of top jobs and higher salaries without having to subsidise their former employers - once their contract ends so does any obligation.
I also agree though that we could have made contact with the club out of politeness to let them know, but then Holt was hardly the consummate professional himself in revealing the players were in talks with us on Twitter.
TWG is bang on that choosing an employer is no more than what everyone else is entitled to. Even the whole development compensation thing is pushing it a bit when you compare football to other professions. For example, a trainee accountant is employed by a firm, paid a fairly low salary but gets the costs of studying towards a professional qualification into the bargain. It's generally accepted that when they're qualified the accountant will then look to move to a job that maximises their earning potential, and their former employer doesn't bleat about it or demand recompense. This is a model that's true of many other professions. The basic premise is that you get the benefit of a young, hungry employee working their socks off to get themselves recognition and a foothold in their profession, all at a relatively low cost to the training firm. Proven talents get their choice of top jobs and higher salaries without having to subsidise their former employers - once their contract ends so does any obligation.
I also agree though that we could have made contact with the club out of politeness to let them know, but then Holt was hardly the consummate professional himself in revealing the players were in talks with us on Twitter.
