Non-League Paper

PLAYERS MUST BE PAID OR LET THEM GO NOW

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 March 2020

By Andy Mitchell
SOUTHERN League clubs have been warned that contract players and staff must be paid or have deals cancelled by mutual agreement.
In correspondence to clubs seen by The NLP, league chairman Terry Barratt explained “the doctrine of frustration” – wiping out a contract’s validity based on those involved being unable to perform regular duties – would not apply.
It means clubs that have seen income decimated by the coronavirus crisis must continue to pay up until May 2 “unless the initial period of employment shall be terminated by substitutio...

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