Football has it's part to play in fighting global wealth inequality

In light of a story that has appeared in the news today about wealth, I'm looking at leadership on the issue of pay.

Oxfam report that the richest 1% now has as much wealth as the other 99% combined. This is a moral issue that affects every business, and I believe that it is a leadership issue. Every business has the moral obligation to look after the people that work for them. It's not just pay (which a lot of companies need to go much further on) but working conditions, time off, work-life balance and benefits.

At this moment in time, the UK economy is hugely skewed towards business - particularly big business. Media stories regularly show big business not paying their fair share of tax. The minimum wage has served it's purpose and needs to be replaced by the living wage. The taxpayer is subsidising people with a family to work for these companies through working tax credit.

It's time to take a lead.

Football has a part to play in all of this. It's more than just a cliche that millionaire footballers make money off the back of hardworking fans that scrimp and save to be able to attend matches. Just this part week, Sunderland fans have had to travel over 1,500 miles to see their team play away to Arsenal, Swansea and Spurs. From the top of the game, football needs to sort out ticket prices, away travel, fixture planning, value for money, the cost of kits (especially for children) and the price of good and drink at the ground.

Players need to take a long hard look at their role in this. Granted they have a short career and need to look after themselves and their family for the rest of their lives but players' salaries are obscene.

A salary cap is the really obvious answer but it needs to be global to avoid players just moving country. Financial Fair Play is designed to help counter this but it hasn't worked. It's time for FIFA to change president, take a moral stand and actually change the game for the better - and not just for the few.

It is really difficult as someone who loves football to try to explain to my children why a Premier League player gets tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of pounds every week for playing the game they love. I hope that the game doesn't further turn it's back on the loyal fans in search of the television money. It won't keep on rising forever.

The excitement levels at In Off The Post about fieldoo are off the chart!

As the author of In Off The Post, I always get the opportunity to look at different aspects of football. I look at the sublime, the interesting, the strange and the crazy. This week I take a look at a website that's recently come to my attention.

Excitement. That's the word that comes to mind when first browsing through the fieldoo.com website. I feel like a child again. It's like bringing the graphics, gameplay and thrill of a football video game into your real life. The slickest and best football video game on the market. The website is sleek modern and has functionality that other networking tools look at with envy. It's a cross between Championship Manager, FIFA 16 and Facebook. And this is exactly what fieldoo is and does - a networking (and social networking) site for the football community. It is a great network in itself and has uses for players, scouts, coaches, agents and clubs.

Part of the website is like Football Manager, where you can look up infinite details about any players you want to consider, studying the statistics and making considered decisions. But as a budding professional player you can put yourself on the other side of this equation. You can be the scouted player, the subject of other people's attention. The best way in which to do this is to set up your profile. This showcases who you are in the game by allowing you to upload-

• ·         Promo Video
• ·         Career
• ·         Latest Match
• ·         Press Clips or Cuttings
• ·         Photos

Once you've set up your profile, updated your stats and uploaded your videos you've got that presence on fieldoo. You're then searchable to scouts, clubs and coaches. From there you've opened up a world of possibilities for your potential football career. You should update your stats as soon as possible after every game to ensure that your latest achievements are there for the world to see. Encourage your teammates to do the same. You can look deeper into the website by getting into the trials that fieldoo organise. Pitting yourself against other players is the ultimate test in football. And, amazingly, fieldoo can enable you to do this.

They currently have a fabulous opportunity to go on a trial with Almeria, the Spanish second division team. You can get the chance to train for 7 days with their top players. Almeria has a track record of nurturing young talent and they have produced players such as Alvaro Negredo (Valencia), Aleix Vidal (FC Barcelona) and Felipe Melo (Inter) in the past.

There's so much to see and do on fieldoo and I recommend that you look into the premium options to give you the best experience. To have the ability to do the extras will enhance what you get out if the site, such as-

• ·         Being able to directly contact clubs and agents
• ·         See who's viewing your CV
• ·         Having your CV promoted

I recommend you check out fieldoo if you are a player, scout, agent or club. There's so much more to football networking if it's done via a top system like this. Give it a go!

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