After tightening the club's financial belt, she says she was "amazed" at some of the commission demands then made to the clubs by players' agents - demands which, in her words, "did not make sense". "I feel there are far too many agents who get far too much money for what they do," she says, adding that loaning players from Mr Duchatelet's other clubs is a way to avoid excessive agent fees on transfers.
Charlton, or the Addicks to their fans, currently sit sixth in the Championship, in a promotion play-off place. But unlike some other clubs who have broken the bank to get into the Premier League, she advocates "sensible spending". "The most important thing is stability and for Charlton fans to know that their team is going to be there playing at the Valley every two weeks," says Ms Meire.
It really is tradegy/comedy/farce how RD and Km operate
Now of course if you wanted to get the best value out of your service providers (which agents are to football clubs) , the last thing you do is come out and belittle them in public. You play them off against each other, leverage your own sophistication and knowledge and extricate best value.
All goes to show that RD has rubbed the wrong people up the wrong way with his "outsider" view of how he knows best about the world
Also goes to show what a silly little muppet KM is. She is to football contract transactions what the Americans are to buying bridges in London.
In American sports, all agents fees come from the player's salary. Why Europe has not figured out this easy solution is simply beyond me.
Not too sure if it is actually that simple.
All that would happen there is that the salaries would go up in proportion to the agent fee, assuming supply and demand for the players remained the same.
Its quite common in other forms of principal and agent for the principal to pass on the agent's costs to the buyer or provider, take insurance as an example.
In American sports, all agents fees come from the player's salary. Why Europe has not figured out this easy solution is simply beyond me.
Not too sure if it is actually that simple.
All that would happen there is that the salaries would go up in proportion to the agent fee, assuming supply and demand for the players remained the same.
Its quite common in other forms of principal and agent for the principal to pass on the agent's costs to the buyer or provider, take insurance as an example.
Yes, I agree it would just result in all the saved money going to players. The money would not flow to the club. It never does.
But I would rather pay that money to those on the field than the leeches who promote them, even if it all ends up in the wash.
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We could have bought another Ajose with that.
The good old days
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29130982
After tightening the club's financial belt, she says she was "amazed" at some of the commission demands then made to the clubs by players' agents - demands which, in her words, "did not make sense".
"I feel there are far too many agents who get far too much money for what they do," she says, adding that loaning players from Mr Duchatelet's other clubs is a way to avoid excessive agent fees on transfers.
Charlton, or the Addicks to their fans, currently sit sixth in the Championship, in a promotion play-off place.
But unlike some other clubs who have broken the bank to get into the Premier League, she advocates "sensible spending".
"The most important thing is stability and for Charlton fans to know that their team is going to be there playing at the Valley every two weeks," says Ms Meire.
Trying to find a connection but just can't put my finger on one.
Turns out even that's a load of rubbish.
Who the fuck have we bought that would command big agents fees though?
Who was our manager in that window?
Now of course if you wanted to get the best value out of your service providers (which agents are to football clubs) , the last thing you do is come out and belittle them in public. You play them off against each other, leverage your own sophistication and knowledge and extricate best value.
All goes to show that RD has rubbed the wrong people up the wrong way with his "outsider" view of how he knows best about the world
Also goes to show what a silly little muppet KM is. She is to football contract transactions what the Americans are to buying bridges in London.
All that would happen there is that the salaries would go up in proportion to the agent fee, assuming supply and demand for the players remained the same.
Its quite common in other forms of principal and agent for the principal to pass on the agent's costs to the buyer or provider, take insurance as an example.
But I would rather pay that money to those on the field than the leeches who promote them, even if it all ends up in the wash.