Are you sure about this? Seems a bit unlikely to me, especially when, in football, you have Real Madrid moaning about how much some English bloke is costing them that they bought last year but hasn't yet played a game.
Yep thats how it works.(providing the club has insured their players against injury which most big clubs do)
I think you are refering to Woodgate at Madrid who has not played a game since they bought him because he is injured. The reason they are complaining is because they club has to pay money into the insurance which builds up so if player gets injured the player can take money from that. The stiuation with Woodgate means that as soon as Madrid are putting money in it's going out straight away. If a player is sold from a club any remain money on the players insurance goes back to the club.
What happens when a player isn't picked for several weeks? In the unlikely event we had a full squad to pick from, would the extra 14 players in our squad who didn't make the 17 not get paid?
There is a rule but i forgotten what it's called but basically if a player can train they are part of the team therefore are paid.
Remember ML has said that recruitment for this season has been hampered by the fact that Hock and Lockers can't be removed from the salary cap - surely if they were not being paid by the club then there would be no problem with releasing them from the salary cap straightjacket?
Salary Cap rules apply to the contract the club has even if the player isn't actually being paid.
And, admittedly I don't know, but I'm surprised that insurance companies would agree to this as virtually all professional sports people get injured from time-to-time, are paid expensive salaries, and the insurance companies would be constantly paying out which is not something they are inclined to do
Doesn't work in the same way that normal insurance works. Look at as more of a bank account for injured players.
I think the whole idea actually comes from when football club didn't have much money and sometimes a club would lose all it's money during a season which would leave injured player with no money and unable to get any money. So they changed the rules and said injured players much have access to some money some how.