Did you read the article or just the headline? Having read it, it's not the most controversial or offensive opinion that the money clubs are spending on testing could be better spent within the NHS to help roll out the vaccine faster. He also categorically states they shouldnt come before anyone vulnerable.
Seems like a smart idea.
Of course I read the article. Did you even understand the implications?
Its a fucking ridiculously idiotic idea for the following obvious reasons:
1. The vaccine is being given on a health benefit, not for cash. That is in priority order to save lives. The priority list does not list profession in the priority order. If it did, teachers, police, shop workers, public transport workers, etc, etc. are more deserving.
2. Footballers are by and large healthy, fit and under 40. Those who are older (staff) and have underlying issues are already on the priority list.
3. The vaccines have not yet been proven to stop transmission. It may, but the data isn't there. Until such time they'd have to be tested to stop spreading it to those that haven't been vaccinated anyway.
4. The proposed speed of the rollout means that by the time the vulnerable/priority list have been vaccinated they won't be saving much time.
5. Contrary to the well quoted Shankley, life and death is in fact more important than football.
HTH.
