Barton could cost QPR £1.2 million

Bored on the train this morning I did some rough maths. Assuming Barton is on £4million a year and is going to miss 12 league games (not factored league cup into the calculation), that is just under a third of a season, or around £1.2 million wasted on his salary. That assumes he has nothing in his contract covering pay cuts when suspended. (or that QPR haven't taken out idiot insurance on him).

 

You can only insure against something that might happen not something that WILL happen. That's why life insurance is called assurance.

Idiot Assurance

 

I don't know how teams could put up with him, worst thing QPR one, surely they should dtrip him of captaincy. The player I most rate at QPR is Faurlin, top player who dictates pace of game.

 

It just seems crazy that QPR can't just sack him without paying up his contract. In fact, you would have thought QPR could sue him and make HIM repay his contract

 

i doubt its the financial aspect which annoys them that much. it'll be the embarrassment he has brought upon their club through his actions

 

The fact that he is on such a high wage annoys me. Forget for the moment that footballers are overpaid, there are plenty of footballers out there on stuff all who are better and less disruptive than Barron who are far more deserving of an £80k a week wage.

 

I honestly doubt he's on anything like £80k. It seems to have been a figure made up after his spat with Karl Henry and it's stuck. I'd expect it to be a still ludicrous 40-50k and, assuming we can get through a round or two of the league cup, he'll probably be out for the first 8 weeks or so (assuming we can't just sack him).

 

He's not good enough to even be earning £20k a week.

I wonder if in any future contracts clubs should have a clause with Barton that if he did anything stupid, such as at Man City, then they could halt his pay or something.

I personally think he should be fired off twitter.

 

Except that he was on 60k at Newcastle and QPR pay more than that

 

I suppose we'll never know, but this seems relatively reliable:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...artering-over-wages-makes-his-agent-rich.html


As for whether QPR can terminate his contract. They absolutely will be able to for gross misconduct. There is no chance that is not in his contract. Whether they want to and whether what he has done amounts to gross misconduct is a trickier question

 

1. It is ridiculous a club can only fine a player a maximum of 6 weeks wages
2. Why is it so easy to sack a manager but not a player? Is it just financial reasons, or do players receive greater protection?

 

I guess it's far easier to blame a manager for poor performances than players. A player can just be dropped to the reserves while a manager can't. Barton's potential dismissal is down to gross misconduct. If a manager did the same the ability to sack them would be the same as a player.

 

Clarke Carlisle, chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, talking about QPR captain Joey Barton and his 12-match ban for violent conduct, on BBC Radio 5 live: "It is not Joey Barton per se that is the problem, it is the actions he does when he loses control......"

Oh, that's all right then. The FA have got it wrong again, wasn't JB at all. The PFA should be inundated with messages of appreciation from villains everywhere.

 

Knowing Carlisle he was probably pissed.

 

Our own Danny Mills thinks the punishment was too severe. I was so shocked to hear it on the news this morning that I didn't get to hear his justification for that statement.
I couldn't care less whether the FA, QPR, PFA or Clarke Carlisle carry out any punishment on him.
Lets take football away because some QPR supporters will defend him. If he was not a footballer, and I use that word tongue in cheek, he would still be banged up. He stubbed a cigar in somebodys eye and then viciously beat up another young man. He is a bully and abuses the title of human being.
If people wish to cheer for him, Marlon King, Lee Hughes, Luke McCormick, Ched Evans then that is their choice and if their employers wish to keep them and pay them good wages then so be it.
I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.

 

Hear hear!

 

i'm all for people getting a second chance but how many chances does barton get exactly? where do you draw the line? i'd say the line was crossed by joey some time ago

 

I hate it when people say "It's not fair that Barton's reputation gets used against him" WHY not?? Why did he get that reputation? He only has himself to blame. Guess what, if you go around hitting players on the pitch, you will get a reputation as someone who hits players on the pitch. Simple maths.

He should be banned for life, he's been given too many chances. He will re offend, why should he be allowed to continue assaulting people?

When will the ticking time bomb explode again and who will be the poor victim?

QPR should sack him and I will think less of any club that employs him in the future.

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There have been a few cases, the most famous I guess been Mutu from Chelsea. But they are very few and far between and often seem to be unsuccessful. Why can't managers appeal their sacking? Or do they just settle for compensation and leave? There have been many players who could easily of been sacked and clubs have opted against it presumably because of money, but surely they wouldn't have to compensate Barton if they wanted to sack him