Not a black and white issue as covered several times but personally i do not think they should be paid outside of top level leagues, somewhere around National league North and south feeling about the correct cut off level. I would much rather see any funds being directed at the club level, schools in the clubs catchment area, junior section etc and overall focus on strengthening the whole club for a long term future.
But i do recognize that it is not a straightforward case of £100 to a paid player would equal £100 invested in the club before you even get into the many grey areas like "paid player coaches" "paid club development officers - who play for you" "generous travel expenses" "flights accommodation" etc etc
I still very much standby my long held opinion that i would never knowingly play at a club were i was paying subs to play whilst anouther player at the same club was being paid to play - just would not sit well with me.
