Gordon Taylor is not a stupid man. He must know how bad this looks. He must appreciate how rapidly his members are falling from favour with the rest of the country. Astonishingly, he doesn't seem to care.
If the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association continues down this path, if he refuses to compromise in the face of financial crisis, the industry may never fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Unless footballers are allowed to demonstrate some understanding of the pain the country is feeling, when the game returns the appetite for it will be roughly on a par with cock-fighting.