Image rights. Sorry to be an ignoramus, but what are they and how do they work?

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

Just reading some report about a player still being paid his wages and image rights while not playing for the first team.

And you hear contract negotiations stumbling upon image rights.

So what's it all about?

[redgunamo]

[Harry Balls]

Anything where they benefit where his image or name is used, they have to remit royalties.

[Hendon Gooner (Only Easy Day Was Yesterday))]

And if he is featured in something like the FIFA computer games he can negotiate his own fees that he will get to keep all to himself without having to share with the club he plays for...

Something like that...

[IUFG]

to the individual player earns that player a cut of the revenue

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

shirt?)

But how can this article say that the L'pool would still have to pay Suarez's image rights and wages if they left him to rot in the reserves?

When did all this nonsense start, and how much is it worth?

[pjlincs]

shareholder of. Football club then pays your company for the use of your image rights. Corporation tax at 20% on profit then retain the profit in the company til you've stopped having huge taxed wages then draw out dividends at 0%, 22.5% and 27.5% net versus 20%, 40% and 45% income tax. Probably not that simplistic but is ultimately a tax avoidance wheeze.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347677/Top-football ers-like-Wayne-Rooney-dodge-millions-tax-cashing-loophole.ht ml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347677/Top-footballers-like-Wayne-Rooney-dodge-millions-tax-cashing-loophole.html)

They loan money from their company to themselves and they only pay 2% tax on it cos it's a benefit in kind (whatever that is.)

HMRC is a bit miffed, apparently.